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Style
Scout • We’ve been shopping for your home.
Inspo to go • This Japanese slant on an all-American dish in Switzerland gives us all kinds of takeaways.
Pardon my French • The modern take on classic Gallic style unabashedly celebrates all that’s good.
Can you feel it? • We spend a lot of time in our heads these days — could our furniture help us reconnect with our hearts and bodies?
In the middle with you • Myriad mid-tones make the Dulux Colour Forecast 2024 a highly accessible edit.
JUST PEACHY • Life’s sweet at this little cutie full of heart, soul and learning potential.
Lighting the way • Your guide to layering some ambience into your interior.
RAZZLE DAZZLE • There’s an incredibly exciting array of preloved luxury just waiting for a new home.
TENDER TOUCH • Sweeps of subtle colour and depth create all but immediate character.
People
A NATURE LOVER TO HER CORE, ARTIST LEANNE CULY GETS RIGHT TO THE HEART OF WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW.
DAGMAR DYCK AND FILIPE TOHI'S WORK EXPLORES TRADITIONAL ARTFORMS, WHAT THEY CONNECT TO AND WHERE THEY'RE TAKING US.
Homes
FEEL THE BEAT • She’s a brick house with some mighty fine design, in sync with the rhythm of her surrounds.
LAY OF THE LAND • The graceful curves of this abode know exactly what’s going on here and how to embrace the best of it.
OUR PLACE • There’s something from everyone in this highly personal urban bach.
Design
WELL-TO-DO • Only the best comes into play at this forward-thinking address. Gain insight into the design behind its chic streetfront screen.
TRUE TO FORM • Both the owners of this property and their plants have the freedom to be completely themselves.
Luck of the drawers • Good news for those whose stuff runneths over — your home has storage opportunities hiding in plain sight and these pro hacks can harness them.
Along these lines • Take a tip from top-notch homes and try a similar strategy at yours.
DIGGING IT • Novice turned devoted gardener Julia Atkinson-Dunn’s got the dirt on a glorious, inclusive experiment.
Got it made • Florists Isabel Johnston and Lydia Reusser of Isadia on their new vase.