Australian House & Garden June 2025

Australians love their homes and have very definite ideas about interior decorating. As a nation, we are pretty sophisticated design consumers; over the years I have been working in Australian interior magazines, I have seen a huge increase in the confidence of Australians using colour in their interior schemes. And while I love seeing well-executed and beautifully curated colour work, my heart belongs to white. I love a clean base to display my art collection on and assemble design pieces and soft furnishings. Give me pale polished floorboards or white painted ones, rugs and a Dulux Natural White wall any day, and I am happy to style up an inviting retreat. Each of the white houses in this issue is so different, and there is undoubtedly nothing bland about them.…

EDITORIAL Editor in chief Tanya Buchanan Creative director Antonietta Panuccio Deputy editor Peter Griffiths Senior copy editors Bethan Lacoba, Debbie Duncan Editorial assistant Rhiannon Lidbury ART & STYLE Art director Marissa Foye Stylist Sophie Wilson CONTRIBUTORS Brigid Arnott, Michael Askew, Atelier Room on Fire, Kirstie Clements, Amanda Cordony, Steve Cordony, Michelle Cox, Claire Delmar, Martina Gemmola, Andrea Healy, Timothy Kaye, Alana Landsberry, Olga Lewis, Monique Lovick, Jack Milenkovic, Felix Mooneeram, Eliza O’Hare, Chris Pearson, Melissa Penfold, Prue Ruscoe, Lauren Shultz, Kristina Šoljo, Karen Spresser, Tess Thyregod, Jacqui Turk, Kristian van der Beek, Isabella Walker-Smith, Chris Warnes, Dave Wheeler, Lesley Workman. ADVERTISING Commercial category manager Rhyl Heavener All advertising enquiries advertising@aremedia.com.au SYNDICATION syndication@aremedia.com.au, contentshop.com.au ARE MEDIA CORPORATE Chief executive officer Jane Huxley Finance director Marena Paul Director of sales Anna Quinn…

ALFRESCO “You can just spend all day out here,” says designer Marco Meneguzzi of the area at the back of Lisa Keighery’s home, where a custom stone spa and fireplace by Wyer & Co sit front and centre. Ottomans, Cosh Living. Outdoor chairs, Dedon. Coffee table, Harbour Outdoor. Lanterns, Parterre. Flooring, STS Stone. “I thought you were lost!” Lisa Keighery calls out cheerfully as I pull into the driveway of her Palm Beach home on a sunny weekday. Dressed in jeans and Chanel flats, Lisa is walking me through her latest renovation, a spacious three-bedroom cottage that has been elegantly transformed into a luxurious private sanctuary, aided by her long-time collaborator and friend, interior designer Marco Meneguzzi. The pair have worked together on numerous properties over the past 20 years,…

“I LIKE CLEAN-LOOKING, LINEAR FLOWERS. I DON’T LIKE MESS.” MY FIRST HOME Mark and I bought our first family home in 2002 in Bellevue Hill [NSW]. It was a white brick ’60s-style house, (it had a dungeon lined with sheepskins; we’re not quite sure what that was used for!). It was renovated by Burley Katon Halliday, but we kept some of the original features like the arches and the pool. I’M CURRENTLY READING... In the past it would have been 20 magazines but now it’s Pinterest. I’m obsessed with Pinterest when it comes to interior design. Looking at all the references helped me to decide what my taste is. Indecision makes things complicated, when you don’t know what you like. MY FAVOURITE DESIGNERS Marco Meneguzzi. He seems quite conservative and…

TOP FIVE bedside lamps 1 Scalloped shade in Jute/Duck Egg Blue, $80, with ‘Garru’ lamp base, $140, both Soffle. 2 Australian House & Garden ‘Vernon’ woven table lamp, $179.95, Myer. 3 ‘Radovis’ table lamp, $99.95, Freedom. 4 Julie Neill ‘Alberto’ table lamp, $1290, The Montauk Lighting Co. 5 ‘Belvedere’ concrete table lamp, $249.95, James Lane. PORTRAIT Flexform armchair, Fanuli. Ralph Lauren Home lamp, The Montauk Lighting Co. Mirror, Tigmi Trading. Pot, Pepperwhites. Candle, Glasshouse Fragrances. Comport, Love After Love. Side table, Castlery. Flooring in Classic Seagrass Squares, Natural Floorcovering Centres. SENSE OF SPACE The leaning ‘Ava’ floor mirror is a worthy investment piece; $2695, Coco Republic. LIGHT SOURCE Add interest to a neutral palette with vintage Murano sconces, $1450/ two, Cleo Collects. WHITE BED LINEN sets a clean and calming…

1 ‘Corum’ occasional armchair, $1849, Freedom. 2 B&B Italia ‘Le Bambole’ armchair, $10,465, Space. 3 ‘Huggy’ swivel armchair in Malibu Dune, $1599, Ellison Studios. 4 ‘Hunter’ chair, $2200, Casa Blanco. 5 ‘Victor’ swivel chair in Crescent Natural Fabric, $2195, Coco Republic. 6 Flexform ‘Ozzy’ armchair, POA, Fanuli. 7 ‘Sylvia’ armchair in Sand Shag Fabric, $889, Vorsen. 8 ‘Tulla’ armchair, $1275, MCM House. 9 ‘Hugo Monte’ sofa chair in Parchment, $3640, GlobeWest.…