Shaynna Blaze: Renovating Your Kitchen On A Budget

How would you make your kitchen stylish but functional without going bankrupt? Here, Channel Nine's The Block star shares her top tips to transform your home, starting with the kitchen. Always look at the splash back as an instant change without going over the top. If the cabinetry and bench top is dated there…

ByThe Carousel05/05/20240Comments

Holidays Homes Lifestyle & Homes

How To Make The Most Of Your Property On Airbnb

Airbnb has been popular with travelling Aussies for years now, but even at home Australian property owners are beginning to realise the potential of renting out their spare rooms, caravans, granny flats, cottages or apartments through the well-known home sharing platform. And recently I became one of them when I rented out my 110 year…

ByRobyn Foyster26/01/20240Comments

Sustainability

The Window Treatment Trend Australians Are Embracing To Beat The Heat

With Australia’s average temperature increasing each decade, sustainability is set to remain one of the biggest home trends for years to come. While new terms like ‘carbon neutral’, ‘renewables’ and ‘low flow’ are now par for the course in architecture and interior design speak, there’s one super simple, decades-old home solution that is about to have a…

ByIlona Marchetta02/03/20230Comments

Lifestyle & Homes

14 Ways To Refresh Your Home With Rugs

Whether you're renting your home/apartment or you own your abode, creating new, fashionable flooring may sometimes be out of your budget. Enter, rugs, the affordable, easy and above all stylish way to give your home a mini make-over without spending a fortune. Embrace A Textured Rug When you choose a rug with texture as a highlight,…

ByShonagh Walker05/01/20220Comments

Homes Lifestyle & Homes

Tips To Make Cleaning Your Home Quick And Easy

Cleaning sure isn't how many of us plan to spend our days, but it always seems to nee to be here may not be how you want to spend your day but it's just got to be done. So here's how we can help with Emma Markezic's simple tips to make your house sparkle. Emma's quick and…

ByEmma Markezic30/12/20210Comments

Homes

Marble Homewares: So Cool They’re White Hot

Marble has never gone out of style - it just went underground for a few seasons! But it's back and better than ever. This timeless and durable natural stone has been used for centuries by both artisans (think of the great Roman artisan sculptures) to create opulent decorative pieces, as well as for practical uses…

ByFranki Hobson26/09/20210Comments

Homes

DIY Home Makeovers: The Return of Wallpaper and Patchwork

You may think 'swingin' 60s when you hear the words 'patchwork' and 'wallpaper', but just hold that thought for one minute... As fabric designer and home crafts guru Chrissie Jeffrey reveals, the modern twists on these retro DIYs has incredible wow factor, and will have you clambering for your fabric remnants and roller in no…

ByFranki Hobson12/04/20210Comments

Advice Careers Lifestyle & Homes

Essential Tips For Creating A Perfect Home Office

Working from home tends to be the most preferred way of working in the recent past probably because of the better work-life balance it provides. Not having to deal with stressful commutes, having flexible working hours, as well as working in your own personal space has a way of increasing creativity and driving optimum productivity.…

ByThe Carousel06/05/20200Comments

Homes Lifestyle & Homes

When High Fashion Meets Interior Design

Not a lot of people truly understand the correlation between the world of fashion and interior design. However, those who do, know that the real magic begins when these two worlds collide. All of us put significant effort into building our wardrobes and making sure that the way we present ourselves to the world around…

BySophia Smith03/03/20190Comments

Homes Lifestyle & Homes

Taking A Look at Predictions For 2019 in The Australian Housing Market

Well-known company QBE insurance has made a partnership with BIS Oxford Economics 16 years ago, and they have recently published the QBE Australian Housing Outlook 20017-2020, with focusing mostly on forecasts for the property market in the next few years. Results are showing mostly positive numbers for Australian property market, with prevailing growth nationwide, in defiance…

ByThe Carousel13/10/20180Comments