Inside Boost Juice founder Janine Allis' incredible Noosa home

The sea meets the bush in the sublime Sunshine Coast home of Janine Allis. Set against the spectacular backdrop of the Noosa National Park, the recently completed family getaway of the Boost Juice founder and her husband Jeff has a mesmeric effect on all. Including, it seems, one of the area’s most discerning locals – George, the brush turkey.

“Anyone who walks through our front gate should be prepared to run into George, as we’ve named him,” says Allis with a smile. “We also have a local goanna that visits, who, like George, has made the house its own. But, particularly as far as George is concerned, this is his house – he’s just allowing us to be here.”

Married for almost three decades, the parents of four bought their first home in the region some 20 years ago, having fallen in love with the ever-popular seaside destination.

“There’s something very special about Noosa,” muses Allis. “It has an energy about it that is just pure beauty. The sunsets are divine, the landscaping is incredible, and I take my hat off to the people who have really saved Noosa from over-development. It’s just a beautiful part of the world – one I feel so lucky to be a part of.”

In early 2020, as the pandemic was taking hold across the globe, the couple – who divide their time between Noosa and Sydney – embarked on their latest house project in the coastal village.

“We loved the fact that this block is just a short walk from the National Park, the beach or Hastings Street,” says Allis.It’s such a beautiful and serene outlook.”

Engaging award-winning architect James Russell to design a “true outdoor-indoor” house, the couple placed Building Quality Constructions at the helm of the build.

“The builder was excellent, and James has that real creative flair that enabled us to get the outcome we wanted,” says Allis. “James designed the house as two pods – the first has three bedrooms, one with queen-sized bunk beds, and also a pool-table room. The second and main pod has another two bedrooms, including our bedroom, two bathrooms and a living-dining space and kitchen. The pods are linked by a funky square pool, a sitting area we call the ‘Bird Cage’ – where our family gets together with board games or to chat – and what we call the ‘Grand Room’ with an outdoor fire.”

The home’s greatest asset, however, is not within its walls but rather just beyond them. Under the shade of towering palm trees, this is a sanctuary that takes full advantage of its lush and leafy setting. Free-flowing in design and distinctively organic in sensibility, the house relies on the notion of subtracting partitions as much as adding them. With soaring double-height ceilings, light floods into the house that can open fully on multiple sides, exposing the interior domains almost entirely to nature.

“It almost feels like you’re living outside,” says Allis, adding: “But the entire house is covered in a net, so you don’t get bugs or leaves coming in, despite the incredibly open feeling you have here. When you’re in the main bedroom or living area, you feel as though you’re a part of the rainforest. That’s very special.”

Earthy materials give the house a timeless quality, while pieces collected over the years bring life and soul to the luminous spaces. Tactile pendant lights, sourced predominantly from Uniqwa Collections, provide tonal moments of style and interest.

“We wanted the home to feel as though it was part of the national park – not in conflict with it,” says Allis. “So, we used a lot of timber, with the house flowing from front to back. That’s pretty much us. We’re not ostentatious and we don’t like a lot of bling.”

And a further attraction of this gloriously tranquil abode? The fact that it offers spaces to both retreat and come together, at times feeling airy and spacious, at others cosy and intimate.

“When the house is pumping with all of us here, there are still places to vanish to if that’s what you want,” Allis says. “But, most of all, we just love to be together in this home. We do feel the house represents who we are. It’s understated with a smile.”

Ever positive and always busy, Allis has also come to be at home on the small screen. And the powerhouse mogul and former Australian Survivor contestant, who recently launched online business course The Business Academy, is returning to TV in the Nine Network’s new series Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars.

Allis will find herself pitted against formidable culinary superstar Gordon Ramsay as they both invest $250,000 in the search for Australia’s most exciting and innovative new food and drink ideas to mentor and finance.

“Like most Australians, I’d only seen Gordon on TV, but we had an absolute blast filming the show,” she says. “I could not have come across a more professional, funny and kind guy to work with. We hit it off straight away, we’re both highly competitive – which shows – and we had a lot of fun. It’s all about showcasing and finding phenomenal businesses in Australia.”

Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars premieres on Tuesday, March 26 at 7.30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.