Australian House & Garden

Every month, Australia's number-one home design and interiors magazine features a host of gorgeous houses, apartments and gardens, a curated selection of covetable homewares and purchases, and delicious food to savour. Elevate your home and lifestyle now.

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H & G social

Easter has long been the time to tackle home renovations.

Natural elements

New beginnings • A knack for finding beautiful objects in unexpected places has brought joy into this weatherboard home and the lives of the designer-chef couple who holidays here.

Life & Style • Wendy and Max share some of their favourite things.

Decorating & design • ARTFUL OBJECTS AND CREATIVE LESSONS

Stylescape

Serving sweetness • H&G invites food stylist Lia Townsend and illustrator Sam Pauletto for afternoon tea, sharing decadent treats and artistic details to create an enchanting Easterscape.

Lia Townsend • An endlessly creative entrepreneur, the founder of Stories to Gather shares how food installations serve as a canvas for shared joy.

Sam Pauletto • From making pasta to dinner parties with friends, the calligrapher and designer reveals the essentials that round out his creative world.

Counter balance • High design meets the art of baking, with buttercream hues and glimmering metallic moments in perfect measure.

Strong Finish • Surface selections throughout your home, from kitchens to storage, shape how it looks, feels and endures. We ask the experts how to choose the right finishes for a sleek design under real-world reno constraints.

Fad Or Forever? • BIG, OVERBEARING AND A LITTLE UNSIGHTLY – THAT WAS THE LEGACY OF RECLINERS PAST. NOW, AS FUNCTION FINDS BALANCE WITH AESTHETICS, THEY’RE BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. WE ASK, ARE CUSTOMERS BUYING IN?

Entertaining • AUTUMNAL RECIPES THAT CELEBRATE THE BEST OF THE SEASON

Season’s delight • Colourful fruit and vegetables and fragrant herbs play a starring role in this vibrant feast from The Cordony Kitchen.

Gathered Goodness • Update your kitchenware in vintage style with a botanical twist.

Houses

Up do • Two poky Art Deco apartments are transformed into one sophisticated home for a young family’s next chapter.

The Source • A muted palette and classic features create a calm presence.

Tickled Pink • This homeowner loved her first worker’s cottage renovation so much, she did it all again with another 1880s charmer on the same street.

The Source • For a playful scheme, add pops of colour to a neutral base.

Bay watch • This captivating family home, entirely reborn with highlights of tone and texture, has acquired a new persona befitting the sublime setting.

The Source

Heritage heart • An architect and his partner breathe new life into a country cottage and embrace weekends in a thriving regional Victorian town.

Space Mission • Architect Andrew Waller gives his own apartment in Sydney’s east an inspired makeover with modernist and Japanese influences.

Starting over • Unfolding across three levels, this renovated Sydney home is all about living easily – and happily – near the sea.

Quick Smart • Completed in three months, this colourful coastal getaway was revitalised in record time – and right on budget.

Gardens

Top tier • While the clifftop site posed a steep challenge, both the owner and designer of this thriving layered garden are reaping rich rewards.

Cliff Notes • Clean lines and natural tones create contemporary coastal style.

Leafy legends • Smokebush Studio’s Nathan White explains how to plant an entry garden that sets the tone for everything that follows, starting with a tree that’s a real attention...