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.

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...

The cost of running ducted gas heating — is it worth...

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How to style your bed like a hotel: Creating a luxe...

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Supported by Manchester Collection Who doesn’t love the feeling of getting into a hotel bed? That high thread count and those perfectly tucked sheets! While...

Gina’s bathroom renovation: Take a peek around my new bathroom

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It's been a while in the making but I'm so excited to FINALLY share our bathroom renovation with you! For those of you who...

Autumn home decorating: Easy interior styling ideas to welcome the seasonal...

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Supported by Canberra Outlet A change of season is the perfect excuse to switch up your interior decorating — especially when there’s a change from...

5 plumbing things to check before buying a house

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Buying to renovate as a first homeowner

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Supported by Monzi In today’s housing market, with skyhigh prices, it’s near impossible to buy your dream home as your first home! This is one...

Tips on how to plan the perfect kitchen: Dreamy coastal kitchen

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It's not every day we get inspired by a door handle, but crazier things have happened! When we spied this ah-MAZING contemporary coastal kitchen...

8 bedrooms that nail rich Autumn tones

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Create a cosy, inviting bedroom this season by embracing a richer colour palette. From earthy ochre tones to splashes of deep blue, moody greys and...

Kitchen cabinets other than white

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When it comes to selecting finishes for your new home, it can be so easy to default to white, white... and white. Today, we're sharing...

A penthouse with a luxe materials palette and ideas to steal...

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It's not everyday we get to take a look inside a penthouse. And while this one might be a touch over budget for most...

How to: Style a holiday home

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Whether you've got a holiday home and are looking for tips on how to style it, or just want to create that holiday at...

14 stunning splashbacks to bring your kitchen to life

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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...

5 harmful things plumbers wish you would stop doing

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Supported by Metropolitan Plumbing No one wants to spend unnecessary money or time fixing problems around their home that could be avoided. Plumbing is one...

Things to consider when picking an air conditioner for your home

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Supported by ActronAir Researching what to look for when buying a new air conditioner? As this is a purchase many of us will only need to...

Where to splurge vs save in your kitchen reno: Inside a...

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As the wife of a builder, Veronica King has been around a kitchen reno or two (or 50!). So when it came to building...

10 home decor updates to revamp your home

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Supported by Papaya If there’s one thing 2020 taught us, it’s a newfound appreciate for our homes. So much more than just a place to...

Top 10 trending indoor plants and where to use them

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There's no denying the love of indoor plants just keeps gaining momentum! Like fashion though, indoor plants also go through trends. So let's check...

How to select white paint: Tips on getting the right white...

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Selecting white paint is not as easy as it might sound! And for many, it's not until you've made a costly mistake that you...

Styling hacks for decorating a rental outdoor space or balcony

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Outdoor entertaining is one of our fave things to do, especially in the warmer months. But if you're renting, it can be difficult to...

Planning a white kitchen that’s anything but boring

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With the kitchen very much at the heart of any modern home, it's no wonder that white kitchens are all the rage right now....

Designing the ultimate laundry, all the tips and tricks you need!

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We recently discovered Zephyr and Stone — sisters and best friends Ania and Kasia who are mad for building, renovating and designing homes! We're...

How to select paint colours to make a room feel larger

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Selecting the right paint colour is tricky enough at the best of times, but when you're dealing with a small space, it's more critical...

7 ways to organise your garden shed #shedspo

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Is it time to dust away the cobwebs and get your garden shed under control? I recently tackled this job and it's made such...