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Recipes

Foodie Friday: Little custard pots with strawberry sauce

Today’s recipe was developed by Local Lovely for Barker’s New Zealand Dessert Sauces, who recently launched a new range of family favourites. Ingredients CUSTARD 2 cups (500ml) milk1 vanilla pod3 egg yolks1⁄4 cup (55g) caster sugar 1⁄4 cup (35g) plain flour 1 bottle of Barker’s Luscious Strawberry Sauce (or other brand strawberry sauce) PRALINE 1⁄4 […]

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Architecture Travel

Designer homes: 8 magazine-worthy homes you can stay at

We’ve all been stuck indoors much more than we ever expected this year, and since then we’ve seen a spike in interest in interior design and architecture. But have you ever wondered what it might be like to stay in one of those one-of-a-kind homes you’ve lusted over in your favourite magazines? Well thankfully you […]

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Parenting

Orange & Bathurst: a trip for all the family

Time has flown since our minibreak to Orange, somewhere Damian and I had wanted to visit for years. Everyone we told either said they had been meaning to go too, or that they’d already been and loved it! We’d hyped it up in our heads so much, I was a little worried it wouldn’t live […]

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Expert Tips House Tours

The Pause by SOUL Home is ready for bookings!

The Pause, the much anticipated new holiday accommodation by SOUL of Gerringong creator Simone Mathews, is ready for bookings. What’s more, you can watch the story of how it unfolded (and during Covid) in an online series from tonight. The new, luxurious holiday property on the NSW South Coast is the place to step away […]

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Homewares Styling

Stylist Jason Grant creates new paint colours for Murobond

Now with 70 paint colours to his name as part of his collaboration with Murobond, creating new hues is as exciting a process as ever for Byron-based stylist Jason Grant. This week sees the launch of his sixth collection, Paradigm Shift, created in isolation during lockdown. But like the others, it’s mostly inspired by nature. […]

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Design Furniture

Custom furniture online: Made By You making it easy & green

Anna Wright-Hands thinks it’s time customisable furniture became more accessible to the masses and she’s hoping to change that with her new business Made By You. What’s more, she’s doing it in a sustainable way, right here in Australia, using real timber. “If the timber furniture industry was restaurants, we’d be the really good cafe […]

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House Tours

NSW getaways: Mandala Beach House in Jervis Bay

If you’re anything like us, you’ve been dying to get away (somewhere, anywhere!), especially if the Covid lockdown saw you miss out on a planned break or you’ve reluctantly had to cancel an upcoming one. And as of this week, leisure travel is allowed again in NSW! The weekend before this all kicked off (which […]

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Homewares

Non toxic candles: our top picks

By Kathryn Bamford To me, candles always needed to be two things: beautiful aesthetically and fabulous smelling! I’ve recently added a third requirement: non toxic. I hadn’t ever given much thought to what’s actually in a candle and I certainly didn’t think they could potentially be toxic. There’s a lot of conflicting research out there […]

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Design Expert Tips

How to create a mindful home while confined to it


Psychologist and interior designer Mollie Kohn explains how to instill mindfulness into your home. Mindfulness, put simply, refers to being present and aware of how you are feeling, what you are doing and of your surroundings. This is important now more than ever as we’re facing new types of stress and challenges we’ve never dealt […]

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Interiors Addict

Pop Up Desks are a fast, easy & affordable solution

I’ve been so inspired, as I’m sure you have too, by the stories of local businesses pivoting to save themselves and their employees at this challenging time. And even better when that pivot offers a solution to new challenges the rest of us are facing, and for many that’s working and schooling from home. These […]

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Interiors Addict

Serviced apartments Sydney: Three new design-led ones

Based on a similar concept in Paris, III Rooms Sydney has just launched, offering serviced apartment accommodation with a super stylish twist. Fittingly located in the Paris end of Potts Point (in a heritage listed building on the corner of Macleay Street and Challis Avenue), the three European style apartments have been decked out by […]

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Design Travel

Best bars 2020: Australia’s latest design-led spaces

Sponsored by Hospitality Design Fair When it comes to hospitality venues, Australia continues to produce some of the world’s best design-led spaces. With so many establishments competing for business, creating ‘Instagram moments’ is essential and the latest crop of new bars would look fabulous on any feed. Peaches, Melbourne: Designed by Pierce Widera and located […]

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Design Furniture Homewares Shopping

Vintage coastal décor: shipped worldwide from Noosa

After a decade working on super yachts, sailing the Mediterranean and Caribbean, Sally Oulton returned to Australia, became a mother and found herself living in the hills behind Noosa. “I was looking to create a business around the sea and through that process discovered a love of coastal homewares,” says Sally. But with so many […]

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Design Homewares Interviews Shopping

The Boathouse: From cafes to a popular homewares shop!

If there’s one brand that embodies that quintessentially Aussie beach chic aesthetic, it’s The Boathouse Group. The creation of Pip and Andrew Goldsmith, the business began in 2008 with a simple café in Sydney’s Palm Beach but soon expanded to include nine venues, wedding and event spaces, accommodation and a gorgeous homewares store; all no […]

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Architecture Design Travel

2019 hospitality design awards: Rural areas feature

Recognising the best in design across restaurants, bars, cafes, hotels and more, the Eat Drink Design Awards are Australia’s only hospitality design honours, and 2019’s coveted trophies have just been handed out. “From a pink-hued bar in a country town with barely over 2,000 people, to a future-focused CBD restaurant, this year’s winners are very […]

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Design Designers

Richard Branson’s new cruise ship has fab interiors!

After conquering the skies, Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson will lend his own particular brand of magic to the oceans when his first cruise ship sets sail in April 2020. Designed to reflect a sleek yacht, the adults-only vessel ‘Scarlet Lady’ includes more than 20 intimate eateries, 1330 cabins and 78 ‘RockStar’ suites created by […]

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Art

Broadsheet launches unique Aussie photographic prints

Prominent Australian city guide Broadsheet is known for the sharp and stylish photography it uses to illustrate its stories and now, thanks to the launch of Broadsheet Editions, you can hang some of it on the wall at home. “Broadsheet Editions is a true collaboration with the photographers we’ve worked with over the past 10 […]

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Art Interviews Styling

Watercolour house sketches a hit with homeowners

Interior designer, stylist and makeup artist Melissa Rettore stumbled across yet another string to her bow when she started doing watercolour hand drawn renders and soon realised people would pay her to sketch their much-loved homes. It’s work she has come to really enjoy because of the personal stories behind the commissions, as well as […]