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Clever ways to make your home look expensive on the cheap

Posted on January 23, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Take the humble couch for example. If Scandinavian minimalist (found in most mass retailers) isn’t your style, you could be looking at upwards of five or six grand for a sofa.

Speaking of soft furnishings, it’s those final touches that make a house feel cosy and personalised. And while interior trends do come and go, they don’t move as fast as fashion trends — meaning that you can pick up great pieces on sale that won’t scream ‘out of date’.

Temple and Webster is a great online service that acts like an aggregator for homeware sales. Household brands host sales on the site so you can pick up anything from premium bedding, kitchen utensils, lighting and furniture at discounted prices. Sign up for the newsletter to receive alerts regarding new sales. Once they’re gone, that’s it.

What Real Estate Agents would never do to their own home

Posted on October 29, 2015 | Leave a comment

They spend their days talking up the properties they sell, but what do real estate agents really think of your acid-yellow splashback?

Domain asked agents to nominate the renovations or design features they would never include in their own homes, especially if they planned to put up the “for sale” sign any time soon.

Here are some of the experts’ biggest property no-nos.

Building a walk-in closet – this doesn’t apply if you have acres of floor space and an unlimited budget, but Maria Magrin, a residential sales consultant at Belle Property Annandale in Sydney, warns walk-ins can be a waste of space.

“The first thing I did when I bought a terrace house five years ago was convert the walk-in wardrobe into an en suite,” Magrin says.

The extra bathroom is not only better for her family; she expects it will be more appealing to buyers when she wants to sell.

“It was a pathetic walk-in anyway. Then I put built-ins in my bedroom, which gave us more storage space than the walk-in wardrobe had.”

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Home Decorating Trends for 2016

Posted on October 25, 2015 | Leave a comment

Nature comes inside

If you don’t have a backyard with access to greenery in its natural habitat, then bring it to you. “Urban living comes with a detachment of the natural sources that generate our food, longer supply chains and less personal interaction with what we eat,” says Emir Lopez from Fluid Growers, who make portable gardens to grow in your kitchen. “We all long to be connected back to nature and back to food, and to learn and teach our children where food really comes from.”

Tag Archives: home decorating

Clever ways to make your home look expensive on the cheap

What Real Estate Agents would never do to their own home

Home Decorating Trends for 2016

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