Spring in Australia is a great time for selling a house but there is also a lot of competition. So should you put your house on the market now or wait until end of December when the season eases? If you put your house on market now, you will find many people are out and…
Author: Lisa
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Paint before selling (or not)?
You may be deciding to sell and wondering how painting could improve your home before you put it on the market. Well, this is an interesting question because you may be in a hurry to sell or have limited resources. If you can tidy up your place as much as possible, declutter and style it…
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FRESH IDEAS FOR YOUR SPRING BEDROOM – PART 2
PART 2 – furnish and decorate with bedside tables, rugs and lights So to recap – you need to think about your bedroom colours for spring. I find it easiest to choose a quilt cover first, then match the linen and build the room features around this. Of course you need to keep in mind…
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Fresh Ideas for your Spring Bedroom – Part 1
The Spring Bedroom : ideas and inspiration Are you painting, changing curtains and carpets or just doing a quick refresh of your bedroom for Summer? You can check bedroom colour trends, curtains and carpets in a future blog but if you are not wanting to do a major renovate of your bedroom, consider looking at how you…
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Whole Self – Dulux colour Trends 2019
Dulux has just released a new blog on it’s interior colour trends for 2019. This one is entitled ‘Wholeself – Stop, breathe and simply be in the moment.’ I like that concept for spring and summer coming up. A time to reflect and look at values and what you want to achieve next. The timing…
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Spring Fever
‘I promise I will always make the most of Springtime’ (from Spring Awakening by Lily Baker) What are you doing to celebrate Spring? Here is South Australia, spring was a long time coming but after a cold damp winter (and lots of rain, thanks) we are now looking forward to some sun! I like to…
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Table Decor – simple and eye-catching
An easy way to add style and a bit of smartness to your rooms is to consider a table decorating feature. This can be done on your dinning room table or kitchen table, your coffee table or sideboard. Anywhere you can find space! More everything off the tops of your surfaces and replace with pretty, well-grouped objects…
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Mini makeover for storage room
Do you have a boring spare room? Do you use it for storage and it is so cluttered you can’t use it for anything else? Here is a mini makeover for a very small space. It might inspire you to do something about all that clutter! The boxes and bags stored in this room are not only messy…
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Bring colour to your space
It doesn’t really cost much to change the appearance of a small space whether it is a bedroom or a lounge or study. Just a few colourful cushions, rugs and lampshades and you are on the way to brighten up your space. Just work out a colour scheme that is fresh, modern and that you like. …
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Is removing wallpaper worth the effort?
You decide! Here is my Kedron project. The house is post World War II fibro with small rooms, small windows, dark stained floors and low ceilings. Old fashioned wallpaper with light coloured flowers and leaves adorned many of the rooms. Really very pretty in the 50s – not too heavy or dark but all pervasive! I…