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.

Ed’s Letter

Masthead

Inbox • STEPPING INTO 2026 WITH BOLD COLOUR, A HANKERING FOR CONNECTION, A QUEST FOR CALM AND A NOSTALGIA FOR THE ARTISANAL, LAUREN CAMILLERI AND TANYA BUCHANAN BRING YOU SOME HOT SUGGESTIONS.

Right Now • Punk provocateur Vivienne Westwood meets asymmetrical avant-gardist Rei Kawakubo at a new NGV exhibition.

Flying colours

In The Pipeline • Austin Maynard Architects are consistently busy with significant projects and there’s much more to come.

Interior Design Awards 2025 • Australia’s most fabulous creatives came together for the interior design industry’s hottest night of nights!

Soft Touch • Saardé’s new store is a study in clever contrasts, with the cool industrial building playing off the brand’s warmth and texture.

Positive forces

Luxe Files • Strutting its stuff on the catwalk and in furniture collections, leather is back in a big way but softer and more pliable than ever.

Close Encounter • The new CDK Stone display space in Adelaide adds another layer of joy to the material-selection experience.

Scene stealer

Blood ties • Warm and fuzzy looks with a dramatic dash of red.

Reading Rooms • The ultimate wordsmith, journalist David Meagher devours a book a week and needed a living space that was conducive to both reading and writing.

Blue Velvet • Sydney has a filmic new venue with a Venetian-style New York vibe and trailblazing colour scheme to match.

Pass Port • Start planning your next Euro getaway – in a classic resort with a fabulously refreshed face.

Coastal Edge • A STANDOUT BAR AND RECEPTION AREA HERALDS AN EXCITING NEW ERA FOR BOUTIQUE HOTEL THE BOWER.

Smart Spaces • A penthouse presents as the pinnacle of design while four apartments and a house flaunt their diversity.

Two Chapters

Scaling Up

Making Waves

Beaching Out

Height Of Luxe

Steely Gaze

Homes • In the frame this month are nine exceptional properties defined by their art as much as their design.

Dream state • The notion of being transported to another world excited both the owners and designer of this award-winning, multi-generational manse.

Tour De Force • An elegant renovation celebrates the owners’ much-travelled past, Pop artworks and passion for colour.

Royal Treatment • The renovation of this home heroes its original architectural soul while introducing playful moments of colour, texture and glamour.

Monastic fantastic • Sydneysiders gave into the considered charms of a modern fortress in northern NSW.

Domestic haven • Over a number of years, designer Marylou Sobel has created a stylish sanctuary filled with vintage pieces.

Quiet luxury • Rich materiality and an easy indoor-outdoor flow create an undeniable sense of calm in this Walter Barda project.

Sense Of Shelter

Grand Entrance • Drawing inspiration from Italian rural villas, this intriguing home is overlaid with a generous sprinkling of modernism.

Simple Pleasures • Stone, sand and sun-bleached neutrals nod to both the Mediterranean and the Pacific in this idyllic coastal home.

Legal ease • Colour and compassion smooth the way at a new barristers’ chambers in Melbourne.