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Should a robot ever be allowed to fold your laundry? It sounds like a throwaway question, but it cuts right to the heart of what the Australian home is becoming. In Part 2 of this bonus episode, recorded live at Metricon’s National Love of Design Summit, Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock hands the microphone to the audience, and the panel of Ali Whelan (Breathe Architecture), Michael Leung (Balanced Earth Architects), Neil Hipwell (Futureflip) and James Treble takes on questions no one saw coming.
Together they imagine the Australian home of the future, smaller, smarter and far more adaptable, explore why builders who’ve created some of the most high-tech houses in the country are quietly stepping away from the tech, and answer the question that nearly stumped all four of them: what’s the internal compass that drives you?
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This bonus episode of The Edit was recorded live at Metricon’s National Love of Design Summit. A huge thank you to Metricon for welcoming Home Beautiful into a room so full of ideas. https://www.metricon.com.au
Credits:
Our guests: Ali Whelan (Breathe Architecture), Michael Leung (Balanced Earth Architects), Neil Hipwell (Futureflip) and James Treble (interior designer & colour expert)
Host Elle Lovelock
Edited by Thomas Crnkovic
Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our fabulous Home Beautiful team.
Learn More: The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media: https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-beautiful-the-edit-podcast/
👀 See more: Missed Part 1? Pushing Boundaries and Building Community is waiting in the feed - why not watch it on YouTube!
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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!
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Karlie Verkerk
Supervising Producer: Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.
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What if the secret to a happier home is being able to smell your neighbour’s burnt toast?
Recorded live at Metricon’s National Love of Design Summit, this bonus episode brings together four of Australia’s most exciting designers and makers: Ali Whelan of Breathe Architecture, Michael Leung of Balanced Earth Architects, Neil Hipwell of Futureflip, and interior designer James Treble, fresh off the plane from Milan Design Week. Expect a basement golf simulator that’s brought a whole street together, a skate bowl built for rainy days, and a very strong case for waving at your neighbours through the window.
Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock sits down with Ali, Michael, Neil, and James and together, they get honest about what it really feels like to push boundaries with clients and councils, and why a beautiful home is about so much more than how it looks.
This episode is brought to you by Metricon.
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This bonus episode of The Edit was recorded live at Metricon’s National Love of Design Summit. A huge thank you to Metricon for welcoming Home Beautiful into a room so full of ideas. https://www.metricon.com.au
Read more about Metricon at Home Beautiful:
The new Australian home: Design trends shaping the way we live today
These family homes in coastal Adelaide and Sydney show great design isn't about creating a one-size-fits-all home
Credits:
Our charming guests: Ali Whelan (Breathe Architecture), Michael Leung (Balanced Earth Architects), Neil Hipwell (Futureflip) and James Treble (interior designer & colour expert)
Host Elle Lovelock
Edited by Thomas Crnkovic
Supervising Producer Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain
Our wonderful team at Home Beautiful
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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The renovation may be finished, but the work of creating a beautiful home never really ends.
In Part 2 of this episode of The Edit, Matty J is back with Home Beautiful Editor Elle Lovelock to talk about what life looks like now that Chante Mer is open to guests - the letting go, the worrying, and the welcome basket decisions he probably overthought.
He also gets into parenting, sharing the mental load, raising three daughters, and the lessons he hopes the next generation will inherit. And he shares the item discovered during the renovation that deepened his connection to the home's original owner, Val.
Plus the one thing that keeps him up at night as a holiday-home owner. Hint: It involves lemon juice and marble.
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Photo Credits: @chante.mer.house and Home Beautiful.
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Matty Johnson
Videographer: Charlie Potter
Edited by: Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.
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Thousands of people followed Matty J and Laura Byrne's NSW South Coast renovation online. We all chimed in with suggestions on tile colours, furnishings and design ideas, and the end product is like a dream house by the sea. And as anyone who’s taken on a renovation project knows, beneath hose happy snaps and gorgeous exteriors lies a whole lot of grit, stress and family logistics.
In this episode of The Edit, Matty joins Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock to talk about transforming Chante Mer (or Song of the Sea) from a run-down coastal property into a much-loved family retreat and holiday stay.
He shares what it was like renovating while raising two young children and preparing for a third baby, how he and Laura navigated design decisions together, and why opening the home to guests changed the way they think about living spaces.
This is Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Matty J. Make sure you follow The Edit wherever you're listening now, so you can be among the first to hear Part 2.
