Country Style

Country Style celebrates the diversity of modern country living. Brings to life the stories of inspirational people and places from around Australia - coast to coast. We visit amazing homes and gardens, travel through Australia's most vibrant regional centres and sample all the good things the country has to offer

Welcome Letter

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Your Page • WE LOVED THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE TO OUR MOTHER’S DAY RECIPES IN THE MAY ISSUE OF COUNTRY STYLE, AND OUR JUNE FARM-STYLE FASHION SHOOT.

July • Horses Smooch and Beau gallop about at Foxlow, a 6000-hectare historic farming station in Bungendore, NSW, which is now home to the Michell family. For more, turn to page 80.

house to home

best in show • ADD AN UPLIFTING AROMA TO BEDROOMS, LIVING SPACES AND CLOSETS WITH A SCENTED ROOM SPRAY. HERE ARE OUR FAVOURITE FRAGRANCES…

Homegrown • CORPORATE CAREERS GAVE HELEN AND DAVID BLACK THE SKILLS TO CREATE A FLOURISHING MICROBREWERY IN FORSTER, NSW.

Coming Of Age • DAYLESFORD’S LAKE HOUSE CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH THANKS TO THE TENACITY OF A MUM-AND-DAUGHTER TEAM.

Make The More • IT’S NOT ALL BIG SKIES AND FARMERS’ MARKETS… FIVE FAMILIES TELL US THE REALITIES OF MOVING TO THE COUNTRY.

A Land Of Sweeping Plains • PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER RHONDA CAMPBELL CAPTURES THE COLOURS AND FORMS OF THE OUTBACK ON CANVAS.

Homes

Sitting Pretty • A DILAPIDATED QUEENSLANDER PROVED AN UNEXPECTED PASSION PROJECT FOR INTERIOR DECORATOR NICHOLA SPAIN.

Full Bloom • CONNECTING THIS KIMBA HOMESTEAD TO ITS FLOURISHING GARDEN WAS KEY TO MAKING IT FEEL LIKE HOME.

Layers Of Love • STEP BY STEP, THIS GRAND PROPERTY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A FLOURISHING FAMILY HOME AND FARMSTAY.

Natural Flow • A WILD OASIS WEAVES ITS WAY AROUND MARG AND WARWICK HUTCHINS’ HOME ON VICTORIA’S BELLARINE PENINSULA.

Beyond The Kale • Think you don’t like winter vegies? Think again, advises Fiona Weir.

From The Floor Up • SET THE TONE IN EVERY ROOM OF YOUR HOME WITH RUGS, RUNNERS AND SOFT FURNISHINGS IN PATTERNS, PRINTS AND SOLID COLOUR BLOCKS.

Food

Bowls Of Goodness • IT’S COLD OUTSIDE, SO WARM UP WITH DELICIOUS HOT SOUPS AND STEWS, MOPPED UP WITH CRUNCHY TOAST OR NAAN BREAD.

Simply The Best • STEVE CUMPER’S SCRUMPTIOUS TRUFFLE CONCOCTION HONOURS ITS BRITISH ORIGINS.

Where The Heart Is • FOR COUNTRY STYLE’S WINE WRITER (AND ENTHUSIASTIC IMBIBER) PETER BOURNE, A HOME AMONG THE GUM TREES AND GRAPEVINES SEEMED THE PERFECT FIT.

Travel

Lap Of Luxury • PRIVATE POOLS, VERDANT VIEWS, FOREST SURROUNDS… ROCKPOOL FARM OFFERS AN IDYLLIC BYRON BAY GETAWAY.

Carry On • WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TRAVEL.

Boots And All • IN THE SPECTACULAR SOUTH WEST OF WA, A FAMILY IS BACK IN THE BUSINESS OF HANDCRAFTING COSY SHEEPSKIN BOOTS TO ORDER.

The Style Diary • BEDTONIC FOUNDER JULIE RAMSAY TAKES A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO HER PLUSH LINEN RANGE.

Old Meets New • CHOOSE LUXURIOUS, VERSATILE PIECES THAT ARE MADE TO LAST.

Plump It Up • GIVE YOUR SKIN, NAILS AND HAIR A BOOST WITH COLLAGEN-INFUSED BEAUTY PRODUCTS AND SUPPLEMENTS.

Book Club • FEEL SAFE AND SOUND AS YOU READ ABOUT THE INFAMY VISITED UPON OTHERS.

The Net Effect • HOW AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS ARE TACKLING CYBERBULLYING, ONLINE SAFETY AND STUDENTS’ MENTAL WELLBEING.

Field Guide • FIELD GUIDE BROWSE OUR ADVERTISERS’ PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

At The Museum • AUSTRALIAN PAINTER MARGARET PRESTON WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY JAPANESE ARTISTIC TECHNIQUES.

Collectables • JOHN McPHEE EXAMINES A PURSE MADE BY A NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST.

Tank Warfare • MAGGIE MACKELLAR ENCOUNTERS AN ALL-TOO-FAMILIAR ROAD-RELATED MISHAP.