But when interior designer Jenn Bliss and her husband, Ryley, moved into a farmhouse on 33 acres in Port Stephens, Australia, ...

The interior features a walnut ceiling finish, white tongue and groove walls, and beetle kill blue pine, with vinyl floor. Judging from the photos, the home looks to be finished to a high standard.

wood-paneled feature wall; a two-story gray stucco fireplace; and the striking contrast of dark-wooden beams supporting the white tongue-and-groove slats of its high, sloping ceiling. One view ...