What actually makes a home beautiful once the cameras leave, the renovation dust settles and real life moves back in? 

In part two of our conversation with Wendy Moore, the former Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief, Selling Houses Australia interior designer and all-round interiors authority invites us inside her own Sydney Inner West cottage. And this is not a polished show-home tour. It's far better. 

Wendy takes host and Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock through the hydrangeas, past the dodgy fence, into the side entrance, the light-filled void, the petrol-blue kitchen, the unfinished reading nook now claimed by the dog, and the freestanding bath in the main bedroom that everyone warned her against. 

Together they talk about what really works in a home after six years of living in it, from natural light and kitchen colour to family dinner tables, awkward layouts, builder contracts, renovation regrets, vintage silver, fireplaces, bed linen and why the homes we love most are rarely the perfect ones. 

Moments You’ll Hear: 
· Wendy’s audio home tour of her Inner West Sydney Californian bungalow cottage. 
· The clever renovation choice that flooded a dark older home with natural light. 
· Why Wendy still loves her petrol-blue kitchen, and what she would rethink about natural stone. 
· The reading nook that never got finished and quietly became the dog’s favourite spot. 
· The bedroom bath everyone said was a bad idea, and why Wendy loves it. 
· The renovation regret she wishes she had budgeted for from the beginning. 
· Wendy’s advice on choosing a builder, reading the contract and staying across every dollar. 
· How to beat renovation decision fatigue with a moodboard and a clear edit. 
· A smart fix for awkward living rooms where the sofa blocks the flow. 
· The vintage silver tea strainer and “jam spoon” that became an Antiques Roadshow moment. 
· Why the best homes are full of chatter, memory, imperfect corners and real life. 

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Credits: 
Our friend: Wendy Moore 
Host: Elle Lovelock 
Edited by: Pro Pods 
Producer: Charlie Potter and Thomas Crnkovic 
Executive Producer: Jessie-Lee Klass 
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain 

Learn More: 
The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media: https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-beautiful-the-edit-podcast/ 

Part one episode with Wendy: 
https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/shopping/wendy-moore-career-selling-houses/ 

See Wendy’s Home Beautiful home tour: 
https://www.homebeautiful.com.au/home-tours/home-tour-house-to-home-beautiful/ 

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