A home worth arriving to: inside the Sky Home at Harbour Shores

Three Sky Homes, one considered collection

The Sky Home Collection at Harbour Shores, on the northern Gold Coast in Biggera Waters, is three residences only, each within The Waterline building. Ranging from 282sqm to 367sqm across two levels, every Sky Home includes three bedrooms, three bathrooms plus a powder room, multiple living zones, and its own private marina berth, accommodating a boat up to 12 metres, with the open ocean just 15 minutes away. Each also has a private terrace on its own top level.

Sky Home 503, the largest in the collection at 367sqm, is the only one fully styled and open now for private viewing.

A design brief built for real life

Ranging in scale the way they do, the Sky Homes were never going to be small projects, and Lewis Land’s Head of Development, Michael Long, says the real challenge was making a home this size feel lived in rather than staged.

“This is the first opportunity the Gold Coast has had to step into Harbour Shores and see, touch and feel what we’re bringing to life here,” Michael says.

The Studio Collective approach to interior design

To style Sky Home 503, Lewis Land brought in Brisbane based interior design studio Studio Collective. The brief carried an unusual constraint: the home needed to feel right to a downsizing couple and a young family in equal measure, without defaulting to the generic.

“We didn’t want it to feel typically coastal,” says Studio Collective Director Melissa Park. “You won’t see seashells, or anything too literal. We focused on layering natural materials that would feel timeless.” Warm timbers, natural stone, textured fabrics and soft leather layer throughout the home, with hero tones of green and teal set against warmer, earthier ones, and mirrored finishes placed to catch the light coming off the canal.

Local makers behind every detail

Throughout Sky Home 503, Studio Collective commissioned custom pieces from Brisbane based makers. The dining table and adjoining banquette seating, cut from locally sourced Australian hardwood, were built by furniture studio Maid Studio. In the main bedroom, a custom bedhead from a local joiner anchors the room. A further piece came from ceramic artist Jess Selinger, commissioned to create a series of wall sculptures for the home.

“It’s not just about working with local people,” Melissa says. “It’s about tailoring each piece to its physical form, so it works functionally in the space as well as adding something beautiful to it.”

A layout that breaks from convention

Rather than following the layout suggested in early marketing renders, Studio Collective reworked how each room would actually be used. The main living space was built around conversation rather than a television, and furniture was kept deliberately low so nothing competes with the water views. Indoors and out, the same materials, tones and textures continue, so the terrace reads as an extension of the home rather than a separate space.

Life at Harbour Shores

Residents of The Waterline have access to their own private pool, plus the wider amenities across Harbour Shores: a large lagoon pool, social clubhouse, tennis court, gym, yoga studio and sauna, all connected by a 1.2km boardwalk. Harbour Shores also holds a 6 Green Star rating, with solar power and EV charging on site, cafes on site, Harbour Town Premium Outlets two minutes away, and Gold Coast beaches within 15 minutes.

Now open for private viewing

Sky Home 503 is open now, by private appointment, seven days a week, through Colliers.

Book a private appointment at harbourshores.com.au