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Mosquitos flies and other pests begone!

Are you and your family tired of pests? Are mosquitoes and flies ruining your peaceful summer? Not to worry, there are many solutions that you can turn to. These range from natural mosquito repellent, mosquito repellent plants and insecticide, to the professional and va...

Show me the money: tips to get the best house sale price

The housing market is competitive and buyers, be it for property investment or to live in, want to get the best bang for their buck. Here are some simple and effective home renovation tips for selling your home. No fuss property maintenance and intelligent interior desi...

Going Geometric

A recent Trends Forecast from Laminex Australia listed "essence" and specifically "geometric forms" as focal points in interior design. In the last few years, geometric patterns have been gaining popularity in home interiors. If you want to give your home a timeless yet...

Room to grow: creating stylish kids bedrooms that last

They grow up fast, don’t they? While it’s great fun to watch our kids develop it can be hard to keep up with them, especially when it comes to decorating their bedrooms. One week it’s all about Spiderman, the next it’s all about Lego, or Barbie dolls, or Frozen. ...

Create your own eco-friendly garden

With around one in five Australians using solar power for their hot water or electricity and research showing that we're prepared to actively seek out and pay more for eco-friendly foodstuffs and other products, it's clear that concern for the environment and the desire...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie; prep, prep, prep.

According to the National Australia Day Council Annual Report 2010-11, the first recorded Australia Day celebrations were held in 1808 to mark the 20 year anniversary of Captain Arthur Phillip raising the flag at

Industrial design, not just for factories

The popularity of industrial designs has grown over the past few years. An estimated $500 billion was spent in 2013 on alterations and additions to homes according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Industrial style homes are one trend that is taking the world by s...

Pesky summer home maintenance tasks made easy

We're approaching the peak of summer and you've a home maintenance to-do list the length of your arm. What's more, you've got to tick these boxes before we get into January and you're back to your hectic work schedule. Your resolution is to have your home spick and span...

The magic ambience of indoor / outdoor garden living

In the current mode of residential architecture, the expectation of a luxurious home is that it must offer an indefinable flow between the interior of a home and its garden and broader views. Outdoor entertaining areas and interior family living spaces are now expect...

Pool design trends

As summer grows ever closer, Aussies are preparing to enjoy their swimming pools. In fact, according to a River Pools blog. Australia's people are more passionate about swimming that any other nationality in the world! Now, the kind of pool people enjoy varies from p...