Nadia Bartel is planning a quiet year spent with family for 2026.
The former WAG and designer, 40, has been dating Peter Dugmore for three years – and while the pair do plan to marry, Nadia says she is in no hurry.
‘I feel like 2026 is going to be really quiet on the home front,’ she told Daily Mail as she attended the Grey Goose party at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday.
‘There is nothing too exciting planned… I just want to slow down and spend more time with my boys,’ Nadia continued.
‘This year is about being home, being present and really soaking up that time with my kids.’
Work, however, is bound to keep her busy, Nadia admitted.
Nadia Bartel (pictured) is planning a quiet year spent with family for 2026
The former WAG and designer, 40, has been dating Peter Dugmore for three years – and while the pair do plan to marry, Nadia says she is in no hurry. Pictured: Peter Dugmore
‘Business is actually the opposite though… there is a lot happening behind the scenes,’ Nadia explained.
‘We are planning a few overseas trips which is really exciting.
‘I will be heading to Dubai and the US and having some big conversations about what the next chapter looks like.
‘It feels like the start of a really new and exciting phase for the business.’
When asked if marriage is on the cards, Nadia told the Herald Sun at the same event that she will wed again – just when her sons, Aston, 10, and Henley, 7, who she shares with Jimmy Bartel, are older.
‘Can you believe that, he hasn’t (proposed yet),’ Bartel joked.
‘Do you know we’ve barely even spoken about it. It’s funny, as you get older, I’ve been married before, we live together, I don’t think about it that much, but it would be nice.
‘We will get married one day, once the boys are a bit older.’
Nadia added that she still has hopes to use IVF to have a child with Peter.
‘It’s so special to be able to carry a baby with your partner, it’s a unique experience and would be nice for Pete and I to have that,’ she said.
‘I feel like 2026 is going to be really quiet on the home front,’ she told Daily Mail as she attended the Grey Goose party at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Monday
‘There is nothing too exciting planned… I just want to slow down and spend more time with my boys,’ Nadia continued
‘This year is about being home, being present and really soaking up that time with my kids,’ she added
Bartel and Dugmore made their first public appearance at the 2024 Australian Open after dating for two years.
The Aussie model and designer attended Derby Day in Melbourne last year, where she exclusively revealed to Daily Mail her thoughts on tying the knot with her beau.
‘I don’t think so,’ she shared when asked if there were any wedding plans on the horizon.
‘I don’t know. I’m not too fussed. We’re just really happy,’ she added.
Nadia went on to say that, despite being married before, she’s never been one to want a ‘big dream wedding’.
‘It’s more important to me being with someone that respects me and cares about me and he definitely is the best part of that.’
Nadia also broached the topic of marriage with Daily Mail regarding her beau the year prior.
‘You know when you’ve done that then you’re like I don’t know if I’d do that again,’ she said.
When asked if marriage is on the cards, Nadia told the Herald Sunat the same event that she will wed again – just when her sons, Aston, 10, and Henley, 7, who she shares with Jimmy Bartel, are older
Nadia added that she still has hopes to use IVF to have a child with Peter
‘But when you meet someone that you feel like you want to marry it’s a good feeling. We are so happy. He’s a good boy.’
The former WAG also said Peter was ‘The One’.
‘My love life is going well. It’s good. I’m happy,’ she told Daily Mail.
‘I think he’s The One. I do think he is and I think that he’s got so many amazing attributes. He’s just such a good person. I think the way he makes me feel…’
The pair went on a date after Peter slid into the fashionista’s Instagram DMs.
‘I don’t usually respond to Instagram messages, and I don’t know if it was because I was feeling lonely, but I responded,’ she previously told her Instagram followers.
‘I looked at his profile and we had some mutual friends and he looked like a nice guy. He also didn’t have a lot of posts – and I liked that,’ she said.
‘I really enjoyed the chats but I never thought I’d ever see this person – it was just nice to chat. I was in a good place with my mental health and I didn’t want to put myself in a position where I could be hurt again.’
The designer eventually met up with Peter at The Tan, a popular running route in Melbourne, and have been together ever since.
