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Cover stories
21 13 incredible Australian homes 45 Live your best life now Bring everyday luxury home 55 150+ pages of Smart Design 63 Smooth renovators
People
21 Gracious Manor Kate Cowen’s apartment is one of four in a heritage building – and one-of-a-kind. 194 The Creative Type Meet the multitalented Alison Page, curator of the Aboriginal Culinary Journey.
Smooth renovators JULY
Decorating
45 Cosiness Covered Layer up and settle in with this season’s best decorating ideas. 55 Space Mission Smart solutions to make every room of your home fabulously flexible.
Houses
64 The Flip Side An inner-city terrace receives a modernising overhaul. 74 New Tradition One Sydney couple took their time to renovate, but the results are well worth it. 86 The Best Of Both Heritage or modern? This clever Sydney family proves that you don’t have to choose. 98 Open Secret Priceless views are just one of the delights of this apartment.
108 Master Peace Industrial edginess works a treat in this beautifully designed Brisbane home. 118 Into The Light A house that was cold and showing its age is now bright, tranquil and sophisticated. 128 Second Time Lucky Century-old features are restored to their best in a superbly renovated Adelaide home. 140 Soft Focus In suburban Perth, timeless quality was desired by this family – and spectacularly achieved. 152 Practically Perfect A Sydney couple knew the exact details needed to achieve the home of their dreams. 162 History Project Salvaged materials get a second chance to star in a home conscious of its surroundings.
Gardens
176 Full Pockets Bursts of greenery help a Melbourne new build feel at home. 182 On Balance A Sydney garden is expertly reimagined. 188 Queen Of Hearts Rejoice in roses.
For our readers
7 Call For Entries Designers and architects, get your H&G Top 50 Rooms submissions ready. 8 Subscribe to H&G this month and receive 12 issues for $59.49 – that’s a saving of 44 per cent! 17 Your H&G Readers’ letters. 190 Where To Buy Seen something you like? Find your nearest stockist here. 191 Privacy Notice
On our cover Charred-timber cladding frames the striking kitchen in this Sydney home by Jillian Dinkel Designs. Turn to page 74 to read more. Photograph by Pablo Veiga.
One of the greatest perks of working on beautiful homes magazines is the highly talented people you meet along the way. You forge a very close bond when you collaborate with a small team: juggling multiple deadlines and lots of commitments from internal and external stakeholders (such as you, our loyal readers), plus writers, photographers and commercial partners. And while we’re always showing you the portfolios of Australia’s incredibly talented architects, interior decorators and landscape designers, the team that puts the magazine together is equally formidable.
Our deputy editor and gardens editor Elizabeth Wilson (pictured left, on the left) is a fabulous writer, supremely organised and a warm and generous colleague who always looks at what we do through the lens of the House & Garden reader. So it is with a heavy heart that we farewell Liz. She is moving onto greener pastures – literally – taking her dream role as editor of Gardening Australia magazine, and we wish her all the best for a verdant future! On the upside, we are delighted to announce Sarah Pickette as our new deputy editor. Sarah has worked at House & Garden since 2004, knows the title back to front and is a wonderful writer and people wrangler. I am sure you will already have enjoyed many of Sarah’s engaging stories.
Our house stories tend to morph into a renovation anthology, charting the inspiring and challenging evolution from when the owners first consider the properties to the satisfying dream homes that we get to reveal. The Brisbane residence (p108) of textile artist Julie Gilroy and her husband, Mark, is a house that really interests me. Growing up in Brisbane, I harbour a romanticism about traditional Queenslanders that always infuses my thinking about long, languid days. This couple totally eschewed that idea and, with architect David Hansford of DAH Architecture, designed an edgy house that sits beautifully in the landscape, makes the most of a tricky site and deals with Brisbane’s subtropical climate, dare I say it, more efficiently than a traditional Queenslander.
How about a shot of art and cultural philanthropy with your morning coffee and toast? The Aboriginal Culinary Journey is the brainchild of designer, curator and professor Alison Page. Alison, a Wadi Wadi and Walbanga woman of the Yuin nation, teamed up with the design team at Breville, led by Richard Hoare, to create a collection of appliances that can help drive life-changing opportunities for Indigenous people. Acclaimed artists Yalti Napangati, Yukultji Napangati, Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri and Yuwaalaraay woman Lucy Simpson painted original artworks that embellish these domestic objects. The partnership delivers 100 per cent of its profits to Indigenous organisations; see The Creative Type on page 194 to read more about it.
Finally, our 2022 Top 50 Rooms Awards program is open for entries, and we look forward to seeing all the latest work from Australia’s finest designers flooding our inbox. We’ll publish the best for you later in the year. Until the next issue, take care.
TOP PICKS
Tanya Buchanan, Editor-in-Chief
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YOUR H&G
It’s not very often that a magazine article causes a visceral reaction and almost brings me to tears, but H&G you’ve done it. The incredible thought that went into the garden design by Dylan Alcott and Vivid Design (MIFGS coverage, June issue) left me speechless. A thing of beauty on every level. Game, set, match to Dylan and the team at Vivid Design. Elissa Dickson, Bonython, ACT
ART OF LIVING I loved your piece on Stephanie Kelly Gordine and the Affordable Art Fairs. (H&G June 2022). We had a major house fire a few years back and lost artwork – some bought, some gifted. We had never made art a priority, but pooled our insurance from the pieces and headed to the Melbourne Affordable Art Fair. We fell in love with one painting by Bruce Earles and every time I look at it I still see something new. The reaction from guests is always ‘wow’. Great art is affordable and brings a lifetime of joy. Donna Kelly, Glenlyon, Vic
ALL THE WHITE MOVES I’ve loved H&G for what feels like a lifetime. Some issues speak to me more than others, but your June issue screamed volumes to me – and I listened. On the eve of another total renovation, this issue was a gentle nudge to back myself and my laundry/mudroom obsession. Great to see these hardworking rooms front and centre! And as I turned each page, it felt like someone gently taking my hand and guiding me through my ‘which white is right?’ dilemma. You can’t really go wrong with white but this issue H&G absolutely got it right – or should I say ‘white’? Pam Wilson, Bowral, NSW
MORNING MEDITATION One of the main reasons I love homes magazines is to live vicariously through other people’s designs. I skim over the decorating section because I prefer to see real homes, not staged designs. But June’s ‘Blanc Canvas’ feature made my whole body relax. I visualised sinking into the sofa, being soothed by all the tonal whites – a similar effect on my mind and body as half-an-hour of meditation. Simone Surgeoner, East Bentleigh, Vic
TIME HONOURED Having recently retired, I am now able to completely indulge myself, reading H&G during my daily cuppa routines. How wonderful to have the luxury of time to enjoy each page in a leisurely fashion! Having moved into a new home, H&G is playing an important role in our decorating choices – such an inspiration. Paula Grigg, via email.
WRITE IN TO WIN The author of each letter published receives $50. Our favourite also wins a prize. This month, Elissa Dickson of Bonython, ACT, receives an 18-piece Radiance Entertainer’s set, $199.95, plus a 6-piece Radiance Bakeware set, $99.95. Both are white porcelain from Maxwell & Williams and have a total value of $299.90; maxwellandwilliams.com.au. Email your letter to H&G@aremedia.com. au or post to Your H&G, PO Box 4088, Sydney, NSW 1028. Please include your full name and address.
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