You might want to renovate your home to increase its value, to make it more energy efficient, or just for a change of look. No matter what your reason for renovating, it all starts with deciding a budget to see your plans through. But before you embark on your reno project, it helps to have a clear view of the pros and cons of renovation. If you haven’t given these a think yet, let’s look at a … [Read more...]
Renovating Before Renting: A Landlord’s Checklist
(Source) So it’s time to rent out your investment property, but it’s not looking up to scratch? There are many simple renovation projects you can undertake to refresh your rental property and get those tenants knocking. That’s why we’ve put together this renovation checklist for landlords! From new aluminium doors to kitchen cupboard installation, read on for eight simple ideas to get your … [Read more...]
6 Expert Tips To Increase The Value of Your Home
When you decide to sell or lease out your home, you’ll naturally be looking to increase the value of your home without overcapitalising on the project. In order to achieve the best results in a sale or attract high quality tenants, you’ll want to give your home a renovation refresh to increase the wow factor and utility of your space. There are some renovations that will add more value to your … [Read more...]
5 Bathroom Renovation Dos and Don’ts
Bathroom renovation projects are some of the most complex reno projects around the house. This is often due to balancing the demands of the homeowner’s design goals and the functional elements of the room. If this is achieved, however, a bathroom renovation can greatly increase your experience of the space, which is why we’ve put together this list of dos and don’ts to get you on the right track. … [Read more...]
What Doors and Windows are Best For Your Renovation Project?
Windows and doors are an element of renovation that you absolutely have to get right. Doors are access points, security measures, and they make a statement about your design choices for the home. Windows are also important for security and design, but they unlike doors they can be the sole conduit of natural light in a room. For this reason we’ll take you through what you should consider … [Read more...]
Productive Procrastination: 4 Youtube Channels to Inspire Renovations
If you’re planning a renovation at the moment, you’ve likely made a new best friend recently named procrastination. Don’t feel too bad though - Renovating can get stressful and watching strangers endure those stresses for you is far more therapeutic than a decent person would care to mention. But how do you find those shows? We’d wager not by procrastinating, but just in case you’ve surrendered to … [Read more...]
Great Home Design & Renovation Apps
If you’re stuck for inspiration during your new home design project or renovation, you’re likely scouring blogs, websites, magazines, books, and watching every design or renovation show available online - But have you checked out mobile apps? The adage “there’s an app for that” certainly rings true here with a treasure trove of valuable tools available to you, from quickly mocking up floor plans, … [Read more...]
Build House Home’s Eva Burgess Interview
To help us all make the most out of the impending cold weather of Winter, we reached out to some absolute star interior design bloggers to get their take of what’s hot, what’s not, and what they’ll be up to this Winter. In this post we chat with Eva Burgess from the blog, Build House Home. Eva’s blog started when she moved into a new house and wanted to document how she would turn it into a home. … [Read more...]
La Maison Jolie’s Rani Engineer Interview
Today we chat to Rani Engineer, the creative director behind the blog, La Maison Jolie. Rani’s a passionate interior designer, stylist and blogger whose penchant for DIY design and craft projects have allowed to gain a great following online. We were lucky to grab a few minutes with Rani to get her design and decorating advice, how she uses aluminium doors and windows in her home, and to see what … [Read more...]
Winter Interior Design Trends
As we say farewell to the warmer months and our outdoor reno projects, it’s time to bring the focus back to the interior and how we can make it cosy for the cold weather ahead. From small decorations to room remodelling, we’ve collated some of the key winter trends to consider for your home. Painting If you’re planning to throw on some old clothes, hit play on the your favourite 80’s playlist … [Read more...]
