There is an exuberance, a riot of colour, pattern and texture that defines Los Angeles based interior designer Betsy Burnham’s work. In this house though, dark wood and black framed steel and glass windows and doors anchor an uncharacteristic neutral palette. Colour is expressed subtly in public areas while in the private bedroom and bathroom areas it makes a playful return. An eclectic style is perhaps best described as Rajasthan meets Myanmar meets Moroccan and Spanish Mission. An exotic yet elegant and serene house. Mt. Olympus by Burnham Design.

I always love the little sneak peeks inside my favourite magazine that Matilda Duffercy, Senior and Social Editor of Inside Out magazine, sends our way each month. September’s Issue, out tomorrow, looks amazing! I’ll let Matilda take it from here.

Spring has almost sprung here and the issue is all about fresh ideas for your renovation, with a 17-page outdoor special to boot. The cover alone brings a little of the outdoors inside, with soft tones and textures making this living zone instantly inviting. The whole home is really special – from the design-savvy kitchen to the considered palette enlivened by the homeowner’s favourite tone – emerald green. Cover styling by Heather Nette King. Cover photography by Derek Swalwell.

I have included a shot of another brilliant home from the issue. The Sydney terrace was renovated in keeping with its heritage, but in a style that speaks to contemporary design. All in all, the home is totally wishlist. Styling by Claire Delmar. Photography by Felix Forest. (It’s actually one of Inside Out’s Open For Inspection homes and here’s the video tour – Jo.)

It wouldn’t be spring without a bit of bloom adoration! A beautiful feature styled by Matt Page, with floral styling by Caitlin Melling highlights lots of ways to display the season’s best as well as a few tips for success. Photography by Sam McAdam-Cooper.

This month, our style editor Jessica Hanson gathered gorgeous jewellery holders and mobiles in her best buys pages. Both were photographed with Sam McAdam-Cooper.

We’re about to celebrate Father’s Day, and we’ve whipped up a feast fit for a king! Here are some banoffee pavlovas, that are sure to pull a crowd long after Father’s Day ends. Styling by Alicia Sciberras . Food styling by Kristen Wilson. Photography by Sam McAdam-Cooper. Production by Mia Daminato.

I hope you enjoy the new issue – Ii really love this one.

And I think I will too! Can’t wait to get my hands on my copy of the September issue but don’t fret if you aren’t in Australia. You can read along on  Zinio, Google Play, the Apple Newsstand and Nook.

I’ve always imagined that living in a Parisian Haussmannian apartment would be like living in a wedding cake. All white fondant icing with elaborate sugar work decoration. Elegant but perhaps a little cold. Fragile and frosty beauty. Not quite the recipe for a fabulous family home. Except, that is, when your sugar confection of an apartment has been re-imagined by Marion Collard. Modern, colourful, simple living (within a wedding cake) in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Photography by Felix Forest

Don’t get me wrong. It’s the perfect marriage of old and new, of fabulous art and practical living, of the quest for the ideal home and the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi. Yes this heritage-listed home in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm by MMO Interiors may represent the perfect design marriage (and my dream home) but, if it was mine, I’d be taking the art in the event of a break up. Actually that’s wrong. I’d want it all.

I was going to title this post “Working on a Sunday” but hang that for an idea! I want to live in this place not work there! Like a boudoir for their retail retinue all with the ever present, all enveloping waft of heaven’s scent, Jo Malone – Paris by Marion Collard.