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Credits
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Matty Johnson
Producer: Rachel Fountain
Videographer: Charlie Potter
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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When interior designer Shona McElroy first walked into her Edgecliff apartment, most people would have walked straight back out. The layout was awkward, the kitchen was hidden away, the bathroom opened into the living room, and a closed-in balcony came with terracotta floors, popcorn walls and a popcorn ceiling.
But Shona, founder and principal of Smac Studio, saw what it could become.
In this episode of The Edit, Shona joins Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock to talk about turning an old 1920s apartment into a beautiful, functional home, why north-facing light matters, how to avoid the dreaded “Pinterest house”, and what interior designers really think through before a room comes together.
She also shares how she helps clients edit their belongings when downsizing, why a coffee table book can be the beginning of an entire room, how virtual reality is changing interior design, and the deeply nostalgic item she brought from her mystery drawer.
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Shona McElroy
Producer: Charlie Potter
Consulting Producer: Jessie-Lee Klass
Edited by: Pro Podcasts
Executive Producer: Jessie-Lee Klass
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our fantastic Home Beautiful team
Learn More:
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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Should you decorate a rental like it’s your forever home? According to interior designer, Studio Brie founder and Australia’s Best House host Briellyn Turton, the answer is yes. Known for her personality-driven interiors, love of vintage pieces and playful approach to home, Briellyn joins The Edit to talk renter-friendly styling, whimsical interiors, hosting, lighting, TVs, resale myths and why the most beautiful homes are the ones that make everyday life easier.
In this episode of The Edit, host and Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock sits down with Briellyn Turton to unpack how she creates homes with character, comfort and function. Briellyn shares how she uses fashion as a starting point for interiors, why she believes in decorating slowly, how to personalise a rental without waiting for the “forever home”, and the one hosting habit every busy homemaker should steal.
Together they explore why home should feel personal, playful and deeply useful, from where you drop your bag to how you make your coffee in the morning.
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Credits:
Our friend: Briellyn Turton
Host Elle Lovelock
Edited by Pro Pods
Producer: Charlie Potter
Consulting Producer Jessie-Lee Klass
Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain
Learn More: 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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Follow Briellyn Turton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/briellynturton/
Explore Studio Brie: https://www.studiobrie.com.au/
Read Briellyn’s Home Beautiful piece on the whimsical era in interiors: https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-ideas/2026-interior-trend-whimsical-studio-brie-briellyn-turton/
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What happens after you win The Block, sell the house, have a baby, launch a business and start again?
In this episode of The Edit, host and Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock sits down with Steph Ottavio, architect, designer, founder of Japandi Estate and one half of beloved The Block duo Steph and Gian.
Steph opens up about the pressure of renovating on national television, what she and Gian carried from The Block into real life, and how she renovated her own home while pregnant, with a five-month deadline and her mum living across the road.
But this is also a more personal conversation about the strange quiet that can come after a huge, formative chapter. Steph talks honestly about experiencing “post blues” after The Block, feeling disconnected from purpose, going to therapy, and learning to strip life back to the basics: community, connection, conversation, morning rituals and the little moments that make you feel like yourself again.
Together, Elle and Steph explore what really makes a home beautiful, from decluttered spaces, layered rugs and 12 skylights to the feeling of walking into a home that has been designed for real family life.
Moments You'll Hear:
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What did you think? We are a brand new podcast and would love to hear from you as we build this together. Join our friendly Home Beautiful community and DM us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/homebeautiful/
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Credits:
Our friend Steph Ottavio
Host Elle Lovelock
Edited by Pro Pods
Producer: Charlie Potter and Thomas Crnkovic
Consulting Producer: Jessie-Lee Klass
Head of Vodcasting Rachel Fountain
Learn More: The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media:
Inside Steph and Gian Ottavio’s stunning home transformation
Steph and Gian Ottavio’s Home Beautiful Tour on YouTube
Steph's Instagram
Steph and Gian's Japandi Estate Instagram
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What actually makes a home beautiful once the cameras leave, the renovation dust settles and real life moves back in?
In part two of our conversation with Wendy Moore, the former Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief, Selling Houses Australia interior designer and all-round interiors authority invites us inside her own Sydney Inner West cottage. And this is not a polished show-home tour. It's far better.
Wendy takes host and Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock through the hydrangeas, past the dodgy fence, into the side entrance, the light-filled void, the petrol-blue kitchen, the unfinished reading nook now claimed by the dog, and the freestanding bath in the main bedroom that everyone warned her against.
