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Home & Garden

Stranger Things inspired home interiors

While we impatiently wait for season 5 of Stranger Things to appear on our screens, CW has curated a modern take of Joy’s 1980s style home to tide us over.

Inside & out: Local Xmas shopping at Scott Leggo, Dirty Janes

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home, including Scott Leggo's Christmas shopping event in Kingston 25-27 November, and extended trading hours at Dirty Janes in Fyshwick.

Inside & out: Handmade Christmas returns, low carbon housing

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home... Handmade Canberra returns to EPIC, the Canberra Low Carbon Housing Challenge, and summer with Bunnings.

The perfect products for a dreamy spring picnic in Canberra

It’s picnic weather, people! Canberrans sure do love a languid lakeside lounging day with some good food, good company, and good old spring sunshine.

Inside & out: Miimi & Jiinda at Adairs, veggie pests and shell cushions

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home... Miimi & Jiinda's new Adairs range, JACK has your garden pest problem covered, and Garden Glory's new shell cushion.

How to modernise your period home by blending old and new

The allure of larger, more affordable spaces comes with the charm of older homes that are imbued with intricate period details. Renee McGinty from Gyprock share her tips to retaining vintage charm while renovating.

Classic interior colour duo: Red & Blue

The classic colour due of red and blue is making a cool comeback into home interiors, and CW is here for it!

Sustainability: the garden trend of summer 2023

Creating sustainable gardens in whatever outdoor space you have available in your home has become increasingly popular, so award-winning landscape designer Adam Robinson shares his his top tips for growing new life in your home.

The perfect poolside lounging products you need this summer

The ultimate pool day involves doing almost absolutely nothing and lazing on a comfortable sun lounge in peace... and since warmer weather is just within reach, here's CW's perfect poolside lounging inspo!

The DIY arts and witch-crafts cauldron

Every witch needs their cauldron to brew up potions, curses, and spells, so this Halloween, Bunnings and Sophie from @nestihome have created the spookiest DIY boiler, so you can become the scariest witch-next-door.

Turn your home into ‘Halloween Town’

Witches, ghouls, monsters, and ghosts are back in town and ready to spook. You know what that means … happy Halloween! In honour of the hair-raising holiday, here’s some Halloween décor inspiration so you can turn your house from gorgeous to gourd-geous.

Home style trend: Grandmillennial

Trinkets, florals, and colour-drenched rooms have exploded onto the home-style scene with the rise of the feminine and old-school ‘grandmillennial’ style trend. A contemporary take on your grandma’s home, exuding comfort, affordable maximalism, and chaos – in the best possible way.

Emerging home design trends of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, home renovation and design platform, Houzz, has released its emerging home trends to watch from the year.

Inside & out: midnight cookware, dreamy summer sets, incense grounding

The latest in news, trends, and happenings for the home... Meyers midnight series combines style with durability, Brosa released their dreamy summer sets, and ground yourself with incense.

Feel all the childhood nostalgia with these retro bedroom homewares

Who said when you become an adult, you have to farewell fun and colour? Channel your inner child and fill your life with everything you adore – and if that means all your favourite childhood items or things you wished you could have had, then so be it!

The DIY spool table with Zoe Gilpin

Give your living room a coastal makeover with this easy and affordable DIY hack from interior decorator Zoe Gilpin, aka The DIY Decorator. The unique and eye-catching side table may be made with only a few simple items, but it doesn’t lack style.

Ciao bella! Get the Italian look for your home

From Positano to Florence, Naples to Rome, Italy is globally renowned for its impeccable style and elegance entwined with historic and regional influences; from sunny, southern waterfront villas traditional northern houses nestled in vineyards to chic and contemporary apartments in Milan.

Inside & out: Open Gardens return, new releases at Scott Leggo Gallery

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home... Scott Leggo releases latest winter wall art collection, Open Gardens Canberra is back, try the blueberry pottery trend, and it's pebble season!

Home style: sitting on a cloud

Who didn’t as a child think they could reach out and touch the fluffy, white clouds? Iconic French designer, Pierre Paulin, was the original creator of this nostalgic style with his Pacha Collection in 1975 and 47 years later, it’s a mainstream trend in 2022.

Flashback to the 90s with retro homewares

My Heart Will Go On… for 1990s nostalgia. The spirited approach to colour, vintage flea market aesthetic, and chaotic clashing of geometric shapes defined 1990s interior design and influenced a new era of trends. As Gen Z embraces ’90s fashion, I say bring back ’90s interior trends, too.

Hey, Canberra kids! Do you know ‘what’s in your backyard?’

At first glance, you may think you have very few native animals scurrying around your backyard, but Australian gardening icon Costa Georgiadis says there’s a whole lot more than you think.

Turn your laundry room from bland to grand

If there’s one room in the house that is perpetually chaotic, it’s most likely the laundry room. While it may be full of frenzy, a clever design could transform your laundry space to be stylish and functional.

Spring styling with Nadine from Journey Home

Owner of the fabulous interior design company Journey Home, Nadine Neilson shared with CW her top professional tips on styling and decluttering during the spring cleaning season.

Spring living feature

Embrace the warmth and vitality of the new season with these great spring living ideas from some of the Canberra region’s finest businesses.

Spruce up your home for spring

Spring has officially sprung. Hallelujah! After a cold Canberra winter, the arrival of spring brings some welcomed warmth and flowers in bloom, initiating a spruce up with some bright and colourful homewares.

Make the journey to your dream home with Journey Home

It’s more important than ever to create a space you cherish, and Nadine Neilson and her team from Journey Home Interiors can’t wait to make your interior dreams come true.

Get the new age bohemian look for your home

The emerging new age of bohemian style mixes the deep-rooted, original elements, like macrame and ethic patterns, with eclectic modern textures and colours. Check out these boho pieces that will add an artsy, new age flair to your home.

Inside & out: Ikea festival, native florals, and sleepy scents

The latest in news, trends, and happenings for the home... Ikea stores are celebrating their showcase festival and a native floral homewares range launched in collaboration with the Victorian Royal Botanic Gardens.

DIY upcycled furniture with Feast Watson

Thanks to Feast Watson, here are two DIY projects that might inspire you to upcycle some timber furniture – and either save it going to landfill or earn yourself some cash in the circular economy. Win-win!

Home trend alert: Coastal Grandmother

Have you ever had a burning desire to quit your job, move to the coast, and live out your life in an upmarket beach shack dancing barefoot to Fleetwood Mac, glass of wine in hand? Well, you might just be a ‘Coastal Grandmother’. Check out CW’s home interior take on this aesthetic!