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Forget furniture for now - move on to furnishings. Lamps, curtains & artwork [and even photos] will help soften these spaces and warm them up a bit - plus they'll start to bring forward much ...

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at $2.50 a piece can you really lose?

I though the cardboard store in Melbourne was the most amazing shop fit out I'd ever seen [next to A Day On Earth in Prahran] - clearly I need to take the 10 hour drive to duck down to the shops in...

But the important thing Ms. Pea is that we must be vigilant and show no grace despite our own fallibility. Keep up the good work.

If "coolest" and "gaudy monstrosity" now mean the same thing.

Has AT got shares in the global succulent market? ENOUGH, WE GET IT!

I cannot believe you posted this before Bethz had a chance!

There are plenty of products that are both water based and water proof. These products use water to suspend other compounds in, when they are free from their bottle/can/tube the water evapo...

Keep them as they are and get rid of that naff textured ceiling [and wall] paint.

Dear Ms. Pea, As a self proclaimed Doctor, I wish to advise you to stay on your medication. You are not a minority of one, the masses have simply been distracted by ailing grammar. Besides, y...

If that's a 'small' space i think i need to reclassify our place as microscopic.

Wow, that polar bear rug KTG linked is awesome. I think the Other Patrick may be on to something with that zebra idea, but I'm seeing a tiger with a topiary head.

Thanks Gregory - now Star Wars makes a lot more sense. Meanwhile, It should read Narrator/Jack - It wasn't Tyler Durden who said that [without spoiling it further for KTG who hasnt see...

Following on from 'the focus' - DO NOT urethane, varnish or lacquer - just use TEAK OIL. Any DIYers with limited experience on refinishing timber [esp. mid century or scandinavian piec...

If you move a fridge, give it a couple of hours before you turn it on again, unless its been horizontal then give it a full 24 hours - the liquid gas need to settle to stop your compressor strainin...

Paint is fine, stain is criminal. Lose the castors. Keep the gold moulding. Make sure the back of the knee-hole gets the same treatment as the rest of the piece. Don't remov...

As someone who sells large volumes of second hand furniture, can I add: Never tell a vendor how much you'll give them [below the ticket price], always ask. eg. Buyer 'I'll give you 10 b...

SAVE THE WOOD - but paint the plaster, you can never have too much wood but you can have too much grey.