Socially isolated & bored
The Coronavirus trapped me and everyone else in their homes. Plague and pestilence tends to do that, and I was okay with it at first…
How I turned part of my home into an Airbnb apartment.
Learn how I transformed part of my home into holiday rental apartment (Airbnb). See, room by room, the changes that were made.
Creating a funky fireplace
Ferny Hill Retreat’s funky fireplace, topped by shelves brimming with books, is seriously unreal! Learn how it was created…
Ferny Hill Retreat (30-sec video)
Ferny Hill Retreat, an art-inspired holiday apartment in the heart of the Dandenong Ranges, has all you need for a relaxing getaway in the hills…
This is not a sofa bed
This dude has it all wrong! Along with a luxe queen bed, Ferny Hill Retreat offers guests a comfy double sofa bed that …
It’s all go, go, GO here!
We’re almost ready! Ferny Hill will be launching … er … not exactly sure when but soon-ish. There’s only the last to-do list to smash through…
Can you live without your morning coffee?
It’s confession time. I’m Carmel, the owner of Ferny Hill Retreat, and I’m a coffee junky. There’s no way I’d willingly forgo my morning brew …
Making art for Ferny Hill Retreat
To overcome the problem of Ferny Hill Retreat’s B&W interior looking too severe, we’re adding pops of turquoise and lime…
Adding wow factor to a boring door
This week I revamped a cupboard door at Ferny Hill Retreat. It was decidedly bleh, so I turned it into a bookshelf. Well, not quite…