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Domaine Design Series/13.05.22

Refined Tribal Style

Domaine Design Series

If you’re familiar with the Domaine process, you would know that we like to make the home building journey as smooth and efficient as possible, and this isn’t any different when it comes to selecting the look and feel of your new home. After you sign your contract with us, you’ll move onto the colour selection stage where you will be able to browse and choose which design specifications you want for the inside and outside of your Domaine home. 

Because we know how overwhelming and indecisive this can be for many, we have curated 12 internal and 12 external colour schemes that you can choose from to make the decision-making a little easier for you! These colour schemes, as well as the finishing touches such as your doors, accessories and lights have all been assembled by our team of experienced interior design specialists and are constantly being reviewed so that our offering is in line with the current and timeless style trends. 

After the release of our new design specifications, we decided to sit down with our internal interior designers and ask them what studio selections they would choose if they were to build with us and wanted to share their best design tips with you! 

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Refined Tribal Colour Scheme

Tribal design specifications have been a longstanding inspiration for many interior stylists with its natural, earthy and well-travelled ambience. If you prefer your home dressed in warmth and character; then tribal inspired notes are always effective in evoking a gentle and temperate mood. We’ve asked our interior stylists what they think the best way to approach this style would be and they came back to us with some great tips on how you can refine traditional tribal features to create a modern and sleek look, while still preserving the feel of warmth and comfort.


External Selections

SCHEMES – Colvelly, Noosa, Byron, Avoca, Umina and Burleigh

  • Cladding – Stockton
  • Moody renders tones
  • Natural textures, including suede paint
  • Mix of face brick, render and timber slabs
  • Lush greenery
  • Dark windows and timber featured elements
  • Warm downlights or timber lighting features 
  • Sgraffito designed pottery, glass or plant liners

Internal Selections

SCHEMES – Acacia, Eucalyptus, Dryandra, Grevillea, Waratah, Elkhorn, Bottlebrush, Gumtree and Fan Palm

  • Matt finish joinery and cabinetry
  • An in-built 900mm cooker with slide out rangehood
  • Black herringbone feature tiling to kitchen and bathrooms
  • Black or timber pendant lights above island bench
  • Black tapware and door furniture throughout
  • Warm timber flooring or charcoal tiling
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To expand on the design selections, we were also given the following tips that you can use to evoke the space and include finishing touches on your own accord:

  • Textured fabrics, wallpaper, and accessories
  • Large, sisal floor rugs 
  • Patterns from nature
  • Baskets, wicker or hanging plants
  • Layering various shapes and elements together to provide warmth
  • Sculptural accessories in earthy colours
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Additionally, you want to include soft to mid greys, charcoal, bright white, black and warm timber tones! If you’re still a little unsure on what you should expect when taking on these design tips, many of our display homes exemplify just this and have been curated based on the notes our interior stylists have provided! Take your virtual tour through our homes or visit out display homes in person today to see for yourself!