Home improvement

It's time to say goodbye to the threadbare sheets you've been meaning to replace for years.

Sleep soundly and naturally.

Cosy and chic.

Tough stain, easy fix

Revamp your rooms AND save money!

All your dirty linen questions, answered.

Do they do all the renovations themselves? Are those the real houses? We answer your burning questions.

A messy home is always unpleasant but studies have now shown that mess could be detrimental to your wellbeing.

Our resident garden expert reveals how to keep your plants from being eaten alive by these nighttime creatures.

Well they do say it takes a village...

Sick of living among your piles of mess? Netflix's new tidying guru shows us how to get rid of the stuff cluttering your life with her simple, idiot-proof tips.

There's no harm in a stickybeak...

The multi-billionaire innovator, who dressed unassumingly and drove a Volvo, paved the way for affordable and sustainable furniture.

13 years after Burke's Back yard was cancelled where is Don Burke now?

Dreamy decor ahead.

Here are five ways a domestic goddess keeps her home clean and tidy with the help of tights, pillowcases, and even toothpaste...

Adds to basket.

Looking to spruce up your home? Here are 5 winner-approved tricks to make it over with ease...

Get a start on your spring cleaning now.

And you might even already be using it.

Shudder.

Create an inviting space that will cater for the masses.

Even a tiny change can make a big difference.

Spoiler: walls aren’t the only thing that they’re breaking down.

Inspiring ideas for keeping your home tidy, functional and above all, stylish!

Your house is full of potential hazards for your baby, so use these tips to stop accidents before they happen.

Blind, curtain and electrical cord safety warning.

Designing a children’s room doesn’t mean you need to skimp on style or creativity – here are a few tips and tricks for children’s bedroom spaces.

Want to jazz up your home but don't want to spend a fortune? We've got all the fabulous tricks and tips to help you out.

Want to learn the best industry tricks for home renovation without having to pay big bucks? Read on.

Who has a spare 100 million lying around?

Don’t trade in your old furniture. DIY update it instead. We show you how to make old furniture look new again with just a lick of paint and a “notice me”’ hue.

Warm up a cold concrete floor by creating a fake-tile effect in an eye catching colour scheme that suits your current décor.

Ashton Kutcher just upstaged us all in the Mother’s Day present game.

Catch up with The Weekly's industry experts at the home, design and food event of the season.

The Weekly's Hande Renshaw caught up two women who have turned their obsession with collecting into a career.

The Weekly's Jackie French shares her top ideas to keep little wandering hands busy outside, this Easter weekend.

Before you rush to the nursery to buy every seedling, The Weekly lists the tasks you must complete to keep your garden growing.

There is nothing like a home-grown tomato, all warm from the sun and not just sweet but incredibly full of flavour. You just haven't eaten a tomato until you've had one straight from the garden!

If you are longing to plant your vegies now, but the soil still feels cold when you sit on it, satisfy your gardening longings by planting out some spuds. Potatoes can be planted when the soil is still cold, as long as the soil isn’t frozen solid — if it is the potatoes will rot. […]

We've rounded up the best (almost) indestructible plants for patio pots.

Want to know what to plant this month? Look no further.

Television audiences were finally able to see what happened when The Block: Glasshouse went under the hammer and the results were devastating.

Brothers Shannon and Simon Voss are the winners of The Block Glasshouse! Here's how all the other couples went on auction day.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has purchased an extravagant eco-friendly New York apartment complete with vitamin shower and wellness concierge.

Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and his wife Kyly have splashed out on an $8.5 million harbour side mansion in Vaucluse.

The former Miss Universe’s North Curl Curl beach pad is up for sale for an undisclosed sum.

Tennis star Lleyton Hewitt and his wife, Bec, are selling their Palm Beach trophy-home, seeking offers over $5.5 million.

Proper vegie gardens are long neat beds, with rows of cabbages or lettuce and obediently staked tomatoes. They can look both ludicrous and productive. There’s a long tradition, in fact, of “potager” gardens, vegies planted with an eye to beauty as well as usefulness, spirals set in stone or pebbles, circles like small vegie fountains […]

Kale chips anyone? What veggies to eat boiled, raw or roasted.

