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In our bid to prove you really can make your mark on a rental home, this week interior designer Joan

In our bid to prove you really can make your mark on a rental home, this week interior designer Joanna Ford shares her living room with Interiors Addict. What do you think of the before and afters? Having lived in London for almost five years, Joanna and her family returned home to Bayside, Melbourne at the start of this […]

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Some time back in 2009, before the world and his wife cottoned onto the whole Keep Calm and Carry On

Some time back in 2009, before the world and his wife cottoned onto the whole Keep Calm and Carry On craze, I imported a pink version of this now iconic print from Keep Calm Gallery in the UK. I’m kind of over it now but it cost a fortune to frame so I’m keeping hold […]

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The winners of the Australian Interior Design Awards 2011 were announced this week.

The winners of the Australian Interior Design Awards 2011 were announced this week.

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People are forever asking me how you can make a rental home nice without spending too much money or

People are forever asking me how you can make a rental home nice without spending too much money or doing anything permanent. I’ve had a lot of fun and success with wall stickers. Melbourne-based The Wallsticker Company have some of the best around and I’ve owned a few, including the blossom tree (pictured), so I […]

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Laura and Mark Greaves’ kitchen reno

Laura and Mark Greaves fell in love with their Art Deco upper duplex in the Northern Beaches but soon decided its tired kitchen would be their first major renovation project. Laura says: “We wanted it to be very open and airy, so we knocked out the wall between the kitchen and the dining room. It’s […]

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British interior design legend Kelly Hoppen

I always put fabrics down first, so I get the feel of the thing. I might put 20 fabrics down and end up using 7, then I start throwing in bits of furniture. I look at it like I’m taking pieces from a wardrobe and just laying them out. If you tried it all on, […]

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1994: The first time I got excited about interiors

Do you remember the first time you got excited about interiors? I do, clear as day. It was 1994 and I was 13. After my father and stepmother’s messy divorce, I scored my (ex) stepsister’s bedroom. It was the first time I’d had my own room. Until then I’d shared with my younger sister Kate […]

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Coming soon: Real Rooms and Designer Q&As

We’re very excited because we have some very established interior designers lined up to take part in Q&As for Interiors Addict. Look out for the first one coming soon. I’m also delighted to announce another regular segment called Real Rooms. We’ll be asking you to send in photos of your own interior design triumphs at […]