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Australia's best interiors magazine, Inside Out delivers inspiring homes, clever design ideas and practical decorating solutions. Discover the latest homewares trends, stunning outdoor spaces, and what's new for the living room, kitchen, bathroom and garden.

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armchairs • Pull up a stylish seat in a design that has legs in any room

cream • Whip your interiors into shape with these subtle statement pieces

cutlery • Make every meal the main event with a chic new cutlery set

core values • A monumental mind shift from one of Australia’s most-loved interiors and homewares brands means more locally made product and a greater selection of signature pieces in their new range

Hannah Nowlan • This emerging 20-something artist lives and works in Black Rock, Victoria, where she’s inspired by the landscape around her and the mythology ascribed to it

COMFORT RULES • The new decorative wave of ‘soft nurture’ is the result of an unsettling year. And as we’re all about creating gentle spaces in 2021, what better way to demonstrate than with our own homes. Here, three Inside Out staffers show how they’ve adapted one sofa design to their personal comfort styles

entries open! • In association with Brickworks, Australia’s leading building-products company, we are thrilled to announce THE 2021 INSIDE OUT | BRICKWORKS HOME OF THE YEAR AWARDS

HOW TO ENTER

EB and flow • Emma Buchan planned up a storm for her new home

on the rise • Rather than leave their inner-city neighbourhood, a sustainably minded couple with young children decided to build upwards and outwards

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GREEN ASPECTS

TWO GOOD • Sydney interiors expert Emma Buchan wanted her next home to be extraordinary – so she designed one from scratch and doubled down with another on the side

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MIST OPPORTUNITY • When an atmospheric clifftop house came onto the market in the NSW Blue Mountains, a Sydney couple leapt at the chance to own and share it

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TAIL END • The owners of this home waited until the kids moved out to renovate and make it perfect for them and their pooches

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CARTE BLANCHE • Everything was cool white in this Amsterdam apartment until interior designer Nicole Dohmen was invited to make it super colourful and fun

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the best in KITCHEN DESIGN 2021

1 NATURAL ELEMENT • Architecture and design firm BayleyWard gave this beautifully preserved Edwardian home a texture-rich contemporary facelift

2 MONOCHROME MAGIC • Working within tight parameters was freeing for interior designer Carole Whiting, who brought a dark space to life with the lightest treatment

3 TONAL SHIFT • Designer Bree Leech has brought warming wabi-sabi elements to a cool and calm space by incorporating mixed materials with soul

4 INVITATION ONLY • Melbourne interior designers Sanders & King used crisp design devices and subtle details to give this tired room new life as a relaxed social hub

5 HOME HANGOUT • Cantilever Interiors made this kitchen the heart of the house with inviting timber tones and an accommodating dining zone

material world • We’ve laid out the latest kitchen finishes for you in three cutting-edge palettes

what’s cooking? • Wondering what your kitchen will look and be like in the future? Will it even be called a ‘kitchen’? One thing’s for sure, no room in the house will feel the impact of technology more than this. Our resident homes hero, Shannon Vos,...