After decades spent thinking deeply about food, beauty and family, Karlie Verkerk has finally built a home that reflects all three.
In this episode of The Edit, Karlie joins Home Beautiful Editor Elle Lovelock from her Northern Rivers home to talk about the many moves that brought her family here – from inner-city Sydney to the Blue Mountains, Singapore and finally the coast, and what each place taught her about what she really wanted from a home.
She also shares the story behind FIN, the world’s first food fragrance she’s just launched with her husband James, why she went on MasterChef and kept it secret for months, and the outdoor kitchen built from recycled bricks that’s slowly becoming the heart of the house.
Plus, the renovation mistake she and James made under cover of darkness. Hint: it involved a tin of paint, a washroom, and very misplaced optimism about the colour yellow.
Warning: If you have boucle items at home, this episode could be triggering!
“There’s no feeling like it. Once you create a home that’s your home, with your art, with your things.. the older we get… we just like being at our home. We don’t want to be anywhere else.”
Karlie Verkerk
“Get some beautiful pots of fresh herbs or something that has a beautiful scent, at the front of [your] house. It’s a great talking point. But also they smell wonderful and they’re useful.”
Karlie Verkerk
Listen now: This episode of The Edit is available via the iHeart app, homebeautiful.com.au, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch below or listen here.
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