If chillies weren’t so delicious (in small amounts, unless you love dragon’s breath) we’d grow them for their beauty. A chilli bush in full fruit is a stunning plant: bright green leaves and even brighter red fruit that hangs there for months. As I write this I’m looking out at our beds of perennial chillies […]

In spring salvias bloom red, blue, purple and yellow. They have enormous bushes, taller than I am, with spires of flowers and dozens of eastern spinebills and other birds sipping at the nectar. By midsummer there are great banks of rich purple flowers that keep giving a stunning show all summer long. At Christmas the […]

You have just mortgaged your life and bought a house — with garden. Or you are paying rent on a house, and a garden comes with it … Or you have had a garden for years but “garden” is a bit of an exaggeration, as it’s mostly weeds, lawn that has to be mowed and […]

Midwinter is the time for feasts — not just around the table, with friends on long cold winter nights, but in the garden, too.. Summer’s harvests often have to be picked fast, before the fruit fly get into the apricots or the lettuces go to seed. Winter harvests are more gentle, and more generous too. […]

Lemon is one of the most magic scents in the garden. Much as I love roses — especially a cloud of rose perfume on a hot day — lemon scents are often stronger, as they come from the leaves, not the flowers. There are more leaves than blooms, so much more scent. This doesn’t mean […]

The first grapes I fell in love with grew next to a tiny cafe on the shore of Crete: a concrete floor, a goat standing on a chair on a table to reach the grapes over the fence, a small cup of too-sweet coffee and above us the glory of grapes, green leaves and bees […]

1. The world is happier with trees: Seriously, areas with trees have a lower crime rate and illness rates. This isn’t just because wealthy areas have brighter gardens and street trees: when trees and greenery are planted in disaffected areas the graffiti and other more serious crimes decrease as the trees grow bigger. It seems […]

One of the worst benevolences ever perpetrated on a generation of children was free milk at school — especially in Queensland where I grew up. Every child had to drink their small bottle of milk every morning. All morning we looked out of our classroom and watched the milk getting hotter and hotter under what […]

It’s berry time — time to eat mulberries or strawberries or loganberries or blueberries on sponge cakes for a Christmas treat. A strawberry-rich sponge cake is much lighter than a hunk of Christmas cake (though a rich fruitcake can’t be beaten in winter). Soon it will be planting time — and now is the best […]

It doesn’t take much to make a difference to your family’s recycling habits. Chances are, you already put your old papers in the allocated bin and rinse out your used tins and put them in the recycling, but there are more ways to help the environment. What can you recycle? The usual recycling items include […]

What a great feeling after a long winter to be able to throw open the windows, discard a few layers of clothing and catch a few rays of warm spring sunshine. Spring is a time that inspires most of us to wash the windows, clean the car, repaint the fence and give every room in […]

**”Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do. I’m half-crazy, all for the love of you” — ‘Daisy Bell’ by Harry Dacre.** If I were to choose one bush that would give flowers for most of the year, or even all year round in frost-free climates, tolerate drought and grow from a cutting stuck into the […]

Once upon a time gardeners believed that flowers and herbs had more power if gathered by moonlight – especially if you planted them for spells and potions. Maybe this was because some plants are more fragrant at night, as they try to attract night flying moths and other insects. Cool moist air also seems to […]

Did you know that you’re a whopping five times more likely to be injured at home than in work – and car – related accidents combined? Here are 10 commonsense tips to reducing your risk over the holidays. 1 Don’t trip Secure carpet edges and put non-slip mats under rugs. Tie electrical cords together and […]

Lighting a stick of incense might fill your home with fragrance, but research indicates that it could also harm your health. According to a study published in the medical journal Cancer, being frequently exposed to burning incense over long periods of time increases the risk of being diagnosed with upper respiratory tract cancers. In the […]

Ever looked up at a block of flats, all bare and boring…and seen one that looked like a small piece of paradise among the concrete? Anyone can have a glorious balcony or patio. It just needs a bit of planning- and five minutes work a week. Choose the right plants. Balconies get hotter, colder, and […]

A gorgeous garden costs money – or does it? All our garden plants once grew wild – and managed to create new plants all by themselves. Some of today’s plants are hybrids – if you collect their seed they won’t grow like their parents. But a surprising number of common garden plants are veryeasy to […]

In a real family home with real kids, no room is sacred. It’s a myth that you can contain them and their gear and continue life as carefree grown-ups. It simply will not happen. The trade-off, however, is that a home without them would be less vibrant. It would lack the spontaneity and excitement that […]