Better at Home with Myf Warhurst

Now that you’ve seen what’s possible, what would a better home look like for you? Myf Warhurst closes the season at Wombat Park, a grand 1910 home on 250 acres near Daylesford, with gardens first planted more than 170 years ago. Its owners, Theresa Albioli and her husband Tony, are restoring the place with the care of custodians, with a plan to pass it on in trust long after they’re gone. In this episode: what it means to care for a place with history rather than simply own it, why a home only comes alive when it’s lived in and shared, and how the same love Theresa pours into a mansion started in a one-room former bus depot with a mattress on the floor. Brought to you by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Australia. Nobody knows homes better. Follow Better at Home: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterathome_podcast/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/betterathome Website: https://www.bhgre.com.au

What happens to the dream when the life you built it for changes? Myf Warhurst visits landscape architect Natasha Morgan at the white cottage in Daylesford she moved to after years on acreage, a deliberate downsize that proved the country life she loved didn't depend on the land she'd leave behind. In this episode: how to actually find a place in a regional town, the questions worth asking a local agent long before you're ready to buy, and why abundance has far less to do with the size of your block than you'd think. Brought to you by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Australia. Nobody knows homes better. Follow Better at Home: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterathome_podcast/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/betterathome Website: https://www.bhgre.com.au

What does it take to build a garden that lasts a lifetime? Myf Warhurst visits Bev Hanson, one of the first women to study landscape design in Australia, at the Warrandyte garden she and her husband started in 1969 and has been shaping ever since. Fifty-five years on, it's less a garden than a life's work, grown into the bush around it. In this episode: what it takes to build something over fifty years, why finding the right piece of land matters more than what you first put on it, and what half a century in one place teaches you about home. Brought to you by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Australia. Nobody knows homes better. Follow Better at Home: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/betterathome_podcast/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/betterathome Website: https://www.bhgre.com.au

What if the country life you keep talking yourself out of is one you don't have to do alone? Myf Warhurst visits Mara Ripani at Village Dreaming, fifteen acres near Daylesford where Mara lives, gardens, cooks and shares the property with a rotating household of others. It's a home built entirely around the table, and around the idea that a place means more when it's full of people. In this episode: how sharing a property can open the door to land you'd never manage on your own, the boundaries that make communal living work rather than implode, and why building the life you want one small step at a time beats waiting until you can afford it all at once. Brought to you by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Australia. Nobody knows homes better. Follow Better at Home:Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/betterathome_podcast/⁠Facebook: ⁠https://facebook.com/betterathome⁠Website: ⁠https://www.bhgre.com.au

What happens when you finally make space for the thing you've always wanted to make? Myf Warhurst visits designer, illustrator and maker Beci Orpin at the home she waited a long time to get right, a place shaped less by a grand plan than by trusting her own eye and the people around her. It's a home where the creative life and the property are impossible to separate. In this episode: why the version you end up with can beat the one you first dreamed of, what a community of makers gives a home that money can't, and how the space you live in can hand you back your confidence. Brought to you by Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Australia. Nobody knows homes better. Follow Better at Home: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterathome_podcast/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/betterathome Website: https://www.bhgre.com.au