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As seen in Home Beautiful April 2025

Home Beautiful’s April issue is filled inspiration and information to help turn your home dreams into reality, starting with our annual Dream Homes special.

This year, we broke it into three categories: new build, renovation and decorative makeover. So, no matter whether you’re starting from scratch, redoing or simply refreshing, we have the know-how to help you along the journey.

Elsewhere in the mag, we look at everything you need to know about the latest in smart home tech and we’re getting ready for Easter with hot chocolate-inspired trends and a gorgeous tablescape created by interior stylist @stevecordony.

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When hot cross buns hit the shelves in January, I’m not ashamed to say that I bought some. I absolutely love them.

Elle Lovelock, editor-in-chief

From the editor

Home Beautiful editor Elle Lovelock's editor's letter April 2025

Beautiful design: A kitchen and bathroom design masterclass from the team at Blue Tea kitchens

All the design details that lead to success are shared in this kitchen renovation, from touches of timber and marvellous marble to an effortless open plan design.

A kitchen with underbench oak veneer joinery, marble benchtops, marble splashbacks and an arched French doors in glass and black steel. A native plant sits in a glass on the kitchen island, to the right of the photo.
(Credit: Photography: Better Together Photo Co)

Beautiful food: Flavours of India, starting with spicy masala roast potatoes

Roast potatoes are a real crowd-pleaser and the dish is a perfect side for steak or roast chicken. This is a spicy version by MasterChef winner Justin Narayan that comes from his new book, Everything is Indian.

Masala roast potatoes
Embrace the zesty flavours of Mexico.
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HB essentials: 10 of the best white sofas that will lighten your living space (and your life)

We kick off our “Essentials” series with the classic white sofa – a must-have for so many Australian living rooms yet so hard to tick all the boxes for when weighing up the options. Trust the HB team to do the heavy lifting and outline the benefits, the pitfalls and – importantly – how to care for your new white sofa. You’re welcome.

A modern country style living room interior with a white couch, two round timber coffee tables and brick flooring that has a warm toned rug on top. Views of bushland can be seen through windows with white walls all around.
(Photography: Louise Roche / Styling: Kylie Jackes)

Beautiful Homes:

1. A Brisbane home is given a timeless, character-filled makeover

Set on a hill overlooking a mature eucalypt forest and enjoying Brisbane city views, this home blends character and elegance to serve as a serene retreat for the family of five who lives here.

“We love that the house feels like we are in an Australian bush setting, yet we are only six kilometres from Brisbane’s CBD.”

White facade with two storeys and terracotta tile roof
The house dates back nearly 100 years. (Photography: Hannah Puechmarin / Interior design: Angie Rogers)
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2. This Melbourne passive house proves sustainability is stylish

Tucked away in a leafy Melbourne suburb, the ‘Passive Pleat’ house stops passers-by in their tracks. But while the impact of the facade with its pleat-like ‘folds’ is beyond question, the home’s real magic is not visible to the eye.

A black front door surrounded by white walls with round, asymmetrical pavers leading from the front door.
Wheelbarrows make easy work of garden clean-ups when pruning trees(Photography: Kristina Soljo / Styling: Corina Koch)


Beautiful gardens: An English-style cottage garden in rural Australia

An Australian cottage in rural NSW, with blue veranda posts, a blue front door and blue roof. Wisteria grows from the veranda with a flowering garden out the front.
Find the Roys Peak Lake Wanaka viewpoint on a 16-kilometre hiking trail. (Credit: Adobe Stock)

Margot lovingly created this cottage garden over more than three decades with her husband, filling it with verdant plantings that rise to waist or head height, dwarfing the owners on occasion.

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Home Beautiful magazine April 2025

For more great ideas to relax with, pick up the April issue of Home Beautiful magazine, on sale now. Or subscribe here and never miss an issue.

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