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Be inspired to style your living room with all of our styling tips and tricks. Style Curator is Australia’s top interior styling blog and we share the latest in interior design, styling and home renovation.

Explore this section of Style Curator for inspiration and advice to create a stylish living room! Including discovering the latest in home decor, furniture and art.

Most popular living room articles

You’ll find before and after projects of renovations, the best products to style your living room, advice on ways to maximise space and so much more.

Whether you’re looking for ideas to style this room or are about to renovate, weā€™ve got hundreds of useful articles to help.

One of our most popular living room articles is our top bookshelf styling tips. So popular in fact that we recently shared a part 2 with even more ideas on how you can make your bookcase look amazing.

Also trending are our articles on the top home decor items to style your home, best indoor plants and clever Kmart hacks.

If you’re looking to raise the positive energy of your space, don’t miss our articles on using crystals in the home.

We’ve also got plenty of fabulous home storage ideas to maximise space. For example, how to utilise the back of doors and what to do with that awkward space under your stairs.

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If thereā€™s anything you would like advice or inspiration on that we havenā€™t covered, please let us know! Send us an email at hello@stylecurator.com.au and weā€™ll get working on it asap.

Style Curator is an Australian blog by Interior Stylist and Designer Gina Ciancio and her team.

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