Don looked at a beachside house in Victoria, which was not what it seemed. What appeared to be a spacious, modern house had been created by converting and linking two farm machinery sheds. The result was a beautifully appointed, six-bedroom, 60-square home at...
Home owner Louise Holly was inspired when she saw the Burke’s Backyard in Spain program. She painted her white Spanish-style house with Dulux ‘Tuscan Gold’.
Louise and Barry Brooks have 9 children under the age of 12, and another child on the way. To accommodate their growing family they bought a huge, ugly brick house built on a double block. Although the Brooks describe the house itself as unattractive, they say it has...
Don and the ‘Burke’s Backyard’ team visited Margaret Porritt and Warwick Callander, who were spending the weekend at their spectacular beach house at Portsea, on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. The 80 square house was completed at the end of...
Laurie Seaman is a retired civil engineer who spent most of his life designing bridges all over the world. He lives in a sandstone house built by his grandfather in 1918, when there were only four other houses on the hill overlooking Palm Beach and Pittwater. Today...
Rita Hill demonstrated a simple technique for making a bird feeder and a birdbath for your garden. You’ll need: bamboo or long, straight, stout prunings from the garden river pebbles 2 shallow dishes (such as terracotta pot plant bases or shallow bowl-shaped...
Through the ages people have used many different methods to tell the future. One of Jackie’s favourites is the apple pip method used in Ancient Rome. To predict the winner of a horse race, the Romans apparently named each pip after a horse, then spat the pips as...
Margaret and Allan Spencer built their dream house, ‘Gracelands’, six years ago. In December each year thousands of people visit the house to see the spectacular Christmas display of lights and decorations. Putting up the decorations is a family affair,...
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 pebbles. Don thinks that these new products...
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 a good example of clever and tasteful colour coordination. The front of the house opens...