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Horror Bathroom Last year, Phil Rankine travelled all over Australia judging the Burke’s Backyard ‘Horror Bathroom’ competition. He saw some shocking bathrooms with leaking pipes, mouldy walls, cracked tiles and pink toilets. After months of...

Phil Rankine should know what a horror bathroom looks like, because his own is a shocker. In fact, he rates it at about 8 out of 10 on the horror scale. Phil is using his bathroom as a...

House FaceliftThe subject of our makeover was a red brick house with a very unattractive front garden, steps and balcony. Don thought the red bricks were very relentless, but decided he...

House Of Grand IllusionsTrompe l'oeil is a French phrase meaning "to fool the eye", and it's the name of an art-form which is all about illusion, subterfuge and fun. The technique involves using the laws of perspective to create...

House Of Red BranchesIn Don's opinion Australia is leading the world in exciting garden design, particularly for smaller gardens around ordinary domestic homes. He looked at an innovative city garden in Melbourne which makes the most of restricted space...

House of RiverstonesDon and the Burke's Backyard team visited a fascinating house which was built thirty years ago using local riverstones, and extensively renovated by the present owners. The original exterior...

Children always love swings. Safety for the child is of paramount importance, but so is the health of the tree. Set up a swing incorrectly and the tree branch could die, and that could become dangerous for...

Innovative Pool A state-of-the-art pool is at the heart of Jamie Loft's design for this contemporary Melbourne home. The owner's list of requirements included a beautiful outlook from the living areas of the house, an all-weather outdoor entertaining...

When you’re selling your house, first impressions are everything. Scott Cam showed how to work through different areas of the property, making sure those first impressions are good ones. ...

Italianate CourtyardCon Bilionis loves Italy and everything Italian, so he asked landscape designer Paul Bangay to transform his featureless courtyard into a fabulous Romanesque entertaining area. When talking about design in a restricted space, Paul emphasised the importance of...