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Home & Garden

How to choose your colour scheme

Picking the perfect paint can be tricky, so we've teamed up to create the ultimate style guide to help you choose your paint colour scheme.

Interior styling secrets for a Canberra summer

As the weather warms up, director of Hunting for George, Lucy Glade-Wright, shares her interior styling secrets for a Canberra summer.

Inside & out: Beat the heat and recycle your textiles

The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home: tiny batteries cause big problems, recycle textiles at Sheridan, & beat the heat.

7 tips to calm the clutter and organise your home this new year

The New Year. A fresh start. The perfect opportunity to kick things off with a good old tidy! 

Transform your home with Pantone’s Colour of the Year: Very Peri

'Very Peri' is Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2022 & this trendy blue hue is the perfect shade to incorporate when styling your home.

Christmas local gift guide

As Christmas is around the corner it's important to remember to shop local. So, here's a Canberran gift guide for you to check out this year!

In the studio with Tania Vrancic

For Canberr artist Tania Vrancic, the art of ceramics runs through her veins – it just made sense that’s what she was meant to do.

Pantone names ‘Very Peri’ the colour of 2022

Pantone’s Colour of the Year for 2022 new ‘it’ colour is Very Peri – a “dynamic” and “joyous” shade of periwinkle blue. 

Geneva Vanderzeil’s DIY Christmas tree

Wanting to be more sustainable and avoid a plastic tree? Geneva Vanderzeil & Bunnings have the solution - a garden screen DIY Christmas tree!

JAGA Workspaces work for you

JAGA is a Canberra-born business with a focus on creating perfect workspaces, pulled straight from the future.

Create your own eco-friendly fragrance

Fill your home with the scents you desire and become an at-home perfumer as you create your very own eco-friendly home fragrance, with a unique blend of natural oils. Using renowned Australian artist...

Pre-loved textiles can again be recycled at Sheridan

The Sheridan Recycling Program has been reinstated at Sheridan stores in the ACT after an unplanned hiatus caused by pandemic restrictions.

Enjoy your staycation: Top 5 Canberra Airbnb’s

We all adore a relaxing staycation, either with a loved one or by yourself for some much-needed solitude. Now that lockdown restrictions have finally eased, we can once again enjoy staying in...

Canberra sustainable homes: Rammed earth house

“This house changed our lives. It’s our forever home,” says proud owner Travis Power. Built on a remediated Mr Fluffy block, Mr Power’s Waramanga Rammed Earth House is a sustainable haven, designed...

Expert property styling tips before selling your home

Prestigious property styling expert and owner of Canberra business, Magenta Home Staging, Wendy Osborne shares her leading tips and tricks to whip your home into shape to be inspection-ready for sale. According to...

Canberra sustainable homes: Kambah’s quirky modular

If you ever find yourself in Kambah, you’re likely to come across the home of Kirsty Goodwin, her two young daughters Winter and Edie, and their beloved greyhound Reggie – it’s the...

There’s a lot to love at Ainslie Urban Farm

Fiona, Michael and their family have been living at their heritage Ainslie property, also known as Ainslie Urban Farm, since 2007.

Sustainable construction: Low Energy Super Shed

In the hippie era of the 1970s, Leigh Duxson relocated to Canberra and, as a struggling student, bounced around from one uncomfortable house to the next relying on huge amounts of energy...

Re-vamp your backyard before lockdown lifts

Before lockdown ends, you might want to think about re-vamping your neglected backyard! Your ‘outdoor room’ is the perfect place to entertain, relax and enjoy the company of loved ones, so why not...

Sustainable construction: The Link Building at Ginninderry

Life at Ginninderry is an example of inspiring and innovative sustainable living; with the Murrumbidgee River on one side, Ginninderra Creek on the other and the majestic backdrop of the Brindabellas, it’s...

How to: renovate your rental

With home ownership on a dramatic decline, especially for young Australians, renting is becoming an increasingly common living scenario. The universal rule all renters know well is: nothing can be done without your...

Sustainable dream homes: Jennifer’s swimming pond

In the heart of Macquarie lies the epitome of sustainable beauty in the form of a luxurious natural swimming pond surrounded by an abundance of native plants and wildlife. Local resident Jennifer Weselaar...

Sustainable dream homes: Canberra’s Beach House

Sustainable homes are the future of the housing if we want to protect ourselves from climate change and start reversing its environmental damage, says expert in the field, Jenny Edwards.   Ms Edwards’...

Edible garden

Here, we take a look at how to grow your own blooms that look so good you could (literally) eat them.

Home improvement 2021

Help show your home the love it deserves and invest in what is likely your most valuable asset with help from these local advertisers.

Sustainable Maximalism

Daniel Fitzpatrick, designer, builder, and owner of Crace House, took seven years to bring his vibrant vision to life, never rushing the details that would lead to unique success. “It was challenging, designing...

In the garden: Winter jobs to do right now

CW gardening writer Tracey Bool outlines jobs to do in the garden in the depths of the Canberra winter to keep it as healthy as possible.

Vince and Cristina’s garden: Fruitful, beautiful, whimsical

Since Cristina and Vince moved into their new home in Isabella Plains in 1988, they have transformed the bare block into a fruitful garden that is also beautiful and whimsical.

Plantation shutters are becoming a popular choice in Canberra

Plantation shutters are becoming a leading choice in Canberra, so with a number of options, which are best suited to the local climate?

What are the best energy saving blinds for Canberra’s climate?

Having the right window blinds installed in your Canberra home affords you beautiful natural light, privacy, and insulation from the weather.