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  • a lime green coloured bedroom and bed with reading nook

    Tiny basement turned ‘exuberant’ apartment wins interior prize at Australia’s National Architecture awards

    With a footprint of less than 40 sq metres, the Melbourne project required careful planning – and some spatial trickery
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    In test for Australia’s best dishwasher detergent, tablets triumph and powders flounder

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    An ‘impossible build’ and a lamp to calm the senses: Australia’s Good Design awards 2026 – in pictures

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    The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’

  • View of a garden shed through a kitchen window

    A shedload of trouble for the neighbours

  • A pink water lily and other plants float in a metal tub surrounded by foliage

    Forget water features – a tiny pond will bring wildlife to your garden

    You might think ponds are complicated things with liners, but you can make one from a washing-up bowl
  • A front garden wall with shrubs and flowers next to terraced houses with paved front gardens in London

    Greener front gardens could help combat air pollution and summer heat

  • A cartoon of two snails munching on letters

    Snail ate your mail? Why gastropods munch paper – and how to stop them

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    Houseplant hacks: should plants rest in the dark over winter ?

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Smarter Homes, Lower Bills

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    Welcome to the smart home – how does yours compare?

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    ‘How we cut our annual energy bills from £2,000 to £100’

  • Young woman adjusting lighting and room temperature with smart home system. Intelligent home security system. Smart living concept.

    Myth buster: why heat pumps and solar panels are more accessible than ever

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    Smart, standard or fixed? The new era of energy tariffs, explained

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