STYLISH SPACES

Beautiful, practical ideas for making home feel more like you.

A beautiful home isn’t about size, postcode or following every passing trend.
Stylish Spaces explores practical ways to make the most of where you live, from relaxed coastal interiors
and clever small-space ideas to kitchens, outdoor living and thoughtful Australian design.

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9 Ways to Make a Small Outdoor Space Feel Bigger

Make Your Small Outdoor Space Feel Bigger and More Inviting A SMALL balcony, courtyard or patio can be one of the most enjoyable parts of a home. It can also become one of the most cluttered. Add a table and chairs, a barbecue, a few pots,…
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What Ancient Wisdom Can Teach Modern Home Design

Feng Shui in Western Homes: Modern Design or Ancient Folklore? FENG SHUI has a reputation problem in the West. It’s dismissed by some as superstition and embraced by others as an interiors trend, often without much thought about what lies…
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Childhood cross-stitch reading “Home is where the heart is” on mustard-coloured fabric.Jocelyn Watts
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What Makes a Home a Home?

Home Is Where the Heart Is, But Where Is Home? WHILE sorting through some of my mother's belongings recently, I found a small piece of my childhood. It was a wall hanging I’d made when I was about 10: a piece of mustard-yellow cloth, a white…
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Outdoor Entertaining Ideas for a Qld Spring

Spring Alfresco Living: Easy Outdoor Entertaining Ideas for Qld Homes You don't need a big backyard or a magazine-worthy deck to make the most of spring. A few simple touches can turn any outdoor space, however modest, into somewhere you actually…
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Coastal Living Ideas for Stylish, Easygoing Homes

The Queensland Coastal Home: 7 Ideas Worth Stealing You don't need an ocean view, or a prize-home budget, to capture the easy, breezy feeling of a Queensland coastal home. From indoor-outdoor living to subtropical greenery, here are seven ideas…
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“No Council Rates!” The Hidden Realities of Lifestyle Choices

Do You Really Own Your Home? The Fine Print Behind Lifestyle Villages and Townhouse Living LIFESTYLE village vs body corporate ownership is becoming an increasingly important question for Australians looking to downsize or move…
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Body Corporate Due Diligence for Buyers

Sales Pitches: Why Body Corporate Buyers Need to Do Their Homework BY THE time most people buy into a townhouse or apartment complex, they’ve already fallen a little bit in love. Maybe it’s the neat courtyard. The promise of “low-maintenance…
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Body Corporate Maintenance Issues QLD: Why Processes Matter

Inside the Chaos of Body Corporate Maintenance Why good intentions aren’t always enough There’s a moment that tends to happen in many body corporate meetings. It’s not dramatic. No raised voices. No one storms out. But you leave with…
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Coastal Apartment Living: Why More Australians Are Moving

Less Maintenance, More Ocean: The Rise of Coastal Apartment Living There’s a shift happening along Australia’s coastline... and it’s not just the tide coming in! From Hervey Bay to Hobart, more Australians are rethinking what “home”…
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Townhouse Living in Australia: The Pros & Cons

10 Things I Wish I’d Known About Townhouse Living Before Buying WHEN I first bought into a townhouse complex, I had the idea there was some overarching, almost mythical, body corporate taking care of maintenance behind the scenes. After…
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Architectural interior staircase with ocean views in a coastal Mater Lotteries prize home
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A Closer Look at Mater Lotteries Prize Homes

Dream Homes with Purpose | Mater Lotteries Prize Homes THE front door opens onto pale timber floors, high ceilings and the sort of kitchen most of us bookmark on Pinterest. Stone benchtops. A butler’s pantry. Sliding glass doors folding back…
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Travel-inspired home decor creates a home retreat.Jocelyn Watts
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7 Travel-Inspired Home Retreat Ideas

How I Turned a Dinner Set into a Wall Feature I WAS looking for inspiration for my travel-inspired home retreat when I stumbled across a stunning set of Ipanema Casa Domani dinnerware in Hervey Bay, Queensland. Vibrant tropical colours, circular…
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Designing a Better Australian Home

Good design isn’t only about how a home looks. Australia’s YourHome resource explores practical ways to create homes
that are more comfortable, energy-efficient and suited to our climate.

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