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What makes a home’s facade truly beautiful and how do you choose one you’ll still love in 20 years? 

In this episode, Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock chats to Metricon Homes’ National Design Director Adrian Popple about the art of creating a great first impression, from symmetry and proportion to colour, materials and landscaping. Adrian also shares a look at his own Mermaid Beach home, the design decisions he’d change, and his tips for building a facade that feels personal without trying too hard. 

Plus, Adrian tackles a listener’s design dilemma: can you combine Hamptons style with a modern black-and-white look? 

This episode covers: 

• How to choose a facade that will stand the test of time 
• The importance of symmetry, proportion and balance 
• The exterior materials and colour palettes shaping Australian homes 
• How landscaping can transform the look of a facade 
• Adrian’s own Mermaid Beach home and what he’d change 
• How to create a connection between your home’s exterior and interior 
• Adrian’s advice for building a facade you’ll love for years to come 
• A listener dilemma: can you combine Hamptons style with a modern black-and-white look? 

This episode was brought to you in partnership with Metricon Homes www.metricon.com.au 

Thank you for listening ❤️ before you leave…   

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Credits:    

Host Elle Lovelock    

Guest Adrian Popple  

Edited by Thomas Crnkovic   

Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain   

With thanks to our fabulous Home Beautiful team.   

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We’re so chuffed to bring you this episode of Home Beautiful’s The Edit, where we explore beautiful homes and the people who create them. If you’re loving this, come on over and hit follow in your favourite podcast app! Links are right here for you: 

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Sarah Davidson spent years building a successful career in law before burnout forced her to confront a surprisingly difficult question: who was she outside of work? 

What followed was a series of unexpected chapters, from launching a matcha business with her husband to turning her love of storytelling into Seize the Yay. 

In this episode of The Edit, Sarah joins Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock to talk about learning to take risks, why becoming a mum has been her most extraordinary chapter yet, and the Melbourne home she and Nic transformed while Sarah was pregnant. 

Plus, Sarah takes us inside their renovation, from the DIY cabinetry throughout the house to their wellness room.

This episode covers: 

• How Sarah went from lawyer to entrepreneur 
• The burnout that forced her to rethink her identity 
• Why she believes your “yay” should change throughout your life 
• How Sarah taught herself to become comfortable with risk 
• Why motherhood has been her most extraordinary chapter 
• Inside Sarah and Nic’s family home renovation 
• How they used kitchen cabinetry in their walk-in wardrobe 
• Why Sarah has learned to embrace the Lego-covered chaos 
• The simple design choices that make their house feel like home 

You can find Sarah on Instagram here  

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Sarah Davidson 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-beautiful-the-edit-podcast/ 

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We’re so chuffed to bring you this episode of Home Beautiful’s The Edit, where we explore beautiful homes and the people who create them. If you’re loving this, come on over and hit follow in your favourite podcast app! Links are right here for you: 

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Production designer Felicity Abbott returned to Australia after nine years working overseas to create the world of Netflix's My Brilliant Career, a new adaptation of Miles Franklin's iconic novel. 

In this episode of The Edit, Felicity tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock how her team transformed historic South Australian properties, built entire homes from scratch and used everything from architecture and landscaping to furniture, colour and the smallest objects in a room to tell the story of the characters who live there. 

Plus, Felicity reveals the surprising Victorian status symbol she discovered during her research, and the painstaking tricks used to make heritage locations and studio-built interiors appear completely seamless on screen. 

This episode covers: 

• Why My Brilliant Career brought Felicity back to Australia after nine years overseas 
• How she begins designing a world from the script and its characters 
• Finding the historic South Australian homes used in the series 
• Building entire houses and interiors from scratch 
• Making the architecture feel distinctly Australian 
• Why colour is the foundation of Felicity's production design 
• Sourcing and creating Victorian furniture, antiques and homewares 
• How tiny household objects reveal a character's backstory 
• Recreating Victorian gas, candle and tallow lighting 
• The magic - and sadness - of watching a film set come to life and eventually disappear 

Check out Felicity’s work here 

You can watch My Brilliant Career now on Netflix 

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Felicity Abbott 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re so chuffed to bring you this episode of Home Beautiful’s The Edit, where we explore beautiful homes and the people who create them. If you’re loving this, come on over and hit follow in your favourite podcast app! Links are right here for you: 

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Sophie Tieman grew up with a paintbrush in hand, helping her parents flip houses in Tasmania. That love of property carried into a 15-year career in commercial real estate... until one night at 10pm when she decided to walk away from it all and build something completely new. 

In this episode of The Edit, Sophie tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about launching The Corporate Edit, a one-stop fashion shop for women in business, why she handed in her notice before telling anyone what she was building, and her honest advice for anyone sitting on an idea of their own. 

