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Category: Design & Advice
The newest trend in kitchen splashbacks is bricks
Bricks, in all their forms, shapes and colours, have become the new kitchen splashback of choice in design-led homes.
How to choose the best roofing material for your new home
Our comparison of three market-leading materials will help you select the ideal product for your build.
The five interior trends reflected in Home Beautiful’s 50 best rooms
Home Beautiful acting editor Katrina O’Brien nominates the top five trends that dominated the magazine’s annual 50 Beautiful Rooms competition.
We’ve created eight new colour palettes to make choosing colours for your home easier
Brickworks has collaborated with trend forecaster Kim Chadwick to create eight fabulous new colour palettes.
Bold living: How to make the most of Pantone’s Colour of the Year
The design world went gaga when Pantone announced its latest Colour of the Year in December. Here, what you need to know about Living Coral.
DIY Guide: Finish your outdoor space with the perfect retaining wall
Whether your retaining wall is an integral part of your outdoor structure or simply a design feature, it will form part of your overall landscape, so you want to ensure it complements the rest of your garden.
DIY Paving Guide:Pave the way to the perfect outdoor area
Pavers are the perfect solution to almost any outdoor floor-surface requirements, and these days, the options are pretty much endless.
How to create the perfect proportions in your outdoor spaces
Proportion. Balance. These are the magic words, the mantras that good landscape designers live by, but they’re easier to say than to achieve.
Tips for choosing the right paver for your outdoor space
Here’s what you need to know to make the best paver selection.
