Create a designer kitchen in 1 day

A kitchen reno can blow a giant hole in your overall project budget. They’re tricky to get right and you can be easily seduced into spending big! Most Aussie’s spend $10-15K on a kitchen renovation and top end designs can cost up to $50K. But there is […]

A sense of space in a small place

Apartment renos can be tricky … and the smaller the space, the cleverer you have to be. Getting Amy and Cary’s 40 square metre 1 bedder ready for sale was a challenge. They were bursting at the seams – from the moment you entered the […]

Cherie’s Gladesville Apartment Renovation

Homeowner Jen bought her apartment in Gladesville NSW, quite a few years ago. Until now, the apartment has remained mostly the same as the day she moved in. Built in the 1970’s, Jen has been wanting to renovate for some time to change her home from an outdated […]

Asbestos In Your Home? Be Aware!

Asbestos could be anywhere, and you need to be aware! Especially for renovators, the risks need to be understood. Australia was among the highest consumers of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) in the world. Multiple products still lie hidden in one-third of Aussie homes built or renovated […]

Cherie Barber’s 100th Home Renovation

If 100 home renovations were a birthday, Cherie Barber, aka the Renovation Queen™ would be receiving a letter from the Queen. In the 90’s Cherie never knew she’d become Australia’s favourite renovator but she has done that by flipping houses for a profit and not […]

Learn how to create a luxury look on a limited budget

Homeowner Brian has been the proud owner of his large residential home in Sydney’s semi-rural Dural for the last 20 years. Built in 2000 and featuring five bedrooms over a sprawling 200 square metre footprint, his home has been meticulously maintained, but never renovated since it […]

Cherie’s Toongabbie facade reno

The owners of this humble fibro house in the outer western suburb of Toongabbie were keen to capitalise on the Sydney boom by selling their existing home and upgrading to a new location. The couple, who had owned the property for 15 years, had already […]

Cherie’s Colyton Kitchen Reno

In this renovation, expert renovator, Cherie Barber, takes hold of her paint brush and rollers, to teach one of her younger sisters, Jeneane, (and the rest of Australia too) how to transform a kitchen on a modest budget of just $2,000, in 2 days, with […]

Rookie renovators’ lesson

Homeowners turned rookie renovators, Dulsiri and Lakmi, bought this western Sydney home in December 2016 with the aim of building a property portfolio for long-term wealth accumulation. The couple deliberately bought an “unrenovated” property so they could cosmetically renovate it and add instant equity. On […]