Bedroom upgrade
Tara creates a feminine and fashionable bedroom retreat for a busy mum. This busy mum works long hours and likes to retreat to a restful feminine haven at the end of the day for sleeping, reading and watching television. But her room is currently ... [... more]
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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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Dark Lounge Room Makeover
It's hard to know what to do with a room that's dark and gloomy even during the day. You'll be amazed at the dramatic transformation of this unusually dark lounge room. With new paint for the dark timber and some other changes, the room was given ... [... more]
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Multipurpose study
Tara turns a cluttered study into a modern, well-organised workspace. This small study is currently disorganised and not very functional, with a mismatch of desks and untidy storage. It's used by a family of six, one of whom works from home, so ... [... more]
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Cloud room makeover
Isobelle has turned seven and feels her fairyland and teddy-bear bedroom needs an update. She has chosen a cloud theme and with some clever craft and a lick of paint, the transformation will be easier than you think. The style of the Austrian ... [... more]
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Computer Paint Makeover
Many people find it difficult to visualise how a finished colour scheme will look. A new computer program developed by Australian-owned paint manufacturer Haymes, provides the home decorator with an easy and affordable solution. The CD-ROM allows ... [... more]
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Decorator Rugs
With the current decorating trend moving away from wall-to-wall carpeting to hard surfaces "softened" with rugs, there is a huge and often confusing range of rugs available. So how do you go about buying one? Sydney store-owner, Robyn Cosgrove, [... more]
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Christopher Cole House
Making maximum use out of limited space, professional Sydney architect Christopher Cole has completely transformed a tiny Georgian style dwelling into a contemporary home. Chris was given much freedom in his design and he set about changing the ... [... more]
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Black & white house
An argument with a courier led artist Peter Hickey and wife Lesley to the Bell Gallery in Berrima NSW. Although Peter had been exhibiting there for 20 years they had not made the trip before. That was over a year ago and the couple are now ... [... 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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Laminex Splashback Kitchen
If your kitchen is looking a bit tired, you can give it a brand-new look without breaking the bank. Here's how we modernised a kitchen that needed to move into the '90s. The general structure of the kitchen didn't need changing and surfaces such ... [... more]
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White Pebble Courtyard
A small, stark inner-city courtyard is cleverly and quickly transformed with the use of sculpture and ornaments, in this "Mediterranean-style" makeover. The courtyard is at the rear of an old Paddington, Sydney, terrace and it doubles as an ... [... more]
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