Springside Porcelain
Christine Bailey is a cake decorator by trade. While she still pipes and bakes, these days it's porcelain, not sponge cakes, she's popping in the oven. Fifteen years ago Christine Bailey enrolled herself in pottery classes. She loved making ... [... more]
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Grandkids' room
Tara remodels a spare room into somewhere cosy for the grandkids to sleep. The owners of this town house are looking to transform a spare room into a guest room plus a space for when the grandkids stay. It will look like an 'adult' room with a ... [... more]
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Cobble Pave
Cobble pave concrete is a new product suitable for use on driveways, paths, pool surrounds, etc. A plastic mould is used to create an authentic cobblestone look. It's so easy, you can do it yourself! The owners we visited decided to use the ... [... more]
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$10 Window Makeover
Check out this amazing temporary window makeover. It looks a million bucks but costs just $10. For so little, you can afford to change the look of your windows on a whim! Measure the perimeter of your window. Then work out how many balsa sheets ... [... more]
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Forest Bed Makeover
Create the backing board. First, measure your bed head and bed end to make sure that your cardboard is the right size. You may want to glue two layers of cardboard together for added strength. Using a pencil, transfer the outline of Pattern 1 ... [... more]
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Wedding reno - bathrooms & mirror
Natasha and Ray have renovated just about every room in the house and now it's time to take a look at the bathrooms. The main bathroom will be given a complete facelift and a sophisticated new look. And to finish it off, Tara will create a modern ... [... more]
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H.M.A.S. Melbourne
Join these Navy girls, who have sent out a distress call for help to tidy their mess. On board the frigate H.M.A.S. Melbourne an urgent problem needs sorting out. Thirty female sailors live in the proximity of their mess area which desperately ... [... more]
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Mini Carver Tool
The Mini Carver by Arbortech was created in Perth. It can be clamped onto the collar of most standard 100mm angle grinders. The manufacturers say it is ideal for carving just about all types of timber. With the use of the mini carver tool, we ... [... more]
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Dulux Colour Solutions Home Giveaway - Gayle & Ken
Finalists Gayle & Ken Johnstone are a husband and wife team from VIC. They wanted to create a dramatic and romantic room with vivid colours. They drew Bedroom 2, one of the larger bedrooms in the front of the house. Two walls were painted Dulux ... [... more]
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Water Pipe Trellis
The outlook from the dining room of this home is unsightly. It looks straight out onto the side of the house next door, and apart from the lack of privacy, makes the current owners feel claustrophobic. Barcoo Landscapes have adapted the old idea ... [... more]
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Frank Wimmer
At the age of 78, Frank Wimmer has done a U-turn on his traditional cabinet-making skills to master the simplified art of bush furniture, using forest hardwoods. His main aim is to pass these skills onto the next generation. Frank started out in ... [... more]
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Window treatments
Find out how to dress up your window after the renovation... and don't bust the budget. Window dressings are usually the last thing to be decided upon when renovating or decorating a room and often where most of the budget is spent. Tara visits ... [... more]
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