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Uplifting your home has never been easier with our top interior design, styling and renovation advice. Whether you’re looking for expert design advice to help you build or renovate, styling ideas to turn your house into a home, gardening tips or cleaning hacks, look no further than Style Curator’s advice section.

Style Curator is a leading interiors blog read by hundreds of thousands of people each month. Our motto is create a home you love. Founded by Interior Designer Gina Ciancio, she and her team cover all aspects of home improvement and home decoration.

We call on leading experts to offer input into many of our advice articles. These experts include architects, interior designers, lighting experts and more. For example, prominent renovation experts shared their top tips for our article on how to prepare your home for sale. And our guide on how to landscape your garden has input from one of the best landscape architects in Australia.

Most popular advice articles

In the design space, some of our most popular advice articles include our guide to designing the ultimate laundry, the kitchen design measurements you need to know, and advice on picking a kitchen splashback tile.

For outdoor advice, our most popular articles include the best plants to grow in pots (especially popular amongst renters and people with smaller courtyards), seasonal gardening guides, and how to create an epic outdoor play area for your child.

We also have you covered when it comes to styling your home. For example, we have a comprehensive round up of the top items in home décor. You’ll also find plenty of styling tips like how to style a bookshelf, bedroom decorating ideas and so much more.

Find the answers to all your burning home styling and design questions on Style Curator.

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The aim of the Style Curator interiors blog is to help you create a home you love. If there’s anything you would like advice on that we haven’t covered, we’d love it hear about it. Send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll get working on it asap.

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Renovating your home this season? Don’t forget this crucial but overlooked...

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Supported by Elgas In the realm of interior design, every element of a home contributes to its overall aesthetics, functionality and — as has become...

5 of the best cosmetic bathroom makeover tips

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Keeping it cool: Tips for optimal air conditioner maintenance

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Whether it's staying cool in summer or warm in winter, keeping up to date with your aircon maintenance will have it running in top...

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...

How to choose the right mulch for your garden

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With the weather quickly cooling down, the last thing on your mind might be stepping out to do some gardening but there are a...

Ideas for a stylish garden upgrade: Design features to elevate your...

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In Australia we're lucky enough to enjoy the outdoors most of the year so even though the weather is cooling off, it's the perfect...

7 ways to add unique character to your bedroom decor

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The bedroom is often the most neglected room in the home when it comes to decorating. Out of sight and out of mind from...

6 tips for finding the perfect interior designer in Brisbane

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We're always here to answer your design and styling questions and one that we've been getting a lot is Do you have any recommended...

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...

How to style and organise your pantry

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Supported by Canberra Outlet A calm, organised pantry makes way for a calm, organised life… well it helps! There’s a long list of reasons why an...

Autumn home decor trends 2023: The colours and looks defining this...

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Best essential oils for cleaning and our top home cleaning HACKS

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Reducing the number of chemicals you use around your home can only be a good thing — for our families and the environment. Today...

How to make a queen size bed look luxurious

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Supported by SLH Furniture Bigger isn’t always better and sometimes a queen bed is the largest size you can fit in a master bedroom. That...

Take notes: 7 great ways to style your kitchen

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The kitchen is the heart of the home and particularly in today’s more open-plan houses, it’s one that often takes centre stage. With just...

Colour and emotion: How to select colour for the mood you...

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There's no denying that colour can influence the way we feel. Plenty of studies link the effects of colour to emotion. For example, think...

Interior design on a budget: A guide for new homeowners

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If you've recently bought a new place, chances are you're in the midst of a decorating dilemma. Whether you're trying to make existing pieces...

6 things to keep in mind when buying property

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Are you on the hunt for the perfect investment property? Or maybe you're about to purchase your first home? Buying property is one of...

10 instant updates to refresh your bedroom

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Our bedroom should be our sanctuary — it is after all where most of us spend the majority of time — yet it's often...

Everything you need to know about picking the right grout: From...

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Supported by Ardex Without a doubt, every week I get questions around grout. It seems there’s a serious lack of good information out there to...

Arcadian project: The small living room upgrade that packs a punch

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With limited space in an apartment, it can be awfully hard to add that 'wow' factor. Yet Interior Designer Jacqueline Chen of The Glade...

21 easy kitchen cleaning hacks to save time and energy

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If you've been following Style Curator for a while, you'll know that we love a good hack. They make our lives easier, whether it...

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,...

Everything you need to know about lighting your bathroom

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If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from building and renovating, it’s that you can’t underestimate the impact of great lighting. Skimp on lighting and...