How To Resurface A Benchtop

There are a few ways to update your kitchen and bathrooms: tile paint and laminate paint. The last surface to tackle in this budget busting trio is of course… resurfacing your benchtops! With the right know-how and products, this is a fast and easy DIY […]

How to tile paint

How to tile paint

Tile paint is an easy and cost-effective way to freshen up a tired bathroom or kitchen splashback, without spending big. You can paint tiles in any colour you like and it’s an achievable DIY task, as long as you prepare right. To ensure a professional […]

How to create the right feature walls

Adding personality to a room is always important, as plain or impersonal styling is never good enough, whether the property is your own or you’re styling to sell your valuable investment. Feature walls, although not always popular, really do lift the look and feel of […]

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 […]

Ask Cherie – Street Appeal

What are some of the ways to improve a property’s street appeal? We have a brick house that we would love to render, but don’t have the budget for it unfortunately. The whole front of the place is looking a bit sad. What are some […]

How To Make Joint Ventures Work For You

There have been a lot of questions from students recently about joint venture (JV) partnerships as a way to break into the property market. I’ve no doubt the rising interest is tied to the exceptionally high property prices in some markets, making it increasingly difficult […]

Cherie’s Hervey Bay renovation

Vicki and Mark have been living in their Hervey Bay home since they purchased it a year ago with the intention of fixing it up, living there for a couple of years and then selling up. Currently a 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom home, they hoped to be […]

Cherie’s Altona Meadows Renovation

Top renovator, Cherie Barber, tackles one of her most ambitious projects to date, a structural renovation that completely reinvents the interior of this three-bedroom house to create a seamless flow between the living areas and the outdoors. In a topsy-turvy 9 days, bedrooms are reshuffled, […]