{"id":13656,"date":"2020-07-06T14:39:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T04:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/?p=13656"},"modified":"2024-03-07T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T07:12:32","slug":"house-rules-for-renovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/house-rules-for-renovations\/","title":{"rendered":"House rules for renovations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re looking for some DIY projects to tackle, or light decorating around the house, you\u2019ve come to the right place.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Renovation tips proudly brought to you by the team at channel 7 and House Rules<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Before you think about jumping into the deep end of home reno’s, we chatted with Aimee and Kayne from Channel 7\u2019s House Rules for some renovation tips to get you started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From choosing the right furniture, to perfecting the layout of your rooms, the DIY duo share seven tried-and-tested tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aimee and Kayne\u2019s renovation tips<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. Get to know your space<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Before buying any furniture for your home, mark it out on the ground with tape and get the feel for the size and space. Can you walk around the table easily? Is it too small for the space? Is it going to encroach on another area of your house (or in our case, another team\u2019s zone, then all hell would break loose).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Consider your options<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Next time you\u2019re planning the layout of your next space, don\u2019t be afraid to think outside the box with where you\u2019re putting things. We drew up different layouts before finding the perfect one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3. Replace or add tiles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Try to stick to 2 or, at a maximum, 3 tiles in a space. Feature tiles can look quite nice inside your shower niche if you decided a whole wall in a crazy tile is a bit out there for you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4. Change the mood<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We had a lot of black, white & grey in our bathroom, which gave a quite masculine feel. If you want to add softness to a bathroom with lots of blacks & whites, try installing a timber vanity or placing a timber shower seat in the shower which brings the whole room together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5. Play around with colour<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t want too much colour in the room, use a block colour on the sheet set and have it draping out under the doona cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6. Inject some personality<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t be afraid to have a bit of fun with spaces like a study. After you have functionality right, add in elements which are going to make you enjoy coming into the room. Personally, my favourite things to put in a study are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    7. Style your shelves<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    When you\u2019re styling shelving make sure you work on your diagonals. If you have a plant on one shelf, don\u2019t put another plant directly under it, put it diagonal to the other. The same goes with books, candles and ornaments. Don\u2019t have everything straight and inline either. The rule to styling is always cluster things in groups of 3\u2019s, adding different sizes, shapes & textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Get renovation ready with these tips from House rules contestants Aimee and Kayne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[100,47,103],"oe_author":[],"class_list":["post-13656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home","tag-diy","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-interior-design"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13656"},{"taxonomy":"oe_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oe_author?post=13656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}