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 […]

How to lay vinyl flooring and save money on your reno

So, I have used these affordable Gerflor self-adhesive vinyl laminate planks, which are great! You can buy them from Bunnings. And you’ll be amazed at just how easy they are to lay and very practical to maintain. They’re also fully waterproof, which means you can […]

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 […]

Wallpaper

There are many ways we can lift the mood and style of a room, but one effective way, which has been successfully used for centuries is wallpaper. Now, don’t wince at the thought of this, as besides its aesthetic possibilities, wallpaper offers many other benefits […]

A touch of contrast

When marketing your property, its styling should be an effortless ensemble of interesting areas and objects. Predictability, bland and average do not capture the interest of buyers.  Search for fabric patterns that recall the styling of the room but are a touch louder in volume, […]

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 […]