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Build Wardrobes & Built-In Cupboards For Less Cost

When you need wardrobes or built-in cupboards in your home, building them yourself lets you create custom designs that cost far less than bought flat-pack units.

Best Window Treatments For A Peaceful Sleep

Barking dogs, noisy neighbours or loud cars up and down the streets should not disturb your sleep and that is why you need to look at a better window treatment for your bedroom.

Easy Ways to Spruce Up Your Guest Bedroom

Here are a few ways to make the most of any space, so you can give your guests a comfortable place to rest while visiting.

How to Make a Bedroom Feel Larger in 6 Easy Steps

We spend a large amount of time in our bedrooms and it doesn't take much before it starts to feel cluttered and claustrophobic to follow these tips to make your bedroom feel larger.

Organise Clothes and Fashion Accessories

Dealing with a disorganised mess every morning won't happen if you take the time to invest in storage organisation to make everything easier to find.

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Revamp or Replace Built-In Cupboard or Closet Doors

As a house gets older, so do the fittings and fixtures, and there comes a time when you will need to replace certain items and particularly built-in cupboard and closet doors that are dinged, damaged or looking ragged.

Ideas to Update a Bedroom for Spring

If it is time for a change and you want to refresh rooms in the home, let us start with an update for the master bedroom and how you can do this affordably.

Ideas to Finding Space for a Wardrobe or Built-In Cupboard

In many homes, wardrobes and built-in cupboards might not be included, or you may be buying a home off-plan and prefer to arrange your own closet storage, but where to put it?

Ideas to A Much-Needed Bedroom Makeover

If your bedroom is feeling stale and lacklustre, becoming a space where you don't want to spend time, then perhaps it needs a makeover?

Ideas to Give your Master Bedroom a Makeover

When it comes to decorating a master bedroom, you not only want to look forward to a good night's sleep, but you also want the bedroom to be a relaxing space where you love to spend downtime.

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Give Built-In Cupboards A New Look with These Inexpensive Tricks

For most homeowners, closet space is confined to a wall of built-in cupboards that are either plain or ugly and we offer some tips on improving and updating the look of built-in cupboard doors.

Need More Space For My Clothes!

If your current built-in closet is overflowed with clothing or you need extra storage for your stuff, think about building a narrow built-in cupboard along an empty wall.

Carve out Space for a small DIY Dressing Table

Not every home has the luxury of enough space for a readymade dressing table, so why not carve out a small space and make your own dressing table.

Give any Bedroom a Budget Makeover

If your bedroom is starting to feel a bit boring and bland, there are plenty of affordable designer tricks you can use to give any bedroom a makeover.

Refresh your Bed, Bed Linen and Bedroom

This article is intended for pet lovers like me, who let their pets sleep in bed with them at night.

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Refresh Built-In Closet in 30 Seconds!

Taking advantage of a special offer at Builders Warehouse, I refreshed my BIC doors in 30 seconds using rectangular mirrors.

Practical closet makeover on a budget

Many homes don't have dream closets in the bedroom, and for many it's a case of living with a builders-grade melamine built-ins, or an old pine closet with louvre doors - but you don't have to live with that.

How to... Built-In Closets or Wardrobes

The idea for this project is to show how easy - and affordable - it is to build your own built-in cupboards or wardrobes.

Real life bedroom makeovers

In this feature you will find a selection of bedroom makeovers that show just how much of a difference a few details can make to a bedroom.

Bedroom in the attic

Using the space in an attic for an extra bedroom and bathroom is the sensible option if you have limited grounds to extend out.

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Designer headboards by Finishing touches

Give your bedroom instant pizzazz with a designer headboard. Made to order, Finishing Touches offers six beautiful designs to choose from.

The best mattress for you

If you are tossing and turning all night long, or waking up with aches and pains, it's time to buy a new mattress. With so many options to choose from, we offer tips of what mattress might be best for you.

Add value and storage with custom closets

If you are looking to revamp your built-in cupboards with something a bit more practical and definitely more classy, custom cupboards that you can assemble and fit yourself can be modified to provide all the storage you need.

Dress up closet doors with fabric, wallpaper or moulding

Closet doors don't have to be plain and boring. You can easily dress up closet doors with fabric, wallpaper or even cut out sections and add moulding and trim.

Wake up call for a jaded bedroom

If you don't enjoy spending time in your bedroom perhaps it's time to think about giving the bedroom a new look. With a few select accessories and paint you can give any bedroom an instant wake up!

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Magic makeover for a boring bedroom

Tanya works her magic yet again, this time in the master bedroom. Tanya tackled the main bedroom in her flat and transformed a tired room into a boutique style space.

New floor tiles for bedroom

The carpet in my bedroom was installed 15 years ago, I'm ashamed to say. It's almost threadbare and really looks grubby. No amount of cleaning improves how it looks, so it's definitely time to rip up. Rather than put down new carpet I have decided to put floor tiles down... but not just any floor tiles - wood grain imprinted floor tiles!

