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.

Bonnie’s kitchen reveal: From poky and brown to open and airy!

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If you've been following our renovations at Bonnie's house, you'd know we COMPLETELY GUTTED her kitchen. Today we're excited to share her kitchen reveal...

Style crush: Linen bedding and where to shop the best

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We've had a long-running love affair with linen bedding and we're not sure our obsession is going to end any time soon. Linen is...

How to clean grout — 6 of the most effective grout...

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Cleaning grout is one of the most tedious cleaning tasks in the home so we've searched high and low, and even checked in with...

Create you own tropical jungle: 10 plants that thrive in the...

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We adore using plants in the home — they look ah-MAZING and offer a loads of health benefits — but finding plants that will...

How to transform to a cool home using energy efficient methods...

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Supported by Simply Energy The warm season is our favourite time of year. But for your home, summer means air conditioning that is on for...

Could a cleaning schedule solve your home cleaning headaches?

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Supported by Jim's Cleaning Sydney If there are 3 things certain in life, it’s death, taxes… and that cleaning is a never-ending job! Is it...

Trend alert: Basket pendant lights and where to shop our faves

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Basket pendant lights are seriously on trend right now. We're seeing them pop up in kitchens, bathrooms, dining rooms and even outdoor living spaces....

Tween boy bedroom decorating ideas

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Ahh the tween years. No longer a little boy, not quite a teenager. So how do you style a tween boy bedroom? We're here...

How to create your own floral arrangement: Step-by-step guide by an...

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There is no faster way to make your home look and feel more inviting than a big arrangement of beautiful fresh flowers. Weekly visits to...

Top 7 stylish bathroom accessories: Must-have bathroom decor

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An often neglected room of the home when it comes to styling is the bathroom but with just a few stylish pieces, you can...

Bathroom styling tips to get big results without spending big bucks

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Supported by The Reject Shop This week I set myself the challenge to style my bathroom for under $100, proving you don’t have to spend...

How to organise your garage and make room for more

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Supported by Haval Is your garage starting to look more like a storage unit than a part of your home? If you’re nodding yes, it's...

How to light your kitchen: Different kitchen lighting options

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Lighting is often an overlooked aspect of interiors — yet it's one of the most important. Lighting playa a big part in the atmosphere,...

Amaroo house: A stunning new build with a fascinating facade

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In today's real home tour, we take a look inside the beautiful Brisbane home, affectionately known as Amaroo. Meaning 'beautiful place' in some Aboriginal...

7 tips for creating the ultimate media room

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It’s rare to come across a floor plan of a new home build that doesn’t have a second living area. Whether that’s a playroom,...

Interior inspo: Pocket doors

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About to build or renovate and looking for smart design solutions to incorporate into your home? Let us introduce you to our latest obsession...

Erskineville main bathroom before and after: Modern take on a Victorian...

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Here's the latest before and after of our recent Erskineville project and it's my favourite zone of the home — the main bathroom makeover! Related...

How to create a stylish, pet-friendly home

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Since Hulk became the newest member of the Style Curator team, we've gone a bit pet crazy! And since it's National Pet Day, we...

6 tips for first-time buyers to secure and protect their new...

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You’ve done it! You’ve finally found your dream home. All that’s left to do now is make sure it is as secure and protected...

Stain removal for the most common types of stains

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Stains happen. They're part of life! An annoying part of life, but common all the same. So we've done our research, tested each and...

Decorate your small rental apartment so it feels like home!

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Supported by Rentola We believe everyone should be able to create a home they love — whether you own the property or not! Decorating a...

Top 8 list where to buy stylish bedheads

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Bedheads are more popular than ever but finding the right one can be a challenge! We often get asked the best places to shop...

7 thoughtful guest bedroom ideas for a warm welcome

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For many of us, the guest bedroom can also double as a study or even the storage/not-sure-what-to-do-with-room... Regardless of whether or not you have...

How to design a lighting plan for your home: 3 types...

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We're the first to admit that up until a few years ago, we were completely clueless when it came to lighting. Yet the more...