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 biggest transformation of our Erskineville project was the kitchen/family area. The homeowners are a young couple who love to entertain so we turned...

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Today's inspo is all about home libraries! There's nothing quite like the atmosphere a home library creates — so inspiring and inviting — especially...

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Picking a kitchen splashback can be one of the most difficult decisions of the whole kitchen design process! Yes, it often only makes up...

FREE happy goat photography artwork

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Walk-in wardrobe and closet inspo

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An epic wardrobe is on the dream home design wish list for many! In our years of touring beautiful homes, we've spied more than...

Fridge organisation: How I took my fridge from disgusting to dreamy

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Confession time, the most disorganised (read: disgusting) area of my home up until recently was my fridge! I would just place items in there...

Quick tweaks for a more sustainable home

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Sustainable living has become more than just a trend. It's a lifestyle choice that shapes the way we live, eat, work, and play. In...

10 things to consider when selecting flooring for your home

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We have been sharing loads of renovation content lately and one area that we constantly get questions about it flooring! From questions on how to...

How to hang hats: Ways to store and display hats and...

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With summer just around the corner, it's officially hat season! Whether you've got a small collection of hats or are a full-blown addict, a...

5 step guide: How to choose the right trees for your...

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Choosing the right trees for your garden can feel overwhelming and we often leave landscaping in the ‘too hard basket’. But it needn't be with...

26 quick ways to freshen up your home in 2026

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