Plus, Sophie shares how she completely transformed a dark 1970s townhouse during COVID, how she’s making her new home with “good bones” feel like her own, and her best hack for making a narrow home feel twice the size.  

Sending thanks to our partners at Kaboodle Kitchen.  

Explore kitchen and laundry inspiration at kaboodle.com.au 

This episode covers: 

• Buying her first home pre-auction & signing the contract at the pub 
• Leaving the house she brought both her babies home to 
• Transforming a dark 1970s townhouse during COVID lockdowns 
• Rewiring, floorboards and moving the laundry into the garage 
• Designing a Kaboodle flat-pack kitchen 
• Her trick for making a narrow home feel twice the size 
• Creating the right ambience, from scent to playlists 
• Quitting a 15-year real estate career with nothing lined up 
• What her mum said about changing to fit a male-dominated industry 
• Launching The Corporate Edit from scratch 
• Mystery drawer: the wedding gift she can't throw out 
• A listener's project mamagement renovation dilemma 
• What makes a home beautiful 

You can find Sophie on Instagram here 

Check out The Corporate Edit here  

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Sophie Tieman 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

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We hope you enjoy this episode of Home Beautiful's The Edit...

Carla Grace has built her career painting the wildlife she grew up with in South Africa. She’s just landed back in Australia after a piece of hers went under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York for an astounding $40,000. 

In this episode of The Edit, Carla tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about her childhood surrounded by rhinos, crocodiles and elephants, and how a stint without electricity in rural Zambia sparked the art career she's built over the past 12 years. 

Plus, Carla takes us through the art studio she and her husband spent a decade planning and saving for. The design is deeply intentional, down to the exact colour of the walls, so nothing would throw off-tone light onto her paintings. She also shares her honest advice on choosing frames and displaying art purposefully. 

Sending thanks to our partners at Kaboodle Kitchen.  

Explore kitchen and laundry inspiration at kaboodle.com.au 

This episode covers: 

• Landing back from New York after selling a painting at Sotheby's 
• Growing up surrounded by wildlife in Zimbabwe 
• Her formative years in New Zealand and Zambia 
• How a home with no power led her to art 
• Building her art studio out of repurposed kitchen cabinets 
• What her parents think of her career now 
• What "success" really means after 12 years in the art industry 
• Inside her 1980s farmhouse, mid-renovation 
• Can rhinos paint? 
• A listener dilemma – everything especially the kitchen sink 
• What makes a home beautiful 

You can find Carla on Instagram here. 

Check out Carla’s amazing art on her website here.  

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Carla Grace 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

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Victoria Devine spends her working life thinking about the part of a home most of us would rather not think about... the cost. What we pay for it, what we can afford and what it really takes to call somewhere home. As a financial advisor, host of She's on the Money, and managing director of mortgage broking business Zella, she leads a team of 17 brokers helping everyday Australians onto the property ladder. 

But when it came to buying her own home, she broke nearly every rule in her own playbook. 

In this episode of The Edit, Victoria tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about the Saturday morning walk that ended with her calling a real estate agent to cancel an auction outright, and why the heart (almost) always wins when it comes to property. 

Plus, Victoria takes us on a tour of her light-filled forever home, and shares exactly how she renovated her Mornington Peninsula beach house kitchen for under $10,000. 

Sending thanks to our partners at Kaboodle Kitchen.  

Explore kitchen and laundry inspiration at kaboodle.com.au 

This episode covers:

• Her career pivot from psychology to financial advice 
• The $40,000 in personal debt that changed the course of her career 
• Who makes up the She's on the Money community 
• Why property decisions are never as logical as we think 
• Buying her forever home, and breaking every rule she teaches 
• A tour of her home, from the mudroom to the indoor-outdoor fireplace 
• Inside her 1970s Mornington Peninsula beach house 
• Renovating her beach house kitchen for under $10,000 
• A listener's laundry renovation dilemma 
• Quickfire house rules: bread, a coffee subscription and no big lights 
• Mystery drawer: the two items that never stay in one place 
• What makes a home beautiful 

Disclaimer: The information provided in this episode is for general informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or tax advice. Before acting on any information, you should consider whether it is appropriate for your individual circumstances and seek independent professional advice where necessary. 

You can find Victoria on Instagram here  

Check out Victoria’s Spotify playlist ‘The OG Home Playlist’ here  

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Victoria Devine 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-beautiful-the-edit-podcast/ 

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In 2020, Lisa Burdus packed up her life in Australia and moved to the Cotswolds for what was meant to be three months. Six years on and she's still there, running her interior design business across two continents and calling it her "gap chapter." 

In this episode of The Edit, Lisa tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about hunting down a decades-old British rock star for Jeremy Clarkson’s man bar, why trust is the one non-negotiable in every client relationship, and how a stint working behind the scenes on Domestic Blitz taught her to be fearless with colour. 

