Last updated: March 03, 2011

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New Homes

How grand

Grandview

The Grandview's focus is on resort-style living and year-round entertaining at its best

Focus on space

Fairmont Fremantle

The compact Fremantle from Fairmont Homes is ideal for first-home buyers or those looking to downsize.

Designer dream

Hickinbotham Swansea

Hickinbotham's Swansea is an affordable, eco-friendly home that encourages you to spend as much time outside as inside

A touch of deluxe

Prestige home

Combine ultimate family living with exceptional entertaining facilities with this custom design from Adelaide Prestige Homes

Eye on the prize

Distinctive Homes Brunswick

This impressive four-bedroom home is perfect for spending time together as a family, or taking time out to relax

Renovate

Eco-friendly additions

Evanston Alfresco design

Ask your builder about clever eco-friendly options for your home

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Looking up

Rossdale Grange

Define spaces and add a perfect finishing touch to your home with a bulkhead.

First impressions

Hickinbotham Yale

Start things off on a good note with a facade that reflects your personal taste and style, while setting the tone for your home's interior scheme.

Island focus

Format Homes kitchen bench

Be part of the action when entertaining with an island bench in your kitchen

Win a $5000 ecoplus solar hot water system

ecoplus

The Sunday Mail is giving one lucky reader the chance to win a $5000 solar hot water service thanks to ecoplus

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Decorate

Window wonders

verosol blinds

You will love what this versatile blind can do for your interior, lifestyle and hip pocket

Bright spark

Volker Haug

Some people are born to do certain things and Volker Haug is one of those people.

Made to order

Sackcloth & Ashes wallpaper

Let your home be an expression of your personal taste and style, with some help from Sackcloth & Ashes

Stars align

South Beach rug Greg Natale

Make your friends green with envy with one of the gorgeous offerings from Greg Natale for Designer Rugs

Shelf life

stacked shelf

Make a space your own by customising your shelving system with some help from Muuto

Build Advice

In the mix

concrete

Get the experts' advice on giving your home a new-look interior and handy tips on concreting from our panel of top local professionals

Poly's a cracker

polycarbonate roof

Get the experts' advice on plumbing problems and the properties of polycarbonate sheeting from our panel of top local professionals

Ready for rate rise

Lisa Montgomery

Borrowers need to prepare themselves for more interest rate rises later in the year, says Lisa Montgomery of Resi Mortgage Corporation

Window dressing

Sterling Balmain

Make your house feel like a home with the addition of some stylish curtains.

Demolition job

AN image demolish

Get the experts' advice on knocking down a home and rebuilding, and fixing hairline cracks in tiles from our panel of top local professionals

Garden

Love me tendril

clematis

Sophie Thomson shares her tips on native climbing plants.

Top of the pots

Garden pots

WITH the push towards courtyard-sized outdoor spaces and higher-density living, many people are forced to garden in pots.

Hedge with edge

lemon tree

Sophie Thomson lists some fruit plants that would make a great evergreen hedge or screen.

Where to start, Part 2

spade

Following on from her last column, here are more of Sophie Thomson's tips for creating a garden

Starting out

Garden

Sophie Thomson shares her tips for creating a wonderful garden

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News

Mr X does flood levy deal

Nick Xenophon

JULIA Gillard has secured the final vote to pass her controversial flood levy after giving substantial ground to independent SA senator Nick Xenophon.

Sport

Irish in upset win over England

Kevin O'Brien

KEVIN O'Brien struck the fastest-ever World Cup hundred as Ireland pulled off a sensational three-wicket win over England overnight.

LATEST PHOTO GALLERIES

Adelaide Zoo Enrichment Day

Enrichment Day

Animals enjoyed food treats and more at Adelaide Zoo's Enrichment Day on Saturday.

At the Geneva Motor Show

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From the most fuel efficient to those that meet the most ostentatious tastes, the world's latest cars will be display at the 81st Geneva Mot...

Zoo animals measure up

Zoo audit

Zookeepers checking on the condition of animals within their care have produced remarkable pictures

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