Take a closer look at Home Beautiful magazine this month as we share wonderful design and decorating ideas to shop, style and create to make your house a home.
Our March issue has a bounty of decorating stories and ideas for you to sink your teeth into. Here’s a sneak peek.
From the editor
In our March issue, we take a deep dive into kitchen design along with some breathtaking home tours, from Brisbane to France, with clever extensions and colourful styling offering inspiration. For home cooks, our best-ever pizza recipes are bound to delight, while a glimpse into homewares brand Block and Print shows the potential of handmade textiles.
“There really is nothing quite like homemade pizza.”
Elle Lovelock, editor-in-chief, Home Beautiful
A much-needed refresh sees this Brisbane cottage revel in colour
Many dream about renovating a home and letting their imagination take full flight, only to find themselves erring on the side of caution. Not so for Tori, an interior designer and the founder of Banbury Design Company. Beyond the emerald green front door of her home in Brisbane’s leafy south-east awaits a mesmerising world of colour and style.
A historic Brisbane home renovation full of light and charm
For this Brisbane couple, the only way to go was up after buying a character home at auction four years ago. Leaning on the expertise of Baastudio Architecture, the couple agreed to plans that lifted and extended the existing structure to make room for a new level of living space underneath, creating a modern family home that retained the heart and character of the original house.
This French holiday house is a masterclass in coastal style
This property, located south-west of Bordeaux in France, initially had a home on it that didn’t suit the homeowners. So the first thing Deborah and her husband did was knock it down so they could create their own dream holiday home for themselves and their two sons. Now, it is filled with light and views of nature come through all the windows.
Inside the design studio with Holly Firth from Block & Print
A love of block printing, discovered in the Himalayas, led Holly Firth to start her range of quilted bags and linen homewares. Now, despite the challenges and being busy with their three daughters, the business is flourishing both online and in boutiques who stock the beautiful products.
How to make homemade pizza dough
The perfect pizza comes down to the dough with this slow-proof recipe needing only six ingredients to make. Add a little time and patience and you’ll have delectable homemade pizza dough in no time.
For more great ideas to relax with, pick up the March issue of Home Beautiful magazine, on sale now. Or subscribe here and never miss an issue.