Plus, Lisa shares the story behind the 150-year-old Italian tiles she tracked down solo on a weekend trip, and why food will always be her love language. 

Sending thanks to our partners at Kaboodle Kitchen. 

Explore kitchen and laundry inspiration at kaboodle.com.au 

This episode covers: 

• Packing up her life in Australia for a six-year "gap chapter" 
• Running a business and raising five kids 
• What she learned working behind the scenes on Domestic Blitz 
• Designing Jeremy Clarkson's man bar, and tracking down a long-lost artist 
• Bringing UK fabric and wallpaper brands into Australia 
• Why trust is the most important part of any client relationship 
• Cooking, entertaining and a lifelong dinner set obsession 
• Hunting down 150-year-old splashback tiles in Italy 
• Mystery drawer: the Paris-made journals she scrapbooks her travels into 
• Her biggest design pet peeve 
• What makes a home beautiful 

Find Lisa on Instagram here. 

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Lisa Burdus 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

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Georgia Huestis has seen both ends of the art world, from brokering high-value sales at auction houses and galleries in London and New York, to now running the Affordable Art Fair across Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, where original works start from just $100. 

In this episode of The Edit, Georgia chats to Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about growing up surrounded by art and fashion, how to actually choose and buy art you'll love, and her simple rule for hanging it well. 

Plus, Georgia takes us inside her Melbourne home; a cream brick house she describes as "not her style... yet", peeling back thick carpet, pulling off wallpaper and raising three young daughters in a house she says the art does all the heavy lifting for. 

Sending thanks to our partners at Kaboodle Kitchen. 

Explore kitchen and laundry inspiration at kaboodle.com.au 

This episode covers: 

• Growing up surrounded by art, with two grandmothers in fashion design 
• Her early career at an auction house, and years running galleries in London and New York 
• Launching the Affordable Art Fair in Australia 
• What to expect at an art fair if you've never been 
• How to actually choose and buy art you'll love 
• Framing tips: float mounting, box frames and mismatched pairs 
• How much you should really spend on art 
• Inside her Melbourne home, and how art "does the heavy lifting" 
• The biggest art-hanging mistake she sees in Australian homes 
• Navigating art-buying disagreements as a couple 
• What makes a home beautiful 

You can find Georgia on Instagram here. 

Check out the Affordable Art Fair here. 

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Georgia Huestis 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

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After decades spent renovating for profit, Cherie Barber is doing things a little differently. 

In Part 2 of her conversation with Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock, Cherie takes us inside The Farmhouse, her sprawling Western Sydney project blending modern farmhouse style with her love of mid-century design. She explains why even a deeply personal home still needs to make financial sense, and how she decides where to follow her heart and where to think about resale. 

Plus, Cherie reveals why she starts her days at 3:30am, how she solves renovation problems in her sleep and the incredible story of how she came tantalisingly close to owning Elvis Presley’s Palm Springs honeymoon home. 

This episode covers: 

• Inside Cherie Barber’s Western Sydney farmhouse 
• Mixing modern farmhouse and mid-century design 
• Taking colour inspiration from the surrounding landscape 
• Renovating for yourself vs renovating for resale 
• Why Cherie avoids design trends 
• Her surprising 3:30am morning routine 
• Solving renovation problems in her sleep 
• Cherie’s love of Palm Springs and mid-century architecture 
• The extraordinary story behind Elvis Presley’s honeymoon home 
• The property deal that got away 

You can find Cherie on Instagram here.  

Read about Tinnie, Cherie’s humanoid robot here.  

Check out Cherie’s 7 Top Renovating Tips here 

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Cherie Barber 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

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Cherie Barber has spent more than three decades renovating property and after more than 250 projects, there isn’t much she hasn’t encountered on site. 

In Part 1 of her conversation with Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock, Cherie gets candid about what renovating really costs today, how to tell whether a quote stacks up and why the cheapest tradie isn’t necessarily the one you want. 

Plus, she shares how she keeps disagreements from blowing up on site, the experiences that shaped her relentless work ethic and introduces Tinnie, the humanoid robot joining her latest renovation, The Farmhouse, as a very unconventional assistant. 

This episode covers: 

• Cherie Barber’s rules for choosing and managing tradies 
• Fixed-price quotes vs hourly rates 
• Why she always gets three quotes 
• How to handle disagreements on a renovation site 
• The work ethic behind more than 250 renovations 
• The Farmhouse, Cherie’s major new Western Sydney project 
• Meet Tinnie, the humanoid robot working alongside her tradies 
• What AI and robotics could mean for the future of renovating 

You can find Cherie on Instagram here.  

Read about Tinnie, Cherie’s humanoid robot here.  

Check out Cherie’s 7 Top Renovating Tips here  

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Credits: 

Host: Elle Lovelock 

Guest: Cherie Barber 

Edited by: Leah Porges 

Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team. 

The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.