Buying your first home is an exciting, but confusing time. All you want is a home that you love, but it can be quite a scary and exhausting journey before you reach that. As a first time home buyer, … [Read more...]

When you decide it’s time to buy a new house, you need to be ready for the stress that will follow. Not only have you potentially got to find a buyer for your home, but you have to then find a great … [Read more...]

Moving house can be challenging and tiring enough as it is. But moving house when you work in a full-time job!? Most of us can’t just take off a couple of weeks to move house. This means that we have … [Read more...]

It’s said that you know whether a house is right for you or not after only a few seconds. This could mean you find a house within a few days, or it may take months of searching. Either way, when you … [Read more...]

Buying new appliances, whether small kitchen appliances or large, is a strenuous endeavour. You want to buy quality products that will perform well and last, saving you money in the long run. If … [Read more...]

When buying a new home, it is important to make the most of your viewing. This meeting will allow you to assess whether the property fulfills your requirements. It will also enable you to ask … [Read more...]

Interior design can be an expensive business. The stores can make everything look so beautiful that you just have to have it all. But this is where the budget you have can go out of the window, and … [Read more...]

It can be hard to know where to start with your backyard when you first move into your home. That’s why we have created a checklist, so you know what you need to get for your backyard. You should … [Read more...]

Moving into your home can be a great day, and you can’t wait to sort out the home. The lounge room is one of the first rooms you will sort when you move into the house. Here is a checklist for your … [Read more...]

Energy bills can be one of the biggest drains on income and are one of the biggest worries for consumers. With the rising prices of energy suppliers many people may feel at a loss when it comes to … [Read more...]

It’s that time of year again. The deep clean can often fill us with dread. All that extra hard work and the thought of getting filthy each year puts many of us off tackling these important tasks. … [Read more...]

As technology makes our lives easier, we become increasingly reliant on household appliances. There’s appliances that clean our teeth, vacuum our floors, cook our meals and ‘talk’ to each other … [Read more...]

American writer, Laura Ingalls Wilder got it right when she said “home is the nicest word there is”. Since we spend so much of our time in our homes with the people we care about, it makes sense we … [Read more...]

If you have a happy home, life will never feel too bad. It’s certainly not the only important aspect for your general happiness, but getting it right will provide a great foundation. After all, it’s … [Read more...]

Giving your bedroom a well-deserved makeover does not require a tremendous amount of money, because there are easier ways to make your bedroom look fabulous. Instead of spending thousands on paint and … [Read more...]

Lots of us have grand ideas when it comes to the perfect place to live. But when it comes to buying what we want, dream homes are often strangely elusive. There are many reasons why you might not be … [Read more...]

So the time has come to find a new place. Searching for a new apartment to buy can be stressful, especially when you know what you want. Many people think that knowing what you want when it comes to … [Read more...]

It's really annoying how just living in your home can be expensive. And I don't just mean having to pay the heating bill and doing the shopping. I mean, the everyday little things that cause the whole … [Read more...]

So it’s time to sell your house. This can be a very stressful time in anybody’s life, but there is one thing guaranteed to make the process easier. That is, if your property sells easily, at the right … [Read more...]

When he's not appearing on Channel Seven's lifestyle TV show Better Homes & Gardens, celebrity landscape designer, Jason Hodges, is lending his expertise to Adbri Masonary as the Australian masonry … [Read more...]

This summer interiors will be inspired by a softer collection of muddy pastels derived from nature and living matter. According to Dulux, the Colour Trends for Summer 2016 will comprise delicate hues … [Read more...]

Whether you are preparing a house for sale or giving the family home a bit of a makeover - refreshing a door with just a touch of colour, can create a lasting first impression in the entrance to a … [Read more...]

BIG W have put together four beautiful Christmas themes for decorating your home or office on a budget. Get the look online or in-store with tree ornaments, decorations, gift wrapping and cards from … [Read more...]

While the Great Australian Dream of owning your own home is out of reach for many of us living in major cities and towns on the east coast, new house and land packages are going for a song in north … [Read more...]

Lifestyle is often about friends, entertaining and enjoying your own space, and where better to do that than in your own private oasis? With just a few easy and affordable alterations, you can turn … [Read more...]

Every homeowner knows that their list of home improvements is never-ending. As soon as you finish one project, it’s straight onto the next. Maintaining your house is like painting the Sydney Harbour … [Read more...]