100 Beautiful ROOMS

From light-soaked living rooms to indulgent powder rooms, these special spaces give us plenty to celebrate

- PRODUCED BY KATRINA YAXLEY | WORDS CHRIS PEARSON

As Home Beautiful celebrates a century of inspirational and inviting spaces, we mark the milestone by presenting our own selection of 100 rooms that encapsulate our mission over so many wonderful years. Freely embracing colour, pattern and texture, these fabulous rooms are of the moment, but also refreshingly timeless and classic. Welcome to the first of three instalments. Keep an eye out for more in our October and November issues.

1 TROPICAL FEVER

This room brings the tropics home in a most beguiling way. De Gournay 'Island Garden' hand-painted wallpaper, by Brisbane interior designer Anna Spiro, sets the tone in the living room of her own city apartment. Sea, sand and sky - including tropical fish, coral, surf and palm trees - transport her instantly to her beloved Stradbroke Island, while also evoking happy memories of holidays on the Great Barrier Reef. In true Anna fashion, the wallpaper is boldly highlighted by sunny yellow architraves and a whimsical Matilda Goad & Co woven lamp base. Anna Spiro Design, annaspirodesign.​com.au.

2 OUT TO LUNCH

When it comes to entertaining, this inviting alfresco hideaway on Sydney's Northern Beaches is in the swing of things thanks in part to 'Dover' lantern pendants from Lighting Republic (this page). They lend gravitas and boost hosting credentials. So, too, does the communal table and bench seat that will get the guests talking. In this Hamptons haven, caneware and white ceramics have an informality that inspire lingering lunches in the garden.

Stritt Design & Construction, stritt.com.au.

3 VANITY FARE