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Ten Ways to Maximise Your WFH Space
With Tips from Feng Shui Expert Leanne Carius from The Feng Shui Store and More and leannecarius.com The key to a good home workspace is careful planning. Without careful planning and great systems, your workspace can very quickly turn into a wasteland of paper, junk...
Yes, Tradies Can Come to Your Home to Fix Things – Here’s How
Four tradies explain the dos and don'ts for having tradespeople work safely in your home during the coronavirus outbreak By Georgia Madden, Senior Houzz Writer - As Featured on Houzz Your toilet’s blocked, the roof is leaking, the new kitchen you’ve been...
Master Bedroom Reveal
When my clients approached me to design their master bedroom as well as bedrooms for their two young boys, it was important to me to create something that was new and fresh but that was in line with the rest of their home. The brief was high end luxury incorporating...
How To Give Your Bedroom & Bathroom a Stylish Makeover
It doesn’t take much to feel like you have fully transformed your home from drab to fab.
Winter Bedroom Styling – Splurge vs Save
As the cooler months start to descend we love to go inwards and spend more time at home. We close the doors and snuggle up on the sofa with some good Netflix and a cup of hot chocolate. Our bedrooms in particular, provide sanctuary from the outside world and now is...
Creating the Perfect Home Office in a Small Space
Follow these tips from Alice Roberston to create the perfect office nook with limited space and budget.
Creating Comfort is My Thing
Do you ever take a moment to just pause and consider what your true purpose is? I recently took a moment to dig deep and try to define this.
My Top Five Trade Show Finds
As some of you may be aware the last couple of weeks has been trade show season in Sydney. This is when most of us in the industry put on our comfy shoes and take in thousands of products across at least three different venues. The experience is always both exhausting...
My Current Interiors Wishlist
Doing what I do, my interiors wish list is constantly evolving and ever changing. Given the time and the budget I could probably re-do my own house every three months. For those that follow me you'll know the ever present pull for me towards coastal blues and the...
Ten Ways Your Decor is Affecting Your Emotional Wellbeing
Most people consider design to be all about aesthetics, but our surroundings have a profound effect on mood, stress levels and overall happiness. Following are ten ways to improve your home and increase your wellbeing: Clutter Anyone who follows me knows that there’s...
How to Style a Home Office
Returning to styling fundamentals, ‘what is the room for, and how do you want it to feel?’ might seem obvious for a home office. However, there are several things to consider. Is it for a female? A male? Or sometimes it can be a combination of both and that will dictate how you want it to look and feel.
How to Style a Living Room
Referring back to our styling principles, the first thing we need to look at is the functionality of the room. What is the room for, how do you want it to feel, and what is the focal point? This is particularly important in regards to a living area, because a living...
Tips for Young People Moving Into a New Home
The perception may be that young people moving into a new home should be saving money and beg, borrow and steal (not literally!) their new furniture, and furnishings. In reality however, young people these days are wanting that polished look in their new homes and are...
Design Trends for 2019
Every year exciting new trends emerge in the design world and 2019 is no exception! Following are my top five picks for the year ahead, and my advice is to stick to larger pieces that are classic and won’t date too quickly. If you’re keen on current trends but fear...
How Can I Avoid Blowing the Budget When Decorating My Home?
A lot of people have a fear that by using an interior stylist, the budget for decorating their home will be completely blown. They feel that by doing it themselves, they're saving money, when in fact, it's quite the opposite. When I'm engaged by a client, one of the...
How to Strike a Balance Between Outsourcing and Making Your Home Your Own
Sometimes when clients come to me, I find that one of their main concerns is that by hiring an interior stylist, they will lose that personal touch on their home and end up with a very ‘styled’ looking home. However, a good interior stylist will listen to their...
How to Style a Christmas Dinner Party
As many of my loyal followers will know, I have shared many tips over the last few months, including to Australian House & Garden and Houzz on styling tips for the festive season. As is the Australian way, these have focussed on making the most stylish occasion of...
