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.

Decorate your small rental apartment so it feels like home!

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Supported by Rentola We believe everyone should be able to create a home they love — whether you own the property or not! Decorating a...

Introducing the new way to buy paint – Monsta Shop!

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Nowadays you can buy just about any product online — it’s more convenient and affordable — but one product that seemed to miss this...

How to affordably update your window coverings

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When it comes to updating tired interiors, there are two things top of the list that offer the biggest bang for buck — repainting...

3 of the BEST natural cleaner recipes: Chemical-free cleaning

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Lately I've been ditching heavy chemical-based cleaners and making my own natural cleaner products whenever possible. It's something I've wanted to do for a long...

How to select the right flooring for your home: What type...

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Supported by Flooring Xtra It isn’t until you start renovating or making selections for a new build that you realise just how many decisions there...

How to deep clean your home yourself, including your sofa and...

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Managing household items during extensive renovations

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Major renovations are stressful to manage in themselves without the added concerns of finding precious items or furniture being damaged in the process. But...

How to create a mood board to achieve your home design...

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Whether you’re building, renovating or simply want to redecorate a room, a mood board is a useful tool to use. It's something design experts...

Before and after home renovation: An original home gets a spectacular...

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A before and after home renovation is probably one of our favourite things to showcase on the blog. There's just something so special about...

Ultimate Melbourne shopping guide: Where to shop for the home in...

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One of the things we find most exciting about going to a new city is checking out all the local homeware, furniture and art...

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...

Tips for keeping your composite decking looking great

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There are many benefits to using composite decking including its low maintenance and affordability, making it a popular choice for homeowners when building a...

Need convincing a property stylist is worth the cost? Check out...

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Despite the cost of a real estate agent, it is rare to find a property sold without one. This is for the simple reason...

Round up of the hottest homewares in Pantone’s Colour of the...

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Supported by Canberra Outlet Each year, the world of design looks to Pantone to predict the colour that will set trends. And in 2022, the...

How to style a shared kids bedroom: Inspo for shared room...

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Kids rooms are so much fun to style! And when a reader asked us for ideas on how to style a shared kids bedroom,...

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...

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...

Practical tips to get the perfect shade of white paint

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Supported by Monsta Few people enjoy painting so it’s important we get the right shade of paint first time round! I picked the wrong shade of...

Garden design ideas: How to plan your dream garden using smart...

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Whether you're finally rolling up your sleeves to give a neglected garden the attention it deserves or you’ve just finished building a home and...

Do architectural drawings include plumbing?

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When building a new home or adding an extension, architectural drawings guide the construction. They are the master plan that inform the work of...

Everything you need to know about keeping a rubber plant alive

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The rubber plant is one of this year's trending indoor plants and overall quite easy to care for — we did after all include...

Erskineville laundry before and after: Dreamy Euro style laundry with added...

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If there's one zone of the home our Erskineville clients really couldn't stand in their townhouse, it was their laundry! They were set on...

‘What’s your number one interior style tip?’ We asked the professionals!

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Interior styling can be a tricky skill to master. We see it all the time — too much going on in a space can feel...

20 of the coolest Kmart hacks EVER!

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The phenomenon of Kmart hacks has been going strong for almost 10 years! Over that time, we've seen everything from baskets used as pendant...