Australian Home Beautiful

The Place To Be

“I GET A tremendous sense of satisfaction FROM RENOVATING”

When homeowners Hayley and Terry bought their Gold Coast home three years ago, they had to look beyond the particularly unattractive shade of ’90s pink which spanned carpets, upholstery, window dressings and even flanked the fireplace. “It was everywhere,” recalls Hayley. “The floor tiles though were even worse. They were a ghastly glossy pale blue with a squiggly pattern that looked like a wet slug trail!”

With two adult daughters, Lucy and Bella, and son Orly who’s approaching his teen years, the couple saw potential

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