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...]
6 Scenarios That Need Double Hung Windows
Double hung windows offer a great versatility of airflow & security and are a very popular option when it comes to choosing new windows for your home. Their styling suits both modern and traditional styled homes, and the range of sizes available make them suitable for a wide variety of purposes. Below we’ve outlined 3 reasons to choose double hung windows. Houses with small children One of … [Read more...]
4 Areas to Install Aluminium French Doors
French doors, also known as hinged or swing doors, offer elegant simplicity for your doorways and outdoor area access. While aluminium french doors can be used in a variety of ways, in a multitude of rooms, we’ve listed our 4 favourite placements below to spark some inspiration if you’re looking at building a new home or renovating your existing property. Bedroom Terraces If you’ve got a … [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...]
Decorating With Metallics at Home
Splashes of bronze, copper and other metallics continue to be right on-trend this year and it’s easy to see why. The synthesis of rustic style and modern elegance suits a wide variety of design aesthetics and easily turns the mundane into something special. In our 2016 & 2017 Living Room Design Guide we took a glance at metallics, but in this post we’ll dive into some excellent ways you can … [Read more...]
2016 & 2017 Living Room Design and Renovation Trends
If you’re planning a major renovation or building a new home, we’re sure you’re currently drowning in design magazines, have 150+ browser tabs open and are probably no less decided than you were 4 hours ago when you started (yes, it’s already been 4 hours!). To make things a little easier, we’ve gathered up the latest living room design trends for the rest of 2016, and into 2017, and put them … [Read more...]
Sliding Door Installation; Behind-The-Scenes
It's very rare that you get to see the process of an installation for any home renovation before the works are due to start at your property, and we understand that the unknown can be daunting, so in order to alleviate some of the stress that you may feel when looking to undertake renovations to your home, we decided to take a camera along to a recent sliding door installation so you could see how … [Read more...]
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