This Mattress Challenges Horizontal Sleeping

This morning when you woke up did you feel more tired than before you went to sleep? Better Living’s mattress featured at the Home Show could be your golden chariot of sleep. Zero Gravity We have always taken horizontal sleep for granted, accepting the orientation as the status quo. Yet, Suzie Mcgrath from Better Living […]

Explore Your Floor Plan in VR

The Home Show is already known for modern technology and design; Property Start 360 bolstered that claim with their virtual reality (VR) approach to traditional floor plans. The term VR is often thrown around these days. Everyone is trying to capitalise on the exciting new tech. Yet, past the impressive demos, it struggles to find […]

Which Fireplace: Gas, Wood, Electric or Bio-ethanol?

The Home Show has every shape of fireplace you can imagine; we run through five fireplaces that lit up the show. We all have different desires for a fireplace. For lovers, it’s lying on the Persian rug, sipping wine with your significant other and watching the flames dance. For families, it’s gathering in the garden […]

Real or Astro Grass?

It’s an age-old argument of waging tribes, from the timeless classic of nature’s grass vs high-tech poly synthetic astroturf. So, which is better? Join the Home Show Club and you’ll be the very first to receive more stories like this, free tickets, special offers, inspiration and more! Brisbane      Melbourne      Perth      Sydney

Don’t Dip Duck Dive Dodge Your Laundry

Let’s face it; there is no good place to dry your washing. Clothes horses are ugly and impractical. For 24 hours or more you have to squeeze around, duck under and dive over your laundry. That’s where TopLine Clothes Line drops down and saves the day. “No messy looking airers on the balconies of apartment […]

Does Your Home Contain Asbestos?

With Asbestos banned, it’s easy to assume the issue has been swept under the rug. Yet, Australia has one of the highest rates of asbestos cancer in the world with one in three homes containing the stuff. Perhaps the truth is also swept under the carpet, because we don’t hear about the 700+ diagnoses and […]

A Guide to Living Off The Grid

Ever wanted to run away from life’s predictable routine? Or stop relying on coal and drive down your bills? Here, we briefly run through every aspect of cutting the cord and living independently.  Going off the grid can mean so much more than electricity. It can extend to water, food and waste. Most of this […]

These Power Points Will Shock You!

While the appliances we plug into the wall have changed drastically, the power point itself has always remained functional and forgotten, until now. The Home Show has seen sockets levitate out of work surfaces, include multitudes of USB ports and become an integral part of smart home integration. Let’s highlight two exhibitors who changed the […]

Quiz: Which Friends Character Are You?

Ross Ross is the most independent one in the group, choosing to live on his own for most the series. But that doesn’t stop him from inviting people over for poker night. He has some trust issues and doesn’t give anyone keys to his apartment, even his new girlfriend, Mona. Always with itchy feet, he […]

The Granny Flat Boom Is Not Slowing Down

100 granny flats a week are being constructed in Sydney (up 300% in five years) as homeowners see a growing opportunity to earn up to $420 per week in rental income or accommodate their elderly family. ‘Granny flat’, ‘grannexe’ or ‘fonzie flat’; there are many names but the concept is the same. Build a cheap […]