Outdoor mirrors are such fabulous features in garden spaces you want to make sure you get one that looks perfect on the wall where it’s hung. Because outdoor walls come in all shapes and sizes there can’t be a ‘one size fits all’ solution to choosing a mirror for your space.BUT if you want to […]
Category Archives: Styling Outdoor Spaces
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May
May
When you share a common wall with a neighbour, the last thing you want is to see each other anytime you are in your own backyard. You want a wall that not only gives you privacy but is also an element you can style to create your own personalized outdoor space. The owner of this […]
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May
May
If you have a small outdoor space you’re struggling to style, hanging an outdoor mirror on a wall in that space is a great place to start your styling journey.Mirrors draw your attention to their reflective surfaces making small spaces feel intimate and full of intrigue. They catch fabulous views of your garden and courtyard, […]
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Dec
Dec
As a kid I used to get up long before my parents, often just to watch the birds as they started their day. The small brown sparrows were my favourite, mainly because they’d hop about happily eating any breadcrumbs I threw on the dewy grass in New Zealand. One morning, I hatched a plan […]
Styling Outdoor Spaces
Transforming plain garden walls to create functional outdoor rooms – East Melbourne
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Nov
Nov
“Where there’s a wall there’s a way – to show off a gorgeous garden” When these Melbourne homeowners renovated recently it involved extending a wall through an existing garden space. This left them with a large plain brick wall in the middle of their gorgeous garden. Worse they looked right at that blank outdoor wall […]
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Nov
Nov
How borrowing from your neighbour’s landscape design can bring out the best in yours. When Doug and Nancy came looking for garden decor for their courtyard wall they were after a mirror that would reflect the views from their outdoor living deck. Looking at their photos, it was easy to see the potential to get […]
06
Nov
Nov
Commercial spaces give you the opportunity to create a statement, and leave your unique mark, why not make that a great one! Commercial spaces need to set the stage for engaging transactions. They are places that need to inspire, draw together and create business opportunity.If you are creating a commercial space, be that an entire […]
06
Nov
Nov
When faced with the problem of how to block the view of a neighbouring carport built right against the boundary fence of their courtyard garden, the owners of a terrace apartment in Sydney’s Woollahra thought a wall featuring an outdoor mirror might be the solution. The apartments’ owners, Richard and Dawn, found what they hoped […]
06
Nov
Nov
Occasionally I get requests that seem a bit over the top, like when a client in Perth wanted a mirror frame painted with a colour accent so that it matched a very specific piece of artwork inside their Cottesloe home.The client knew what she wanted so we needed to create the perfect shade of verdigris […]
Outdoor Design Tips
A stylish courtyard makeover you can achieve in a day, without tearing your place apart
06
Nov
Nov
Want to make over an apartment courtyard but body corporate restrictions make you think you can’t do much? – just don’t give up and do nothing.In city apartments around Australia body corporate rules can restrict the styling of courtyards. They can even stop you fixing things into the balcony spaces right outside your own door. […]