Palm Springs inspired facade and garden

Landscaping and cosmetic updates turned the façade of Reece and Dani Hinchsliff’s home into a Palm Springs-inspired dream.

Home @palmy.springs / Photography Tanika Blair

“We could achieve our desired look with minimal works; the home already had a skillion roof and grand front door,” says homeowner Dani Hinchsliff of @palmy.springs. Working with the existing foundations and their love for mid-century design, the husband-and-wife duo set about renovating their home’s front garden and façade.

The couple cleared the existing garden and had two breezeblock screen walls built. They tackled the landscaping themselves, hand-selecting cacti from Architectural By Nature. A Livistona Australis palm tree sits centre-stage and is complemented by an assortment of cacti, including Pachycereus pringlei, Euphorbia ‘Cowboy’, Golden Barrel, Silver Torch, Queen Victoria Agave, and Agave ‘Dragon Toes’.

“Crushed gravel helped us create a higher-level garden bed and then we finished it off with large boulders and stones scattered throughout. The curves in the garden edging make it feel playful.”

“We replaced the front door and painted it in British Paints ‘Peachy Dream’.  We also had the exterior bricks painted in Dulux ‘Casper White Quarter’ and replaced the old lighting fixtures with opal sphere lights.”