The pages of Home Beautiful magazine are brimming with Australia’s most inspiring homes. Each new build, renovation or historic restoration represents a triumph for a talented team of designers and builders, as well as the families who inhabit them.
Some homes in particular, however, seem to really capture your hearts, garnering thousands of likes, shares and saves on Facebook and Instagram. This year, your favourites were varied and unexpected, ranging from exteriors that ooze kerb appeal to newly built homes with architectural details and inspiring maximalist apartments.
Here are 10 of the most popular Home Beautiful homes this year, as chosen by you!
Your favourite Australian homes of 2025
In the beautiful beachside suburb of Brighton in Adelaide, South Australia, stands this grand American Farmhouse-style home that’s been extended and renovated with the help of Alisa & Lysandra Interiors. Originally built in 1920, the dwelling was once owned by the town’s mayor. Now the residence of Jill and her husband Craig, the couple wanted to accommodate visits from their six adult children, plus partners and three precious grandchildren.
With exposed beams, a stone fireplace and a secret wine cellar, the renovated home is both comfortable and commanding.
Having been through the challenges and expense of an extensive renovation with their previous property, Georgie and Ben were in no hurry to repeat the experience when it came to upgrading their next home.
Instead, they enlisted the expertise of Alex and Janette Stritt of Stritt Design & Construction, who helped the family create a new home with an old soul.
“We didn’t want it to look too much like a new build, so that’s why we chose the weatherboard. That adds warmth and character,” says Georgia.
It’s not every day that a homeowner converts a six-bedroom property into a one-bedroom penthouse. But there’s nothing cookie cutter-esque about entertaining extraordinaire and Australia’s favourite homemaker Chyka Keebaugh.
Since she and her husband, Bruce, founded the iconic catering and events firm, The Big Group, in their mothers’ kitchens in the early ’90s, the couple have always taken the path less travelled.
It’s led to la dolce vita and this palatial pied-à-terre in inner-city Melbourne, which is brimming with vintage treasures and mementos collected from around the globe. It’s a veritable jewel box filled with colour, curiosities and many happy memories. “I love pattern, colour and texture,” says Chyka. “And I must go to a flea market wherever I am in the world.”
After the arrival of their first daughter, Elle, at the end of 2020, Tim and Anna were keen to upsize from their apartment in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs to somewhere a little more family-friendly
Just a short drive away on Sydney’s iconic coastline, they came across a pretty white place with pink bougainvillea framing the front door and ocean views from the top storey. “We fell in love with it,” recalls Tim.
After the family moved in, they tasked Anna’s good friend and interior designer Elissa Griffin of Winim with furnishing the main living areas and making them both stylish and functional.
After completing over 30 renovations together, The Block fan favourites and alumni Kyal and Kara reached for the stars with their latest project, aiming to create what Kara dubbed “the ultimate lifestyle” with an airy, open-plan home on NSW’s Central Coast. The knock-down and rebuild resulted in an interior with a moody palette inspired by Spanish resorts.
“When we did The Block 10 years ago, we were given an industrial apartment. That was a dark house,” says Kara. “I think with this house, a lot of it is our style but with a darker twist.”
Yearning for a peaceful country escape from their busy city lives, Natasha and Brian set their sights on the scenic Southern Highlands in NSW. “We wanted a place where our then-young boys could ride dirt bikes, make bonfires, camp and help with non-city things like feeding and looking after cattle, fencing and starting a veggie garden,” says Natasha.
Set among rolling hills, the home was “thoughtfully designed to embrace its scenic rural surroundings,” says Jessica Halvorsen, interior design director at Halvorsen Interiors. With a generous single-storey layout and strong north-south orientation, the interiors reflect a relaxed, classic country style.
When Tori and her husband Tom bought their Brisbane home a decade ago, it was need of a major transformation. “The house had a quick renovation by a developer,” says Tori. “It was originally a 1919 two-bedroom cottage gifted to a returned serviceman from World War I. We stepped inside and loved the natural light, but there was much we wanted to change.”
These days, the home couldn’t be more different, with a mesmerising world of colour and style awaiting beyond the emerald green front door.
Set on a hill overlooking a mature eucalypt forest and enjoying Brisbane city views, this home blends character and elegance to serve as a serene retreat for the family of five who lives here. “While you’re fewer than six kilometres from the Brisbane CBD, you could be in the country,” says one of the homeowners.
The house dates back nearly 100 years and was given a Tuscan-style renovation by previous owners in the 1990s.
Having fine-tuned their wishlist for years, the owners approached building designers Concepts Unlimited Design to reimagine the space and asked interior designer Angie Rogers to oversee the decoration. “They have a wonderful collection of heirloom pieces and antiques, so we wanted to include vintage elements and personal touches on display throughout the home, but executed in a contemporary way,” she says.
Having designed half a dozen homes for her family, each time building, selling and moving on, Ashley has learnt a lot. For their sixth house she combined all the elements she and husband Chad love; to create a place they were content to settle down, with their young daughters Asta and Maya. The couple secured a block with city views not far from Brisbane’s CBD and knocked down the existing house.
Soaring windows, doors and skylights infuse a natural glow, while beautiful joinery ensures the essentials of family life are catered for, but cleverly concealed where possible. “It ticks a lot of boxes,” muses Ashley. “We definitely want to stay here a while.”
Josh and Jenna’s Rutherglen Homestead revival
An epic, beguiling country home renovation.
After moving from inner-Melbourne to regional Victoria, The Block 2011 contestants Josh and Jenna began work on a homestead nicknamed ‘The Castle’. “It’s perched up on a hill overlooking Rutherglen, so it had the presence of a castle,” explains Jenna.
The pair shared the process of taking it from unliveable conditions to a warm and inviting family home. This included the installation of a brand new shiny galvanised iron roof and bullnose verandah, a whimsical and nostalgic guest bedroom and a rumpus room painted in a serene shade of green, plus an extension that was designed to take advantage of the property’s glorious views.
