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Simple tips to upgrade your Christmas decor this year

Transform your entire home in festive cheer.

  • Rachael Gavin

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Update your kitchen before the end of the year with new lighting and new cupboard doors.

Left the reno too late? The micro updates to refresh your home before Christmas

The major works might have to wait until next year but there are still plenty of ways to make your home look and feel its best before party season kicks in.

  • Robyn Willis
Decluttering expert Kristina Duke.

The art of letting go: How to declutter when someone dies

Clearing out a departed loved one’s home can seem like a huge mountain to climb. Here’s how to make a difficult task a little easier.

  • Robyn Willis
Timeless design makes sense in the kitchen given they are expensive rooms to renovate.

Seeking timeless interior design? The professionals break it down

Creating thoughtful interiors that stand the test of time is something many of us strive for, but is it even possible? These designers say it is, as long as you follow these rules.

  • Robyn Willis
Earthier pink tones have become popular for walls and ceilings, including Different Pink and Savin, both from Dulux. Styling: Bree Leech

Sick of white walls? Why this ‘bridging’ colour is your new go-to neutral

When it appeared in interior-design colour forecasts in the early 2000s, many thought it was a fad. But this colour’s nurturing qualities give it enduring appeal.

  • Robyn Willis
Shaun Carter with colleagues Julie Niass (left), Samantha Kirby and his dog, Robyn at a local cafe in Summer Hill,

Love where you live? The five elements for thriving neighbourhoods

What difference does where you live make to your mental wellbeing? Quite a bit, actually. Here’s what great neighbourhoods have in common.

  • Robyn Willis
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Lissanne Oliver has been a professional organiser for more than 20 years, helping clients let go of their clutter.

What’s the best method for decluttering? An organising expert gives her verdict

KonMari, Swedish death cleaning, DOOM – every few months a new decluttering method hits the headlines. But do they work? A professional organiser delivers her verdict.

  • Robyn Willis
This space designed by Robson Rak Architects and Interior Designers reinterprets the traditional plaster ceiling and finishes with a soft peach colour.

Why designers want you to stop painting this ‘wall’ white

No longer a “set and forget” option, this blank canvas is becoming the perfect environment for expression and reflection as designers take their lead from immersive hospitality spaces such as restaurants and bars.

  • Robyn Willis
Zoysia inching across a driveway in a garden designed by Paul Pritchard Landscape Design

The art of looking wild at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show

One of Australia’s most significant horticultural events, this year’s show tackled notions of rewilding, sustainability and rehabilitation, with ideas easy to apply to the home garden.

  • Megan Backhouse
The East Balmain project from Johnston Studio looked to the immediate leafy environment for its mix of olive green and timber cabinetry.

The one colour you should not paint your kitchen, according to the experts

This colour was once the last word in stylish minimalism, but a new breed of designers, architects and home owners are embracing a much richer palette for the hardest-working room in the house.

  • Robyn Willis

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