Lumina apartments
How many times have you wished you could just slide that wall away and create a whole new living area? Well now you can! A new and exciting style of living, where your space is no longer determined or cramped by solid walls is emerging in Sydney. ... [... more]
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Jean Railla
When Jean Railla was in her twenties, she thought being a bohemian meant smoking in cafes and going home to a crummy, dusty walk-up apartment. But then she had a shocking thought-would vacuuming really get her booted from the riot grrls club? So ... [... more]
Random House |
The Bonsai Farm
Bonsai might be an ancient art, but with the trend for apartment living and smaller gardens it is making one serious comeback. The text book definition of Bonsai is "the art of dwarfing trees or plants by growing, pruning and training them in ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Celebrity Gardeners - Wazza and Gav
Don visited the Sydney apartment of Wazza and Gav, stars of the hit Channel 9 program 'The Block'. The four couples on the show are competing for a cash prize of $100,000, which will be paid to the renovators of the apartment that fetches the ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Celebrity Gardener - Dean Cox
Neville recently met up with West Coast Eagles ruckman Dean Cox to give him some tips on how to plant the perfect potted garden in his new apartment. The potted garden is the perfect choice for people with busy social lives or who don't know much ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
What to do - High Rise and Horticulture
The new generations style of living, shopping and great restaurants on your door stop - but how do you combine city living with a great garden. A lot of people that move into apartments these days are downsizing from leafy suburban gardens. When ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Clare Naylor
After losing a job, boyfriend, and apartment all within one kick-me-when-I'm-down week, Alice Lewis desperately needs a break. So when an old pal sweeps into London and offers her escape, Alice jumps at the chance--and onto the next plane to Los ... [... more]
Random House |
Dawn Turner Trice
In 1975, Tempestt Saville and her family are chosen by lottery to "move on up" to Lakeland: one square mile of sparkling apartment towers and emerald lawns where the Black elite live sheltered from the ghetto by a ten-foot-tall, ivy-covered ... [... more]
Random House |
Celebrity Gardeners - George Gross and Harry Watt
Don visited George Gross and Harry Watt at their new Adelaide apartment, which features a rooftop garden. These two designers make up the successful formula for one of Australia's leading fashion partnerships and businesses. George and Harry have ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Celebrity Gardener - Kristy Hinze
This week’s celebrity gardener is Supermodel, Kristy Hinze. Don met Kristy at her brand new Noosaville apartment, which is fully furnished and has a landscaped garden. At 14, Kristy became the youngest and first Australian model to land an ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Fifties Fanatic
Slip through a time warp to tour this fabulous '50s bachelor pad. David Ansett fell in love with this 1950s style apartment. Although it looks quite ordinary from the outside, inside he has created the perfect replica of an environment straight ... [... more]
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Beechwood Kitchen
The dated kitchen in this apartment is to be replaced to give a more practical and "timeless" appearance, at a budget price. The old cupboards and appliances are first removed. There are four "openings" into the kitchen to contend [... more]
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