Interior designer Katy Thomas is one of the many Australians who has shifted her focus to revamping her existing space, and creating an oasis in her backyard this summer. She also managed to do so on a tiny budget, spending under $1,200 and all at…
Before & Afters
90s house renovation renders it unrecognisable. In a good way!
This 1980’s Italian mansion extreme makeover is one of our most popular posts so when we heard the team behind it had recently completed another project, we were keen to…
Before & after: An amazing California Bungalow transformation in Melbourne
Built in the 1930’s in the Melbourne suburb of Bentleigh, this Californian Bungalow was in a pretty sorry state when its owner Anita Woods decided to bid on it at…
Apartment makeover: sun-drenched pad for busy couple
This sun-drenched Art Deco apartment in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay was the perfect blank canvas to create a retreat for a busy young professional couple, and interior designer Liz Hayward thoroughly…
Retirees finally transform their cottage after 20 years abroad
After decades of living and working overseas, retirees Mark and Suzette Dawson returned home to Australia to transform a modest cottage they bought in 1994 into their forever home. The…
Dated and dark apartment opened up and given luxe new life
Whoever gets to live in this stylish apartment on Sydney’s Lower North Shore is one lucky renter! The investment property was recently taken from dark and dated to light and…
Leigh Campbell shares new bathrooms, with plenty of skincare storage!
Beauty influencer Leigh Campbell, as you might expect, has a lot of skincare! So the original seventies bathroom and ensuite that came with her apartment weren’t cutting it. The overflow…
Depressing kids’ room becomes nurturing, dreamy space.
This week, Naomi Findlay shares the second finished room in the rundown 1880s stone cottage she is renovating. If you missed room one, check it out here. Over to you,…
Sixties homage to RSL becomes breezy family home
With two kids, Ben and Letisha Clare were fast outgrowing their weatherboard cottage in Lilyfield, and couldn’t wait to get into a bigger house, yearning to be closer to the beach.…
Heritage home brought back to life for family living
This Federation home on Sydney’s lower north shore was in a bad state when Jon and Nikki Moss bought it in late 2015. But you’d never know it now, looking…