Practical Guides for Smarter Renovations

Explore expert renovation guides, cost insights, planning advice and practical tips to help you make better decisions at every stage of your project.

The shower floor is one of the first bathroom decisions to investigate because its height and drainage can influence everything

A bathroom can contain beautiful tiles and still feel awkward because a mixer sits almost on a grout joint, a

The kickboard closes the gap beneath kitchen cabinets, but its design affects more than the view of the cabinet legs.

A sagging cupboard door or a drawer that no longer closes smoothly does not necessarily mean the kitchen needs replacing.

Once you have chosen a benchtop material, the next decisions are about how it becomes the surface in your kitchen.

A new cabinet run is usually straight and regular. The room receiving it may have a wall that leans, a

Kitchen shop drawings are the point where a design starts becoming a set of parts. Cabinet widths, panel edges, appliance

A photograph of pipes in an open wall can be useful years later, but only if you know which wall

A whole-home renovation can involve hundreds of small decisions that meet in the same room. The wall colour is easy

A renovation drawing set tells one story through several views. The floor plan shows how rooms connect, an elevation shows

In a selective demolition project, the most valuable information may concern what stays. A wall lining might be removed while

A measured floor plan can tell your designer where the rooms are without answering whether the proposed renovation will fit.