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ADVICE

Uplifting your home has never been easier with our top interior design, styling and renovation advice. Whether you’re looking for expert design advice to help you build or renovate, styling ideas to turn your house into a home, gardening tips or cleaning hacks, look no further than Style Curator’s advice section.

Style Curator is a leading interiors blog read by hundreds of thousands of people each month. Our motto is create a home you love. Founded by Interior Designer Gina Ciancio, she and her team cover all aspects of home improvement and home decoration.

We call on leading experts to offer input into many of our advice articles. These experts include architects, interior designers, lighting experts and more. For example, prominent renovation experts shared their top tips for our article on how to prepare your home for sale. And our guide on how to landscape your garden has input from one of the best landscape architects in Australia.

Most popular advice articles

In the design space, some of our most popular advice articles include our guide to designing the ultimate laundry, the kitchen design measurements you need to know, and advice on picking a kitchen splashback tile.

For outdoor advice, our most popular articles include the best plants to grow in pots (especially popular amongst renters and people with smaller courtyards), seasonal gardening guides, and how to create an epic outdoor play area for your child.

We also have you covered when it comes to styling your home. For example, we have a comprehensive round up of the top items in home décor. You’ll also find plenty of styling tips like how to style a bookshelf, bedroom decorating ideas and so much more.

Find the answers to all your burning home styling and design questions on Style Curator.

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The aim of the Style Curator interiors blog is to help you create a home you love. If there’s anything you would like advice on that we haven’t covered, we’d love it hear about it. Send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll get working on it asap.

Tween boy bedroom decorating ideas

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How to organise your laundry in four simple steps

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How to organise your first aid kit

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A first aid kit is a must in every household. And yet, we bet a lot of you haven't checked those medicine expiry dates...

Gorgeous before and after marble kitchen transformation

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From a cookie-cutter 2000s kitchen — think grey floor tiles, stark white cabinetry and wood-look wallpaper — to a sleek and seriously stunning kitchen....

Bougie on a budget: 5 cost-effective home decorating hacks

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Growing Devil’s Ivy: Easy tips to propagate Pothos

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You know we love indoor plants and one of our absolute favourites is Devil's Ivy — it's rich glossy leaves, the way it drips...

25 quick ways to freshen up your home in 2025

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If you ask me, one of the best ways to start the new year on the right foot is by refreshing pockets of your...

Easy Christmas decor DIYs: Festive ideas to decorate your home

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It's time to decorate our home for the festive season but if you're not careful, it can get pricey really quickly. Luckily, it doesn't...

How to organise a utensil drawer

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Everyone's got one — a utensil drawer. An essential in any kitchen. But is it a fight to open or close yours?! Cause if...

Terracotta bathroom inspo and ideas: Earthy bathroom inspiration

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How to fold towels: Simple towel styling tricks to roll or...

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There's something so oddly satisfying about walking into a hotel room to a set of nicely folded towels. It may be part of the...

From flat pack to fabulous: The best ever IKEA hacks

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Fake it till you make it: Where to buy the best...

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Our favourite places to shop for large rugs

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You wouldn't believe how many emails and DMs we get about where to shop for large rugs! One of the biggest rug faux pas...

The kitchen design measurements you need to know

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Anyone about to renovate their kitchen or build new will no doubt be double and triple checking their kitchen design to make sure the...

Genius toy storage solutions: Best storage ideas for kids toys

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Ever stood on a rogue piece of Lego? Thought to yourself, these soft toys are definitely multiplying overnight. Or wondered how your kids have...

The best ways to fold and store beach towels

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Beach towels are an essential part of summer fun, but there's no denying they take up A LOT of space. If you have a...

Gorgeous homewares and decor finds to elevate your home styling

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Some people like to spend their money on clothing or handbags. Personally, we love to buy gorgeous homewares! And because we know we're talking...

Tips, ideas and tonnes of inspo on how to style your...

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The hallway can be a tricky one to style. Too much and it can be cluttered and awkward. Too little and it feels stark...

7 of the best winter scent candles: Candles to make you...

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Candle burning season is here! Often when styling, people focus on what they can see but our other senses are just important. Scent is...

Product review: Hoselink retractable hose reel

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On the search for a new hose? There are plenty of options on the market, all offering different features... and at varying quality standards....

How to keep your plants alive in winter

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If there’s one thing I successfully do each winter, it’s kill at least a few indoor plants. I’m keen to have a zero fatalities...

11 easy ways to reduce plastic around the home

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For a while now, we've been researching and taking small steps to find easy ways to reduce plastic around the home. In the spirit...

In the garden: Winter gardening guide

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You may not think there's much to do in the garden during the cold winter months, but that's far from true! Our winter gardening...