Advice

Uplifting your home has never been easier. In our advice section, you’ll find practical interior design advice, home styling tips, renovation advice, gardening ideas and cleaning hacks. Whether you’re building, renovating or simply refreshing a room, Style Curator is here to guide you.

Style Curator is a leading Australian interiors blog read by hundreds of thousands of people each month. Our motto is simple: create a home you love. Founded by Interior Designer Gina Beschorner, the blog covers all aspects of home improvement and home decoration.

Many of our advice articles include input from industry experts. We call on architects, interior designers, lighting specialists, landscapers and more to share their best tips. For example, our article on how to prepare your home for sale features advice from prominent renovation experts. Our guide on how to landscape your garden includes insights from one of Australia’s top landscape architects.

You’ll also find some of our most popular design advice here. Readers love our guide to designing the ultimate laundry, our must-know kitchen design measurements, and our tips on choosing the right kitchen splashback tile.

If you’re looking for outdoor advice, we have you covered too. Explore articles on the best plants to grow in pots, seasonal gardening guides and ideas for creating an epic outdoor play area for your child.

We also share plenty of home styling tips. Think curated décor round-ups, bookshelf styling ideas, bedroom decorating tips and more. If you’ve ever wondered how to style your home like a designer, this is where you’ll find the answers.

The aim of Style Curator is always to help you create a home you love. If there’s anything you’d like advice on that we haven’t covered, we’d love to hear from you. Email hello@stylecurator.com.au to request an advice article and we’ll get working on it.

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The Block 2020: Week 10 — Front garden and facade reveal

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Guide to keeping a Pilea Peperomiodes alive

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Is a marble splashback a good idea? Pros and cons of...

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When we were building our home, I had my heart set on a marble kitchen bench... but all I heard were horror stories about...

How to make a natural weed killer with just 3 household...

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How to make your own washing powder: DIY laundry powder

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10 breathtaking powder rooms: Luxe powder room ideas!

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How to create the ultimate black and white office, on a...

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House plants safe to have around pets (and which ones to...

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We love our pets. We also love our plants! But pets and plants don't always mesh well — in fact, some plants can be...

Top 20 hard to kill indoor plants

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Here at Style Curator HQ we love indoor plants... trouble is, we're not that great at keeping them alive! Some of our recent victims include...

Bedroom textile design trends for 2026

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If there's one space in the home that deserves an extra special touch, it's the bedroom. And creating your very own luxe space comes...

The ultimate DIY bathroom guide: Achieve a luxe bathroom for less

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Many people see the bathroom as a functional space, but it's much more. It's a sanctuary — a place to relax, unwind, and escape...

How to organise your garage tools for maximum efficiency

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Want to bring a sense of order and calm to your garage? You've come to the right place! For many people, the garage becomes...

Top 5 fixes to improve a room by The Real Estate...

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Sometimes we can have a room that we can’t seem to get right. You know what we’re talking about, that difficult space that just...

How to organise your laundry in four simple steps

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Laundry... the bane of our existence, right?! It just never seems to end! But what if we told you that an organised laundry space...

Organising under your kitchen sink: How I turned this area from...

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The season for home organisation and cleaning is here! One task you may want to do is organise under your kitchen sink. I recently...

Tips on organising and storing Christmas decor

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8 things to declutter to start the new year right

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