Together they talk about what really works in a home after six years of living in it, from natural light and kitchen colour to family dinner tables, awkward layouts, builder contracts, renovation regrets, vintage silver, fireplaces, bed linen and why the homes we love most are rarely the perfect ones.
Moments You’ll Hear:
· Wendy’s audio home tour of her Inner West Sydney Californian bungalow cottage.
· The clever renovation choice that flooded a dark older home with natural light.
· Why Wendy still loves her petrol-blue kitchen, and what she would rethink about natural stone.
· The reading nook that never got finished and quietly became the dog’s favourite spot.
· The bedroom bath everyone said was a bad idea, and why Wendy loves it.
· The renovation regret she wishes she had budgeted for from the beginning.
· Wendy’s advice on choosing a builder, reading the contract and staying across every dollar.
· How to beat renovation decision fatigue with a moodboard and a clear edit.
· A smart fix for awkward living rooms where the sofa blocks the flow.
· The vintage silver tea strainer and “jam spoon” that became an Antiques Roadshow moment.
· Why the best homes are full of chatter, memory, imperfect corners and real life.
Thank you for listening ❤️
Before you leave...
🗣️ Get in touch
What did you think? We are a brand new podcast and would love to hear from you as we build this together. Join our friendly Home Beautiful community and DM us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/homebeautiful/
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👀 Watch and subscribe to The Edit on Home Beautiful’s YouTube 📺 for full episodes and clips: https://www.youtube.com/@HomeBeautifulMag
Credits:
Our friend: Wendy Moore
Host: Elle Lovelock
Edited by: Pro Pods
Producer: Charlie Potter and Thomas Crnkovic
Executive Producer: Jessie-Lee Klass
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
Learn More:
The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media: https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-beautiful-the-edit-podcast/
Part one episode with Wendy:
https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/shopping/wendy-moore-career-selling-houses/
See Wendy’s Home Beautiful home tour:
https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-tours/home-tour-house-to-home-beautiful/
Follow Wendy Moore:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendymooreedit/
The Interiors Edit: https://www.theinteriorsedit.com.au/
🙏 Our special thanks for making The Edit our new home:
Luxaflex - our beautiful studio home curtains
Oz Design - furniture Australians love
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What does a truly beautiful home look like when you stop chasing trends—and start telling the truth? In this episode of The Edit, host (and former colleague) Elle Lovelock sits down with interiors heavyweight Neale Whitaker: the gently opinionated eye behind some of Australia’s most-loved design titles and TV shows, from Belle and Home Beautiful to Love It or List It—and now Reno Rules on Seven.
Together they take an audio home tour of Neale’s “patchwork quilt” South Coast cottage, from the wraparound verandah draped in wisteria to rooms packed with art collected everywhere he and partner David have lived and travelled. Neale shares why he buys art on pure instinct (and why it should never ‘match the sofa’), how he and David blend antique and contemporary tastes, and what ‘dog-friendly’ design actually looks like when the dogs are absolutely allowed on the bed. Plus: the entertaining rituals he can’t give up (candles, music, the perfect table), why being a TV judge doesn’t mean judging your house, and the tiny home edit he wishes he’d made years earlier—one that punches well above its weight every winter.
Moments You'll Hear:
This is an episode with permission to ignore trends and buy what you actually love. Confidence that your art doesn't need to match anything. A renewed appreciation for warm lighting and the ritual of turning on lamps. Practical solutions for real design dilemmas. The reminder that homes should feel like you - layered, honest, maybe a little eccentric. And possibly a new perspective on your throw situation.
Thank you for listening ❤️
before you leave...
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What did you think? We are a brand new podcast and would love to hear from you as we build this together. Join our friendly Home Beautiful community and DM us on Instagram.
Part one episode with Neale: here 🎧
👀 See more
Neale Whitaker Joins My Reno Rules as a Judge in 2026
My Reno Rules Just Gave Us Our First Look
Inside Neale Whitaker’s Country Cottage
The New Season of Love It or List It Australia Has a Release Date
My Reno Rules All The Details For The New Series!
🙏 Our special thanks for making 'The Edit' our new home:
Luxaflex - our beautiful 'studio home' curtains
Oz Design - furniture Australians love
Credits:
Our friend Neale Whitaker
Edited by Propod
Production by Thomas Crnkovic and Charlie Potter
Our wonderful Home Beautiful team
Learn More: HOME BEAUTIFUL
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