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Stealth storage and a color palette borrowed from nature lets this Australian houseboat live larger than its 495 square feet. While researching houseboat design, Kate Harry (of the Adelaide-based interiors firm Fabrikate) and her team "found Australian houseboats [to be] notoriously dark and heavy spaces." Instead, they turned to the houseboat's setting on the Murray River for inspiration, combining a color palette of mint green, white, caramel, and driftwood.