Country Style Australia — November 2017

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THE BLOCK’S

DARREN PALMER

ON GROWING UP

IN THE COUNTRY

Turning a Queensland

courthouse into a home

LAW AND ORDER

KITCHEN &

BAT H RO OM

SPECIAL

30 + PAGES OF DECORATING IDEAS

ESCAPE THE

E VE RY DAY

SAVING GRACE RESTORING A 19TH-CENTURY CHURCH’S GARDEN

INTO THE HILLS Visit Maleny in the lush hinterland

in this issue...

ALEXANDRA

GORDON

We gave this talented stylist the job

of producing our 12-page kitchens

and bathrooms special on page 76.

E L I Z A

O’HARE

This experienced journalist had

a great rapport with The Block’s Darren

Palmer when she interviewed him for

My Country Childhood on page 30.

Sydney-based Eliza has been writing

for mfor magazines for 25 years and is agazines for 25 years and is

currently the associate editor of currently the associate editor of

Harper’s BazaarHarper’s Bazaar. For this issue, she. For this issue, she

spoke to talented interior designer spoke to talented interior designer

Darren PalmDarren Palmer about his new luxury er about his new luxury

homhomewares collection for Mewares collection for Myer and yer and

his idyllic childhood in the port town his idyllic childhood in the port town

of Gladstone, on Queensland’s central of Gladstone, on Queensland’s central

coast. Eliza says the interview turned coast. Eliza says the interview turned

into a two-hour talk fest over corn into a two-hour talk fest over corn

fritters and countless chai lattes. fritters and countless chai lattes.

WWhen Eliza’s not on deadline she is hen Eliza’s not on deadline she is

Pinterest-plotting a new country-style Pinterest-plotting a new country-style

kitchen and seeking the perfect kitchen and seeking the perfect

f lowering gumf lowering gum for the front garden for the front garden

of her cottage in Mof her cottage in Mount Victoria in ount Victoria in

the NSWthe NSW Blue M Blue Mountains, which is ountains, which is

still a work-in-progress.

Working in magazines for almost

20 years —20 years — m mostly at ostly at Vogue Living Vogue Living where where

she’s the special projects editor —she’s the special projects editor — gave gave

Alexandra the necessary experience Alexandra the necessary experience

to pull together our story on the latest to pull together our story on the latest

trends in kitchen and bathroomtrends in kitchen and bathroom design. design.

“W“When it comhen it comes to tapware, I’mes to tapware, I’m seeing seeing

a lot of alternatives to chroma lot of alternatives to chrome,” she e,” she

says. “And timsays. “And timber is a strong trend for ber is a strong trend for

finishes, whether it’s the real thing finishes, whether it’s the real thing

or tiles that emor tiles that emulate it.” Any advice for ulate it.” Any advice for

those about to emthose about to embark on a renovation? bark on a renovation?

“Do your research and get the right “Do your research and get the right

tradesmtradesmen for the job —en for the job — tiling your tiling your

own bathroomown bathroom is not som is not something I’d ething I’d

recomrecommmend!” Based in Sydney, when end!” Based in Sydney, when

Alexandra escapes the city, she heads Alexandra escapes the city, she heads

to Bowral, Jamto Bowral, Jamberoo or Rylstone. beroo or Rylstone.

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