Belle

Belle is an interior design and decoration magazine, with a focus on Australia and the world’s finest homes. Belle keeps readers up to date with local and international news and trends in design, interiors, art, architecture, furniture, fabrics and wallpaper, food, travel and luxury goods.

Belle

EDITOR’ SLETTER

Here & now • Timely indulgences for staying put.

THE BEST of the best • The winners of this year’s Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards represent a suitably inspiring culmination of the program’s first 10 years, exhibiting the confidence, sophistication and verve of an industry that continues to go from strength to strength. Here we celebrate the class of 2020 and look forward to another fabulous decade of design.

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Parts unknown • New bodies of work to probe and peruse.

BRIDGING THE GAP • Whether large or small, public or private, Alexander Tzannes treats all projects with equal importance.

On a pedestal • Lucy Montgomery showcases the latest design standouts to admire and acquire.

GAME changer • New York-trained designer Thomas Hamel converted a heritage inner-Sydney terrace into a stylish workspace that’s also a shining showcase for his studio’s stellar work.

United front • There’s so much more to these stellar architects than their evocative built forms.

Season well • Melissa Penfold tells how to whip up a glamorous, safe Christmas.

Reflections on design • Belle’s Jean Wright has a fine eye, honed by work with top creatives as well as her own innate sense of style, as evidenced in her perfectly composed bijou apartment in Sydney.

Eye candy • A cornucopia of beauty and inspiration.

Forever young • You’ll always keep your cool with these timeless pieces.

Golden age • For eternal elegance, look to classic lines and coastal hues.

HOMES • Meet the magnificent nine: a Spanish haven in LA, a grand manor in Brittany, an architectural prize-winner on the Great Ocean Road and a posse of glamour homes that gaze upon Sydney harbour.

FRAME GAME • Gallerist Sally Dan-Cuthbert’s Spanish mission abode may be packed with contemporary art and design but it’s foremost a family home and anything but precious.

Stepping up • Terraced back on its sloping site this Sydney eastern suburbs house makes the most of the ocean outlook with a simple, quietly luxurious design.

Spanish f ling • The romance of this 1920s residence flanked by the Hollywood Hills drew the eyes of a talented couple who set about enhancing its original glamour

HELLO SILVER • Now a chic platinum grey, this former red-brick residence has been made over into an airy beauty with interiors to match.

MARINE CULTURE • Anchored amid native bush, this exceptional home stands strong on a prize plot of the wild Victorian south coast where frothy breakers roll in below and mesmerising views extend in all directions.

MISSION ACCEPTED • Challenged with making over her own period villa home, interior designer Olivia Babarczy played up the Mediterranean features and airy mood of the 1920s original with a palette of subtle tones and carefully curated pieces.

Party faithful • Postcard-perfect views and a newly inviting space rewarded this family who, posted overseas, trusted interior designer Thomas Hamel to deliver the living area of their dreams in their absence.

CHEMISTRY CLASS • The formula for the magical makeover of this transformed harbourside home was one part golden opportunity and one part inspired vision.

SAPPHIRE SANCTUARY • Sparkling in its maritime setting this palatial home, built as a love nest by a captain of industry for his mistress, has been restored to its former glory.

TALL STORY • Whispering...