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.

Kitchen shelf styling inspiration: How to style your kitchen shelves

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Increasingly people are integrating shelving into their kitchen designs rather than having everything closed off behind cupboard doors. We love the added interest and...

Top 9 ideas to display indoor plants

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We love discovering other bloggers out there and seeing the creative ideas they come up with to create stylish interiors. At the moment we can't...

Autumn 2018 interior trends

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Supported by Canberra Outlet With the cooler weather quickly setting in, it’s clear summer has gone and autumn has arrived. So it’s time to start...

How to style towels: Best ideas to hang and display towels...

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Supported by Canningvale Towels are under-appreciated in the style stakes, I think. They are more than just functional; towels can add texture, colour and layers...

Bonnie’s full house renovation: Before + afters of each zone

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For months we've been busy renovating every square centimetre of Bonnie's house and we're so excited to say we are finally 100% DONE! Hoorayyyy! Her...

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...

Beyond the island: Unexpected kitchen-adjacencies that add value

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The modern Australian kitchen is the heartbeat of the home — where design meets everyday life. But as more of us embrace open-plan living...

Gina’s home: Guest bedroom refresh

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It was just under 3 years ago that I first shared our guest bedroom on the blog. This space remains one of my favourite...

Introducing Chest by Greg Natale

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Greg Natale can do no wrong! His latest collaboration with Stylecraft — Chest — is a compact collection of furniture and his first range...

How to select the right tapware for your design

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Supported by Phoenix Tapware has come a LONG way in recent years with a growing range of shapes and finishes now on the market —...

Introducing easy and smart security ideas to protect your home

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Supported by Lane Security We recently shared a complete home security checklist with the top 10 ways you can protect your home and today we...

Caesarstone’s outdoor quartz surface range is here

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Supported by Caesarstone I’m pretty darn excited about Caesarstone’s latest product release — a range of UV resistant outdoor quartz surfaces — which now makes it possible...

Before and after: An oversized garage becomes a parent’s retreat

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If you love your home but wish you had an extra bedroom, this project might just be the solution you’ve been looking for. Liz Amaya and...

8 tips to creating stylish budget kitchens

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How do you renovate your kitchen on a budget? It's one of the top questions we get asked and today we're so excited to...

Kitchen planning: See Gina’s kitchen ideas

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OK, this is the space I'm finding the trickiest to commit decisions but I can't put it off any longer! You might have read in...

Trend alert: Stripe tile bathrooms

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Have you spied the latest tiling trend taking over? Stripe tile bathrooms are making waves and we're not complaining about it! Bold, beautiful and...

10 Instagram accounts we’re loving right now

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We spend way, way, wayyyy too much time on Instagram. It's by far the social media space we hang out the most because we...

Creating the perfect outdoor space for the summer holidays

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We may be in the peak of winter in Australia but that doesn't stop us from daydreaming of warm summer days and enjoying the...

Quartz composite sinks pros and cons: What you need to know...

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Supported by Hafele Home It isn’t until you’re planning a kitchen remodel that you realise just how many decisions there are to make — including...

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...

Top 8 must-have inclusions for your new home build

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About to embark on the exciting journey of building your dream home? Congratulations! For many this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, so it...

What size should I make my tile grout joints?

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A question I've been asked a lot lately is what size should I make tile grout joints? It's come up so much that I'm...

Why moving is the perfect time to rethink your home decor

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Having just moved interstate, Gina sold almost all her possessions and took the opportunity to have a completely fresh start — in all areas...

23 decorating hacks for rental properties

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Just because you’re renting doesn’t mean you need to settle for someone else’s design style. While you may not be able to tear our...