Kyal and Kara’s Blue Lagoon Modern Coastal home has a pared back aesthetic and crisp white Linea™ Weatherboards.

One of the hallmarks of the modern coastal style is a pared back aesthetic. To create a clean look avoid contrasting colours. Window trims and frames are painted match the Linea weatherboards. The down pipes are hidden and ornamentation is minimal.

Kyal and Kara’s Blue Lagoon Modern Coastal home has a pared back aesthetic and crisp white Linea Weatherboards.

Kyal and Kara’s Blue Lagoon Modern Coastal home with Linea Weatherboards.

Durable and beautiful deck of House 12 by Three Birds Renovations 

Three Birds Renovations, the unrivalled queens of home transformations, headed to Glenhaven in suburban Sydney for their latest renovation project, House #11.  Read on to learn how the talented trio turned this unassuming family home into the stunning coastal Hamptons-inspired haven that you see above. 

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Hamptons Hardie™ Deck Glenhaven NSW long shot

What do you get when you take talented architects, a can-do builder and a family in desperate need of more space? The answer is a 1930s home transformed into a Modern Coastal masterpiece. Bringing together the old and new, this home in Hobart’s Sandy Bay will now undoubtedly stand the test of time.

Linea Weatherboard Sandy Bay TAS 

Linea ™Weatherboard Sandy Bay TAS 

Clean Lines

Crisp White Linea Weatherboards

Relaxed Coastal Styling

Matching Window Frames and Trims

Façade Articulation

Well Placed Modern Windows

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The render look feels calming and uncluttered compared with the busyness of a brick wall. Its subtlety aids design by putting the focus on the building’s form, or by allowing bold cladding features to standout.
Achieve a modern, minimalist aesthetic with Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding. The smooth, natural sand texture adds warmth and diffuses light, giving your new home, renovation or extension a fine matte finish.
Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding is a pre-textured <a href="https://www.jameshardie.com.au/categories/cladding"> fibre cement panel.</a> It’s durable and lower maintenance than traditional cement render to stay looking good for many years to come.
Installation is streamlined and builders love it.

The beauty of clean lines and a modern look

Fine Texture Cladding

Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding

Hardie™ Fine Texute Cladding - Get modern, minimalist look with a wide range of external wall cladding panel solutions. Know how it adds warmth and diffuses light.

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Hardie Fine Texture Cladding product swatch painted in Dulux Domino.

Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding painted in Dulux Domino.

The clean horizontal lines of Linea™ weatherboards work beautifully on the expansive [external walls](https://www.jameshardie.com.au/categories/cladding) of modern architecture. Ideal for creating a Hamptons or coastal inspired look when combined with contrasting Axent Trims in new homes or renovations, Linea can also be confidently painted in dark colours. Innovative and durable, Linea weatherboards are resistant to shrinking, swelling and cracking and will hold paint longer than wood. Featuring the distinctive charm of a deep shadow weatherboard without the maintenance of timber, the unmatched thickness for fibre cement weatherboards of 16mm which also enable handy tongue and groove short ends for clean butt joins even off-stud.

A deep shadow weatherboard for contemporary homes.

Linea

Linea Weatherboard 180mm

Linea Weatherboard 150mm

Linea™ Weatherboard for Modern Exterior

Linea™ Weatherboard is a product of Scyon formulation. Scyon Linea™ Weatherboards is easy to install, fire-resistant & durable for external home walls.

Elevate Your Home with James Hardie  Linea™ Weatherboards

Linea Weatherboards product swatch painted in Dulux Western Myall.

Linea™ Weatherboards painted in Dulux Western Myall

Achieve a range of sleek looks with customisable Stria™ cladding. Featuring deep grooves from the thick shiplap cladding boards, the Stria range is an easy way to get the strong horizontal cladding lines in modern home and townhouse designs. Stria cladding suits contemporary looks where a bold, but pared-back aesthetic is desired. Introduce design versatility into your home by varying the application and switch between widths and orient the boards vertically or panelise them with the vertical flashing stop accessory. Stria 325mm and 405mm profiles are 14mm thick [fibre cement](https://www.jameshardie.com.au/categories/cladding) with shiplap joints that leave 15mm wide horizontal grooves for strong clean lines.


Clean lines to suit modern designs.

Stria™

Stria Cladding 325mm; grooves are 300mm apart. Stria Cladding 405mm: grooves are 380mm apart.

Stria™ Cladding. Shiplap boards available in 2 widths.

Stria™ cladding for modern home exterior

Stria™ Cladding - Accomplish a smooth look with customisable range of Shiplap Cladding Boards by James Hardie. An ultra-sleek cladding option with grooved lines.

Scyon Stria™ Cladding & External Cladding Range | James Hardie

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Modern look book 2021

Linea™ Weatherboard Modern Coastal Exterior Sandy Bay Wide Shot 

Linea Weatherboard Modern Coastal Exterior Sandy Bay Wide Shot 

Kyal and Kara Blue Lagoon rebuild in a Modern Coastal Look with James Hardie Linea™ Weatherboard 150mm

Kyal and Kara Blue Lagoon rebuild in a Modern Coastal Look with James Hardie Linea Weatherboard 150mm

Kyal and Kara Blue Lagoon Modern Coastal Look Linea™ Weatherboard 150mm

Linea™ Weatherboard Modern Coastal Brolga Wide Shot Exterior

Linea Weatherboard Modern Coastal Brolga Wide Shot Exterior

The Modern Coastal Look is reflective of Australia's beach shack history with Crisp white clean lines & relaxed coastal styling to reflect a luxe of beach life.

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Discover which modern look you love.

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Crisp white clean lines of Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding combined with a relaxed coastal styling. Indoor and outdoor living areas beautifully styled in a coastal theme to reflect a luxe but laid-back beach life.


Modern Book

The Modern Coastal look encourages an indoor-outdoor lifestyle. Relaxed coastal styling aids in creating a strong connection between your house and a garden, private courtyard or deck. 

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What was a humble California Bungalow located on a sloping block in Sydney’s Balmoral Beach, has been transformed into a sun-drenched, family home that now complements its magnificent coastal location. 

A california bungalow transformed into a modern coastal haven on Balmoral Beach with the use of Linea Weatherboards by James Hardie.

Inspiration

Modern Coastal Look

The Modern Coastal Look is reflective of Australia's beach shack history.

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Discover which modern look you love.

The modern coastal look

A California Bungalow transformed into a modern coastal masterpiece

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Hardie™ Fine Texture Cladding

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Stria™ Cladding

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