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Cliffhanger HouseImagine how hard it would be to build a house on a very steep site. Don visited an amazing cliffside house and chatted to the owners about some of the challenges they faced. As...

Traditionally, the backyard was an extension of the laundry and always featured a big rotary clothes line smack dab in the middle. These days, the backyard is no longer an extension of the laundry, it is an extension...

Colour CombinationsThere's no such thing as a bad colour but there are some bad colour combinations. Tracy Marsh shared a few tips and basic rules on using colour to decorate in your home. Simply stick to one colour theme;...

Wonderful effects can be obtained if the paint colours on a house match or contrast with the colours of flowers and foliage in the garden. The house Don looked at in our segment is...

Colour in HouseDon visited Cairns to look at a stunning house and garden featuring a mixture of styles and themes. The owners, Rance and Julie Stafford, drew much of their inspiration...

In the past, if you wanted colour in your garden you had to grow flowers or foliage contrast plants. However, it is now possible to create striking effects anywhere in the backyard using a new range of colourful mulches and...

With its links to the ancient villages of the Pueblo Indians and the buildings of Spain, Santa Fe style has evolved today in the desert states of America into a style of building that is recognised around the...

Don looked at four gardens by contemporary Melbourne designer, Ewald Cilliers. Ewald constructs waterwise, low maintenance and environmentally responsible courtyards and gardens using coloured, rendered walls and mosaics. Ewald keeps his...

CourtyardThe owners of a newly renovated Melbourne house called in landscape designer Jim Fogarty to transform their garden into a modern, contemporary courtyard. This posed a few problems, because the area was only about 6x6m (20x20'), the side fences...

Cut and FillDon visited a classic Australian housing estate to look at some very serious drainage problems caused by the cut and fill method of construction, which is commonly used these days to build houses...