Living spaces

When designing or renovating a home, electrical outlets are one of those small details that make a big difference. Get the placement right, and your home will be more functional, efficient and easier to live in. Get it wrong, and you’ll be dealing with extension cords, cluttered benchtops or a constant shortage of places to plug in.

While smaller appliances can be casually plugged in where they fit and moved around, larger 'roughed in' appliances like ovens will often need to...

Concealed cisterns serve the same purpose as regular cisterns, but are embedded inside walls, ceilings ducts or cabinetry to maximise space or create a...

This is the floor where spills don’t matter, where dirty work is done regularly, where cars are fixed and lawnmowers are taken to pieces...

Your choice of floor covering for the living room will depend on a number of considerations, but perhaps the most important aspect is comfort. How...

Laundry floors are very similar to kitchen floors in terms of demands, and because they're often next to each other these rooms often share...

There are many different ways to decorate a bathroom floor, but above all else it the floor must be waterproof, and slip-resistant. How are bathroom...

Kitchen floors need to be able to take quite a beating - but they also need to be forgiving on your feet, knees and...

Having an audio system that lets you pipe music out to your backyard is fantastic, but requires a bit of careful planning and the...

An important part of building a bathroom is to ensure that floors and walls are properly waterproofed, to prevent rot and mould. Why is waterproofing...