If ever you’re in need of a little inspiration for pursuing your passions, the first place to look is at those who have done it before you. Five years ago, gardener, crafter and maker Ainslee Costa began sharing photos of her projects and the transformation of her garden into a suburban farm on Instagram (@MySuburbanFarm); she soon realised she was also tapping into the ambitions, interests and passions shared by so many others… 80,700 followers (and counting), in fact. “It fascinated me that people from all corners of the world were peering into my backyard via the internet,” she says of the experience.
Ainslee was simply “besotted with country living” and, in 2007, set out to inject her favourite parts of rural life into her own little patch of suburbia, which she shares with her husband Karl and their three young-adult children Tim, Madison and Sheridan, near Melbourne’s bustling CBD. “I’ve always been drawn to the charming simplicity and delicious slowness of rural life − there’s something so dreamy and comforting about the homegrown, the hand-crafted, the pre-loved and the locally sourced,” she says. “You could say I’m on a mission to bring the romance of country living and the conveniences of city life together – so our family can enjoy the best that both worlds have to offer.”
In her new book My Suburban Farm: Finding bucolic bliss in the burbs (Affirm Press), Ainslee shares her insights and advice on how
how to design YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE
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BRING TO LIGHT
A DULL AND UNINSPIRING HOME IS REINCARNATED AS AN IDYLLIC SEASIDE ABODE FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR
CALI CLASSIC
TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THIS BUNGALOW'S EXTERIOR, A COUPLE REVIVED THE INTERIOR WITH CALIFORNIA SOUL
SEA CHANGE
A DATED PROPERTY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A FAMILY'S FOREVER HOME WITH A FRESH BLACK AND WHITE PALETTE
Paradise found in LOS CABOS
ON THE POINT OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA, THE DESERT MEETS THE SEA AT THIS AWE-INSPIRING MEXICAN OASIS
THE gardener's LOG
With only one month until spring is officially here, August is the last chance to give your plants a winter prune and shape your garden for summer
COME RAIN OR SHINE
It took two months of dedicated, daily work to transform an almost bare yard into this contemporary garden
BOLD STROKES
DARE TO EMBRACE THE DETAILS THAT MAKE YOU DIFFERENT FOR A KITCHEN DESIGN THAT FEELS PERSONAL
CREATIVE connections
THE RENOVATION JOURNEY OF THIS BANGALOW HOME TOOK A EUROPEAN-INSPIRED ROUTE BACK IN TIME
SET IN STONE
WITH ITS ALLURING MIX OF MATERIALS AND ERAS, THIS HOME OFFERS A MASTERCLASS IN ENDURING STYLE AND ELEGANCE
Escape time
WELCOME TO THE ULTIMATE COUNTRY RETREAT, A SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS WEEKENDER WHERE THE ONLY CHALLENGE IS BRINGING ONESELF TO LEAVE