Simple But Stylish Decorating Tips For 2016

From playful, colourful tones, to pops of patterns and luxurious accessories, Lorraine Lea Independent Stylist, Rachell Mudie, has five simple and cost effective tips to help shake up your 2016 home style. 1. Use luxurious towels as a design element "Give your bathroom a touch of day-spa style by displaying your towels rolled up in a wicker…

ByThe Carousel09/02/20160Comments

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Australia Ranks As Sixth Best Country To Live

The summit meeting of world superpowers has just released its findings of the best places to live, ranking Australia at number six overall, with Germany in the top spot. The rankings evaluate 60 countries across nine sub-categories from a survey of more than 16,000 residents around the world. Australia scored particularly high in the ‘quality of life’…

ByThe Carousel21/01/20160Comments

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Inside Cate Blanchett’s New $6 Million English Mansion

The Sunday Times reports that Cate Blanchett, the Oscar-winning actress - she's nominated again in 2016 for Carol - paid $6 million for a refurbished red brick Victorian English mansion. Once the home of Sherlock Holmes writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Doctor Who’s Tom Baker, Highwell House boasts five reception rooms, seven bedrooms and a…

ByThe Carousel19/01/20160Comments

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Johanna Griggs Opens Her Home For Christmas

All the gang is invited around for a special Christmas lunch at Joh’s house where they also share their secrets to making this festive season the best ever. “Each year on Better Homes And Gardens, we try to host Christmas at one of the presenters’ homes,” the 42-year-old tells New Idea. “We figure we are welcomed into…

ByThe Carousel26/11/20150Comments

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Kyly And Michael Clarke’s New Holiday Home For Daughter

The beaming couple has just bought a four-bedroom terrace for around $1.38 million at an exclusive and luxury development in Lake Macquarie, 90 minutes north of Sydney. The former Aussie cricket captain and his wife are the first to buy at the waterfront Trinity Point hideaway, which is expected to become a weekend haven for Sydney…

ByJames Graham24/11/20150Comments

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How To Create Fun Home Interiors

Interior designer Romy Danker has revamped hundreds of homes with her interior design wand. And now, she has launched Homeroom Studio, where she showcases and connects a treasure-trove of Australian artists across photography, paintings, textiles and contemporary art, directly with consumers. Here, Romy shares her home interiors tips and explains how to create a fun home with colour,…

ByFranki Hobson30/10/20150Comments

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How To Give Your Garden A Facelift Using Texture & Repetition

Ways To Enhance Your Garden Create Repetition Repetition is about making a bold statement, and it is essential to all good design. The human eye likes to see the pattern of repeated objects; it creates strength and structure within a landscape. That’s why mass-planting will always be more eﬀective than a mixture of plants with no connection…

ByThe Carousel12/07/20150Comments

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How To Start Your Own Community Garden

This extract from Richard Unsworth's book Garden Life explains how to start your own community garden. If you are thinking about starting your own community garden, here are a few tips... Creating your own community garden The most important thing is to get together a group of like-minded people with a shared vision for the community garden, and…

ByThe Carousel24/06/20150Comments

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How To Use Pots In Your Garden

You can use pots in gardens of any size, but they are particularly useful in smaller gardens, where a well-selected planter or two is a sure-ﬁre way to transform a small space. There are endless sizes and shapes – from a small herb trough on a window ledge or a hand-thrown ceramic hanging planter, to…

ByThe Carousel10/06/20150Comments

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Why Mondrian Is The New Inspiration For The Dulux 2015 Colour Award Winners

Bold and inventive use of colour defines the winners of the 2015 Dulux Colour Awards. More important is the considered functionality of colour use on the winning projects. This year, there is a distinct move away from the minimalist look to one where colour is used freely, but purposely, with abandon, to create a more…

ByEmine Mehmet01/04/20150Comments