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.

Product review: Hoover Dual Steam Plus Steam Mop

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Supported by Godfreys If you’re looking for more eco-friendly ways or quicker ways to keep your home clean, then this review will be of interest...

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,...

5 ways to make your bed more comfortable

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Sponsored by Newentor Creating a comfortable bed isn’t about spending a fortune — it’s about choosing layers and materials that work together. Whether you’re refreshing...

Updating Bonnie’s backyard with a sleek and contemporary DIY fence

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Supported by ModularWalls Our renovations at Bonnie’s house have been tracking slower than we would like – let’s just say this townhouse has thrown more...

Real rooms: Katie and Mitch’s bathroom, ensuite and laundry

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Today we're continuing our tour of Katie and Mitch's new home and taking you inside their bathroom, ensuite and laundry. Because although shows like...

Top 9 kitchen splashback trends 2022

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The toughest kitchen design decision for many people is deciding on the splashback! You wouldn't believe how often we see people agonise over this...

How to declutter your workspace… and boost productivity!

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If you find you get easily distracted in your home office… or you’re just not as productive as you’d like to be, it might...

5 festive Christmas table setting ideas

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Eeeeek we cannot believe Christmas is this week! It has come around so quickly this year which is why we're on the search for...

Ming green marble mosaic bathroom tour: Take a peek around our...

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We've just wrapped up our latest bathroom project and it's a beauty, even if I do say so myself! This '90s style bathroom was...

Top 20 Kmart hacks of 2019

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You just can't seem to get enough of our Kmart hacks articles (they've been popular on Style Curator for the last 3 years 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...

How to: Style your investment property or Airbnb

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When it comes to staging a property — whether it’s for sale or for accommodation websites — first impressions count! We guarantee the effort...

Design greenery into your renovation: How to create an indoor outdoor...

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When you think about the most calming homes, they almost always have one thing in common — a connection to nature. Incorporating greenery into...

Bonnie’s kitchen before and our kitchen remodel goals

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For those that have been watching our stories on Instagram, you will have seen the renovations we’re doing at Bonnie’s house — taking it...

11 tips for successful kitchen planning

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Supported by ASKO You’ve heard the saying a million times — ‘The kitchen is the heart of the home’ — and it couldn’t ring more...

Decorating a rental bedroom: Styling tricks and hacks

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Your bedroom should be your oasis but when renting, it can be tricky to know how you can personalise the space to make it...

A Californian bungalow in Melbourne gets an impressive exterior home makeover

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We love a modern build as much as the next person but there's something truly special when a home is lovingly restored to its...

Creative patio paving concepts to elevate your outdoor sanctuary

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Looking to uplift your outdoor space? New outdoor paving can be on the wish list for many because of how it adds functionality and...

13 ways to achieve a Scandinavian interior style

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Here at Style Curator we love the Scandi style and so too do many of our readers who write to us all the time...

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...

Interior Designer of the Year Greg Natale opens his doors

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Ever since we met Greg Natale at the Mary McDonald event in July, we have been begging to share inside his home with you! Today...

How you can add ambience and style to your outdoors for...

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Supported by The Reject Shop As most of you know, this year I'm on a mission to finish my home — and that mainly includes...

A day of styling at Southern Innovations new showroom

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Last week you may have seen behind the scenes shots on Instagram of the kitchen and bathroom displays we styled for Southern Innovations. It was...

Bonnie’s kitchen update: What’s involved when remodelling a kitchen

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It’s been a little while since we updated you on Bonnie’s kitchen! Last time you saw it, it was looking very brown and poky,...