How to Style an Outdoor Space
At this time of year, with summer and Christmas upon us, we are spending a lot more time outdoors, relaxing and entertaining. With so much time spent in outdoor spaces, and with our beautiful climate, we need to carefully consider the way we style and structure...
Top 10 Homewares Stores in Bali
2018 has been a lucky year for me full of wonderful design, family and travel. I was very fortunate to visit one of my favourite places twice in one year – Bali. My most recent trip was a retreat which included 11 amazing, inspiring and just all-round beautiful women....
Where and How to Source the Right Pieces – How Designers Open Doors
There is a myriad of issues that face many people when attempting to decorate their own homes. These are often a combination of many factors such as time, lack of knowledge or resources and complete overwhelm. What you may not realise, however, is that designers can...
How To Style A Master Bedroom
When styling any room, it's important to first of all take the time to think about what the room is for and how you want it to feel. This might seem obvious for a bedroom, but when styling a bedroom, there can be more than meets the eye. Obviously, a bedroom is for...
How To Style A Kids Bedroom
As with any room first we need to decide on the focal point of the room and in any bed room this will always be the bed. Decide on the best position for the bed taking into account all the other pieces that you will need to fit into the room. This isn’t always easy in...
How To Prepare Your Property For Sale
Create a Welcoming Entrance A good first impression is critical to win over buyers and your front door is the first thing they will see when they visit your home. Keep the area clean, freshly painted and well landscaped, and paint the door if needed. Update or repair...
Decorating Mistakes
A lot of my clients come to me having started a decorating project and then finding themselves stuck part way through and not knowing how to proceed. As is often the case with DIY projects, pieces have been purchased individually purely based on emotion. Don’t get me...
Renovation Inspiration: Open Homes
I recently had clients engage me to decorate their beautiful home. They had lived there for 10 years, had grown their family there, and adored the house and the location. They were both professionals, and had been too busy working and raising their family, (aren't...
“I’ve got a good eye for style, is that enough?” What it really takes to create an exceptional space.
Decorating your home is a very personal experience, whether you do it yourself or hire a professional. While it's great to have confidence in your taste and skills, there are a lot of other elements that come into play. Firstly, do you have the time? Painstakingly...
How To Style A Guest Bedroom
As I always say, when styling any room, it's important first of all to take the time to think about what the room is for and how you want it to feel. Again, this might seem obvious for a bedroom, but the needs for a guest bedroom are going to be very different than...
Starting the Decorating Process and Not Getting it Right
Starting the Decorating Process and Not Getting it Right - The Rise of DIY and the Costly Mistakes it Can Cause. A lot of us watch The Block and look at Instagram and Pinterest for inspiration, particularly if we are interested in renovating or decorating our...
2018 Spring Trends
A NEW season means a fresh start, so why not begin in the home? What better time than Spring to give your home a revamp? Open the windows, let the warm air in and think about what’s on trend for Spring 2018. Bold Interior Colour Schemes No doubt, white and grey...
Downsizing: Tips For Making Your New Life In A Cosier Space
Downsizing is usually an exciting new chapter for most but can also lead to stress and anxiety for anyone who loves their belongings but isn't quite sure how to make the transition. Empty nesters or anyone moving from a large home into an apartment all face the...
Interior Design For A Home You Can Actually Live In
When I'm designing for clients, I'm always wary of putting in place things that are very on trend or faddish, that are hard to change, such as tiles and tapware. We all see a lot of beautiful images on Instagram and Pinterest and in print magazines. We’re constantly...
Welcome Home ! Make Your New House a Home.
Moving into a new home is exciting yet it can also be overwhelming and stressful, and often we just don't know where to start. No matter how long you've been in your old home, you will have no doubt accumulated some excess baggage, especially if you have children. A...
The Top Five Secrets of Interior Stylists
This post originally appeared on my.deal.com.au People often ask me how I achieve that professional ‘wow’ finish in a home, and many of my clients are left speechless after I have made a few tweaks to their current environment. Hiring a professional interior stylist...