Australian House & Garden

Australia's number one home design and decorating magazine, filled each month with gorgeous houses and gardens to delight in, homewares to covet and food to savour. Plus, you'll find loads of travel ideas, health and beauty news, expert advice and much, much more.

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Your H&G • We sold our home in Darwin and travelled to Cairns before Christmas to be greeted by Cyclone Jasper. What a welcoming! Taking time to gather our thoughts before house-hunting again, we read January’s H&G. The feature ‘Island Paradise’ provides so much inspiration and shows what can be achieved as long as a property has good bones. Armed with that knowledge, we are more confident and inspired to begin searching for a new home to create our own paradise.

Island dreaming • It was love at first sight for photographer and author Kara Rosenlund when she laid eyes on her North Stradbroke Island home.

Decorating • LAYERS OF VISUAL INTEREST FOR KITCHENS WITH PERSONALITY

Natural selection • Curate a collection of covetable homewares for your dream kitchen with this array of accessories from top design studios as inspiration.

Frame Work • Choose from moody still-lifes, dreamy landscapes and abstract portraits in rich tones to adorn your walls.

Entertaining • RECIPES AND STYLING INSPIRATION FOR YOUR TABLE

Easter Table • Gather family and friends for the ultimate feast from The Cordony Kitchen.

Houses • BEAUTIFUL AND CREATIVE PROJECTS TO INSPIRE YOUR DREAM HOME 

fresh Coat • Inspired by the owner’s London roots, classic features were reinstated in this terrace along with accents of colour.

Heritage blues • Historic character blends beautifully with contemporary design to create a romantic interior scheme in this grand seaside manor.

Natural Fit • Layered interiors of rich brown, lush green and deepest black connect this Southern Highlands, NSW, retreat to its earthy farmland setting.

Seaside revival • An inspired renovation and trove of unique treasures transform a 1980s home into a contemporary luxury retreat.

New Leaf • Smart design choices and a sophisticated palette ensure this compact Sydney terrace feels alluringly spacious and timeless.

Small wonder • Good things can come in small packages, as this inner-Sydney terrace tantalisingly reveals with a fresh contemporary fit-out.

Charm factor • Classic selections, pops of colour and smart spatial planning have made this bungalow the ideal forever home for a young family.

Gardens

Bay watch • A garden perched clif fside on Sydney’s Northern Beaches is as spectacular as the view spread out before it.

The Perennial Garden • Add colour and life to your backyard with ever-changing plantings.

Kitchen special

Space project • DETAILED PLANNING AND A CALMING PALETTE MAKE THIS KITCHEN A PRACTICAL HAVEN AND A HOME CHEF’S DREAM COME TRUE.

Heart and home • AN EFFICIENT LAYOUT GIVES A YOUNG URBAN FAMILY AN INVITING AND FUNCTIONAL KITCHEN WITH PLENTY OF SPACE FOR ENTERTAINING.

Fabulous form • A FUNCTIONAL YET ELEGANT KITCHEN THAT BEAUTIFULLY BALANCES LIGHT AND BRIGHT TONES WITH CHARACTER AND CHARM.

Black magic • A STREAMLINED, SLEEK DESIGN AND STATE-OF-THE-ART APPLIANCES COME TOGETHER TO CREATE THE IDEAL KITCHEN FOR A BUSY MODERN FAMILY.

Best of both worlds • THE RENOVATION OF THIS HISTORIC KITCHEN REVITALISES ITS ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE WITH A MODERN TWIST.

Family connection • WITH REFERENCES TO THE OWNERS’ GREEK HERITAGE, THE KITCHEN IN THIS HISTORIC HOME IS AN INTRIGUING BLEND OF CULTURE AND DESIGN.

Fresh perspective • RICH BLUE MEETS MISTY GREYS IN THIS...