THE EDIT

Sarah Davidson spent years building a successful career in law before burnout forced her to confront a surprisingly difficult question: who was she outside of work?
What followed was a series of unexpected chapters, from launching a matcha business with her husband to turning her love of storytelling into Seize the Yay.
In this episode of The Edit, Sarah joins Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock to talk about learning to take risks, why becoming a mum has been her most extraordinary chapter yet, and the Melbourne home she and Nic transformed while Sarah was pregnant.
Plus, Sarah takes us inside their renovation, from the DIY cabinetry throughout the house to their wellness room.
This episode covers:
How Sarah went from lawyer to entrepreneur
The burnout that forced her to rethink her identity
Why she believes your “yay” should change throughout your life
How Sarah taught herself to become comfortable with risk
Why motherhood has been her most extraordinary chapter
Inside Sarah and Nic’s family home renovation
How they used kitchen cabinetry in their walk-in wardrobe
Why Sarah has learned to embrace the Lego-covered chaos
The simple design choices that make their house feel like home
You can find Sarah on Instagram here
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Sarah Davidson
Edited by: Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.
The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media.
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Welcome to Worst Case Scenario, a new bite-sized episode from Home Beautiful’s The Edit podcast, where we ask our guests about their biggest ‘oh-no’ moment in the home.
Today, production designer Felicity Abbott takes us back to a set-building disaster on My Brilliant Career, where two weeks of work was submerged overnight. What followed was a frantic pivot and a complete rebuild, on a brand-new location, in record time.
Haven't caught Felicity's episode of The Edit yet? Listen/watch the full episode here.
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Felicity Abbott
Edited by: Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.
The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media.
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Production designer Felicity Abbott returned to Australia after nine years working overseas to create the world of Netflix's My Brilliant Career, a new adaptation of Miles Franklin's iconic novel.
In this episode of The Edit, Felicity tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock how her team transformed historic South Australian properties, built entire homes from scratch and used everything from architecture and landscaping to furniture, colour and the smallest objects in a room to tell the story of the characters who live there.
Plus, Felicity reveals the surprising Victorian status symbol she discovered during her research, and the painstaking tricks used to make heritage locations and studio-built interiors appear completely seamless on screen.
This episode covers:
Why My Brilliant Career brought Felicity back to Australia after nine years overseas
How she begins designing a world from the script and its characters
Finding the historic South Australian homes used in the series
Building entire houses and interiors from scratch
Making the architecture feel distinctly Australian
Why colour is the foundation of Felicity's production design
Sourcing and creating Victorian furniture, antiques and homewares
How tiny household objects reveal a character's backstory
Recreating Victorian gas, candle and tallow lighting
The magic - and sadness - of watching a film set come to life and eventually disappear
Check out Felicity’s work here
You can watch My Brilliant Career now on Netflix
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Felicity Abbott
Edited by: Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.
The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media.
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Welcome to Worst Case Scenario, a new bite-sized episode from Home Beautiful’s The Edit podcast, where we ask our guests about their biggest ‘oh-no’ moment in the home.
Today, Sophie Tieman takes us through the bathroom renovation that spiralled into burst pipes, damaged stairs and a tradie she wishes she'd Googled first.
Haven't caught Sophie's episode of The Edit yet? Listen/watch the full episode with Sophie here.
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Sophie Tieman
Edited by: Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.
The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media.
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Sophie Tieman grew up with a paintbrush in hand, helping her parents flip houses in Tasmania. That love of property carried into a 15-year career in commercial real estate... until one night at 10pm when she decided to walk away from it all and build something completely new.
In this episode of The Edit, Sophie tells Home Beautiful Editor-in-Chief Elle Lovelock about launching The Corporate Edit, a one-stop fashion shop for women in business, why she handed in her notice before telling anyone what she was building, and her honest advice for anyone sitting on an idea of their own.
Plus, Sophie shares how she completely transformed a dark 1970s townhouse during COVID, how she’s making her new home with “good bones” feel like her own, and her best hack for making a narrow home feel twice the size.
Sending thanks to our partners at Kaboodle Kitchen.
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This episode covers:
Buying her first home pre-auction & signing the contract at the pub
Leaving the house she brought both her babies home to
Transforming a dark 1970s townhouse during COVID lockdowns
Rewiring, floorboards and moving the laundry into the garage
Designing a Kaboodle flat-pack kitchen
Her trick for making a narrow home feel twice the size
Creating the right ambience, from scent to playlists
Quitting a 15-year real estate career with nothing lined up
What her mum said about changing to fit a male-dominated industry
Launching The Corporate Edit from scratch
Mystery drawer: the wedding gift she can't throw out
A listener's project mamagement renovation dilemma
What makes a home beautiful
You can find Sophie on Instagram here
Check out The Corporate Edit here
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Credits:
Host: Elle Lovelock
Guest: Sophie Tieman
Edited by: Leah Porges
Head of Vodcasting: Rachel Fountain
With thanks to our wonderful Home Beautiful team.
The Edit is a production of Home Beautiful and Are Media.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.