Revamp built-in bedroom cupboard or closet doors

The one thing that many South African homes have in common is boring built-in cupboards. Chipboard wrapped in laminate or melamine doors are flat and boring, but there are quite a few easy and affordable ways to dress up boring built-in cupboard doors to give them more detail and add interest to a bedroom or walk-in closet area.

Storage ideas for small main or master bedroom

A small main bedroom or master suite doesn't have lots of space to work with when you need to add extra storage. But there are plenty of ways to add boost your storage with a few clever tips and tricks. Let's look at some storage ideas for a small bedroom.

Storage ideas for small main or master bedroom

I have recently been featuring projects for updating my built-in closet and the most recent was converting shelves to drawers. In this feature I'm going to show you how easy it is to make a trouser rack that you can pull out to make hanging and storing your trousers, pants and jeans so much easier, and they will take up far less space in a closet.

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Design and DIY your own closet space

For much of the 20th century, bedroom closets were outfitted with a rod and shelves - hardly the most efficient way to organize a complete wardrobe. Unfortunately, many off-plan newly built homes still feature this same configuration, which is a shame when you think about all the available options.

Build a built in closet with timber and dry wall

Building your own built-in cupboard, closet or wardrobe is an inexpensive DIY project that provides you with lots of additional storage space. In this project you will also get experience in how to frame a wall, how to put up drywall, how to plaster, and how to install a set of sliding doors.

Converting shelves to drawers

Built in cupboards were not designed for people with short arms - like me ! The shelves are far too deep and you end up with small piles of clothes that only take up a third of the space, so that you can still reach what's at the back. To overcome this problem I decided to replace shelves with drawers for easy access.

Ideas for a built in closet

Having recently stumbled upon new design ideas from ClosetMaid, I thought it would be nice to share some of the stunning ideas they have come up with. They might inspire you to rip out and install a new closet.

How to care for a mattress

Most spring mattresses have a 7 to 10-year life span. To keep your mattress in top condition there are some tips you can follow:

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Detox your winter bedding

With winter just a couple of months away it's time to start thinking about pulling out the throws, winter blankets and comforters. If yours have been packed away in a cupboard for the past six months perhaps now is the time to refresh and fluff them up.

Dress up a cosy bedroom for winter

While our winters can be cold, if you take the effort to weatherproof your home you will find it far easier to control the indoor temperature without spending more on heating bills. Let's start with the most important room in the home... the bedroom.

Makeover a bedroom in a day!

Decorating a bedroom can be difficult if you don't know where to start, and trying to incorporate antique furniture in a modern setting even more so. Here's how this bedroom went from mismatched furniture to modern style - in a day!

Is an organised closet possible?

I've watched plenty of TV shows about organisation, read tons of articles and done more than my fair share of research, but is an organised built-in closet really possible?

Makeover ideas for a guest bedroom

So easy to create and yet stylish and relaxing, you don't have to spend a fortune to decorate a guest or second bedroom. In this article I'll show you how.

Real life bedroom makeover

Small changes to a bedroom in a rented home can make the difference between 'staying' there and 'living' there. You might be renting, but you still want it to feel like 'home'.

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Guest bedroom makeovers

Here are some ideas and inspirations to get those creative juices flowing and help you to transform a boring bedroom into a luxurious guest bedroom.

Three easy and affordable ways to add a headboard

As the main focal point in a bedroom, the headboard should add interest to the room. Here are some unique ideas for headboards that are easy and affordable. In an ideal world, a great big, upholstered headboard would be a focal point within a bedroom.

Snuggle up with a duck down duvet inner

A natural form of insulation, duck down traps small pockets of air to create a thermal layer that literally floats on top of you as you sleep. Down is not only very warm but very light and compressible, which means that you don't feel smothered or weighed down as you would with a synthetic equivalent.

Canopy bed with draped curtains

Hang long curtain panels around your bed to create a romantic and inviting spot to snuggle into!

One headboard gets three different looks

An interior designer shows how easy it is to add a headboard to a bed. One headboard gets three different looks.

Easy ways to update a bedroom

With so many choices in plains, patterns and colours, a new duvet cover and matching shams can help create a whole new look, which means that a new look for your bedroom can be accomplished instantly.

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Dramatic bedroom makeover

This feature shows just how easy it is to give a plain bedroom a stunning transformation on a limited budget, and with just a little DIY expertise!

Beautiful bedrooms to copy

Not everyone has the knack for choosing colour and selecting a design for a bedroom, so we've picked out some of our favourite designs that you can copy in your own bedroom.

Decorate a perfect guest bedroom

The family is getting together for the holidays and your home is going to be turned into a guest house for a few days and you need it to be perfect, especially because your mother-in-law is one of the guests that will be spending a few nights. Does this sound like a nightmare to you? It does not have to be.