'It's going to get more important': Why it pays to make your home energy efficient

Linda Moon|Nov 26, 2021
While location and other key factors still dominate homebuyer’s priorities, energy-efficient features can help seal the deal, according to one expert.
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'It's going to get more important': Why it pays to make your home energy efficient

Take a tour of some of Victoria's best private gardens

Mary O'Brien|Nov 26, 2021
Wombat Park, outside Daylesford, is just one of the beautiful gardens which will be open to the public during the National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association’s Virtual Garden Day.
Take a tour of some of Victoria's best private gardens

Hello, Dollywood: Stay at the comfy cottage owned by Megan Gale

Mary O'Brien|Nov 26, 2021
After purchasing the property in one of her favourite towns, Gale and her partner Shaun Hampson decided to share their holiday retreat with others. Dollywood, as it's known, is a renovated modernist 1940s bungalow with attitude.
Hello, Dollywood: Stay at the comfy cottage owned by Megan Gale

'Embrace the brown': How to update a mid-century home

Lucy Feagins|Nov 26, 2021
"Embrace the brown" became the motto during the renovation of a near-original mid-century home designed by Alistair Knox - and it's paid off.
'Embrace the brown': How to update a mid-century home

It's only natural: How to live with garden pests

Byron Smith|Nov 25, 2021
Whether invited or not, wherever you live, some sort of insect or animal pest will be attracted to your garden at some point, so it’s important to know who to allow residency and how to cohabit with them. 
It's only natural: How to live with garden pests

The family that built a cafe in their front yard

Brigid Blackney|Nov 24, 2021
A home in the Sunshine Coast hinterland has kerb appeal of an unusual kind: the cafe operating within its picket-fenced front garden serves up freshly brewed coffee, cakes and pastries to local customers.
The family that built a cafe in their front yard
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What gives a home a sense of grandeur?

Kate Jones|Nov 22, 2021
We look at some of the elements that make a home look and feel as luxurious as a six-star hotel.
What gives a home a sense of grandeur?

In all its glory: How to restore the period features in your home

Alexandra Brooks|Nov 19, 2021
Owning a period home can be a double-edged sword: we fall in love with the intricate details, but the cost of maintaining, repairing and restoring those features can leave us wondering if it's all worth it.
In all its glory: How to restore the period features in your home

'Get into holiday mode': The total motel experience

Pauline Morrissey|Nov 19, 2021
As you wind along the Pacific Highway in northern NSW, pay close attention to the turnoff for Brunswick Heads, a quaint little seaside town where you'll find the revamped Sails Motel.
'Get into holiday mode': The total motel experience

When two become one: The Japanese-inspired renovation of a postwar cottage

Elizabeth Clarke|Nov 18, 2021
Two contrasting buildings combine to create a magical family home that blurs the boundary between indoors and out.
When two become one: The Japanese-inspired renovation of a postwar cottage
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