Interior design and styling, homewares, furniture, home appliances and the personalities behind them
Jen's not a designer or stylist, she just loves this stuff, so she often calls on the experts to share their knowledge about things she doesn't know about.
A bit like Tinder for homewares, new app Home Addict allows you to effortlessly search for beautifully designed items for your abode. With a Tinder-esque style interface the app is designed to learn what you like and don’t like, so that it can serve you up the items that you’re looking for. Just swipe right! But that's not all, using virtual …
We've been wanting to launch a podcast for some time and today we're delighted to share our very first episode! I'm so pleased with the content of this first one, where I interview James Treble from Ten's The Living Room and Andrew Stenos, managing director of Sydney's Integriti Bathrooms. You'll learn everything you ever wanted to know about …
Update your home on a budget with these top eight tips from renovation guru Naomi Findlay. Whether you’re keen to overhaul your house for sale, or you simply want to make your home more enjoyable to live in, there are plenty of cosmetic tweaks that can make a world of difference to its overall appeal. Take your home from drab to fab with these …
You can sometimes feel limited when you live in an apartment, but while you may compromise on space, you don't have to compromise on style! 1788 Residences Double Bay is a new apartment complex that certainly doesn't. Featuring 31 luxury apartments over five levels -- above a ground-floor retail space -- they were designed by Bates Smart. The team …
In partnership with Latitude Financial Services Kitchens can be expensive. Very expensive. I'm in the middle of one so trust me, I know! And while we all know they sell houses and they're the heart of the home (why so many kitchen cliches, eh?!), we don't all have unlimited budgets, much as we'd love to have the best of everything. Today, I'm …
Spring cleaning is one of those things that beforehand sounds horrible, during is even worse, but after? After you feel phenomenal... it's a bit like exercise really! So to make the process easier we spoke to Jessica Bragdon, founder of natural cleaning range Koala Eco about her top tips for nailing this year's big clean (and yes you should still …
By Shilpa Mohan I grew up watching design shows and wanted to become an interior designer from about six years old. Transforming a place by picking colours and furniture seemed easy and fun. If people on renovation shows can design and renovate a whole house in a few weeks with no experience, it should be easy, right? Being an interior designer is …
Fresh from my much-Instagrammed trip to the Hamptons courtesy of the lovely people at Scyon Walls, I thought I'd kick off all the info I'm going to share with you, by getting back to basics! Bringing to mind a mix of coastal charm and sophisticated luxury, Hamptons-style home design remains a winner amongst Australian homeowners. Whether it’s …
Deciding how to decorate your little darling’s bedroom is almost as difficult as writing a birth plan and pretending you’ll stick to it. With so many novelty items and lines of licensed merchandise on the market, it’s easy to become a nervous wreck at the mere thought of decking out a nursery or rumpus room. Well, take a deep breath and start …
By Cherie Barber A smart cosmetic renovation is one of the most effective ways to completely transform a home on a modest budget. There are many different approaches to take, but you can be sure that paint will figure prominently. It’s cheap, it’s a straightforward DIY project and you can achieve miracles in just a weekend of hard yakka. On a …
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