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

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YOUR PAGE • OUR JANUARY STORY ON SARAH ANDREWS’S SOLO VOYAGE ABOARD A NARROWBOAT RESONATED WITH READERS. OTHERS FOUND FAMILIAR CONNECTIONS CLOSER TO HOME.

march • This month, enjoy an alfresco feast in outback Queensland, beautiful begonias in Ballarat, and a vintage costume exhibition in Albury.

house to home • BEAUTIFY ROOMS WITH PATTERNS AND PRINTS.

best in show • CREATE SERENE SURROUNDINGS WITH EXQUISITE BOTANICAL WALLPAPER.

A STITCH IN TIME • HER HOBBY OF SEWING TAPESTRIES IS A THREAD THAT CONNECTS GRIEF AND JOY, THE PAST AND PRESENT, SAYS MAGGIE MACKELLAR.

homegrown • FROM HOBBY TO HIVE, CLAY BEEHIVE FOUNDER MELANIE ELIADES HAS CREATED A PROFESSIONAL ROLE THAT FUELS HER ARTISTIC PASSION.

collective voice • FARMER AND PODCASTER ANGIE NISBET LOVES THE LAND AND IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SHARING AUTHENTIC RURAL STORIES.

blooming ambition • LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL FOR THIS FLORIST TURNED FLOWER FARMER WHO IS GROWING BLOOMS THE NATURAL WAY IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

the art issue • We visit regional artists at home to learn about their work and take a look around their studios.

A MATTER OF PRACTICE • GALLERIST MICHAEL REID LOOKS AT THE WAYS OUR VARIED LANDSCAPE INFLUENCES ARTISTS IN REGIONAL AREAS.

FIRE AND EARTH • ARTIST CARLY LE CERF MELDS VISUAL MEMORY AND THE ALCHEMY OF ENCAUSTICS TO DEPICT THE LANDSCAPES SHE EXPLORES.

the storyteller • AN INTUITION ABOUT EACH CANVAS BRINGS PAINTER LUCY VADER’S COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND, WEATHER AND IDENTITY TO LIFE.

PATTERNED COUNTRY • Ancestry, identity and the beauty of Arnhem Land are etched into artist Djirrirra Wunu murra Yukuwa’s works.

COAST TO COAST • Visit Country Style’s 2023 art exhibition with Michael Reid.

NATURE’S FRAME • WHEN AN ARTIST AND A BUILDER DESIGNED THEIR NEW HOME, SPACE FOR CREATIVE INSPIRATION WAS A LEADING FEATURE.

PIECED TOGETHER • SELECT HARMONIOUS BASE TONES, THEN ADD STATEMENT DECOR OR ART.

LIVING IN COLOUR • VIVID HUES AND PRETTY PRINTS BRING AN OLD FARMHOUSE NEAR TOOWOOMBA, QLD, INTO A NEW ERA.

OUR PLACE • TABITHA AND RICHARD YOUNG HAVE REVAMPED THEIR HUMBLE CANUNGRA QUEENSLANDER INTO AN ELEGANT, AMERICAN-INSPIRED FARMHOUSE.

creative force • ARTIST BARB SOMERVAILLE’S GARDEN IN SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND IS NOW HER MAIN FOCUS.

creating a buzz • Tiny but mighty bees will benefit your flower and vegie gardens, says Fiona Weir.

bathing belles • FROM HISTORIC GLAMOUR TO SLEEK MODERN LINES, COUNTRY BATHROOMS CAN EMBRACE A RANGE OF STYLES TO SUIT ANY HOUSE.

PAMPER ESSENTIALS • CREATE A SERENE, LUXURIOUS AMBIENCE.

edible art • PLAIN, ICED OR ADORNED – GET CREATIVE WITH POUND CAKES, SAYS COOK TILLY PAMMENT.

BEHIND THE LABEL • AN EXCEPTIONAL WINE, WHETHER RENOWNED OR HOMEMADE, DESERVES AN EQUALLY EXCEPTIONAL LABEL, SAYS COLUMNIST NICK RYAN.

INSIDE VIEW • ARTIST WHITNEY SPICER’S STUDIO AND STORE IN MANILDRA, NSW, IS AN INSPIRING PLACE FOR HER AND HER COMMUNITY.

the style diary • ARTIST LARISSA BLAKE HAS AN ECLECTIC WARDROBE STOCKED WITH COLOUR, PRINTS – AND A HINT OF ROCKER CHIC.

bright spark • LARISSA LOVES RELAXED ATTIRE AND TIMELESS ACCESSORIES.

STYLISH BY NATURE • STRIDE INTO THE NEW SEASON WITH COSY KNITS AND CLASSIC COATS INSPIRED BY COLOURS FOUND IN NATURE.

sole purpose • ROSSI...