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Home renovation can be fun, it can be exciting but to make sure your renovation goes well don't make the following mistakes. Your home is probably your most valued asset and renovating can help to build this asset but you need to plan your renovation out exactly. Follow the correct process with trusted trades people and pull together your renovation ideas for a fantastic job you will be proud of for years to come. After 7 renovations I have made many mistakes and they can be very costly or just plain annoying, especially when you have to keep looking at them day...

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By Melinda McQueen - Melinda McQueen Design Interior Design Tools: 5 Tips Why You Need The Humble Notebook The Humble Notebook as an interior design tool would definitely be called old school, especially in this Hi Tech World we live in. It’s the humble notebook, but don’t underestimate the power of spending time cutting & pasting styles & pictures you like. In fact it can be addicting, much like Pinterest, but the notebook is a hard copy you can go back and revisit later. I can remember our design lecturer stating that the notebook is a perfect extension of your brain & memory...

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Home Renovation Ideas – Where To Start? You have a fabulous new renovation to begin, your excited with the prospect of creating a new space, but where do you start? Renovating can be fun, but don’t be surprised if you find it very testing at times. Even with the best planning you can come unstuck; there will be “stuff” that just comes up that you will have to deal with. People will let you down and time frames will be pushed out. Budgets will be blown if you deviate from the original plan or find an item that you must absolutely have. Relationships can...

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Interior Design: Black Book Listings - Children's Interiors, Artwork, Landscaping, Homewares & Bedding Have a look through this weeks quality interior design online websites we've added to our directory. We've added online artwork websites, children's interiors sites, stone, designer homes, timber flooring, landscaping businesses, bedding, decorative surfaces and great design stuff e-commerce sites. Again our listings come from Interior Designers Black Books. They can be small or large businesses all offering their own unique spin on the world of interior design, architecture, home improvements and renovation. You must click-through the links to check out the great businesses and what they offer. This week we added...

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Nobody said that renovation was easy and the pressures that are placed on a homeowner can be immense when renovating. BUT it's with a heavy heart that I watched The Block last night and watched Tim and Anastasia deal with their budgeting issues. In the real world you would never move forward with any costs that you knew you could never pay (and even if you couldn't you would have the option of going to the bank to borrow more and if that wasn't possible you might ask a friend or family member to help out) You would also be able...

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Renovation - #DesignerColourPalette Natural Comfort Hues With so many interior design images passing my desk and the unrenovated Sydney house that I live in calling me, I am drawn to collect colour palettes for my next renovation. I have a real thing for black and white but natural hues still have a strong place in my mind. I find timber with its organic feel and lines is a product and finish that never dates and lets face it I don't have the money or the time to continuously change my interiors. The only negative I find with timber is "brown," it's just not my...

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