Renovate Australia

A home improvement blog about renovating our Queenslander house in Townsville, Australia

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How to Hide an Ugly Box Air Conditioner

May 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Box air conditioners are everywhere here in North Queensland. Almost all of the old Queenslanders have been fitted out with them and box air conditioners are an inexpensive way to add air conditioning to your house. One downside to box air conditioners is that they are ugly looking things, especially if you can see them [...]

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Easy Garage Storage Shelf Solution Finished

May 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I put up my cheap and easy garage storage shelf a few weeks ago, with plans to finish the shelf off with a bit of timber along the front and side of the shelf. Here is a photo of the finished project … As you can see, I added the timber trim around the outside [...]

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Install a New Kitchen Double Sink

May 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Quite a while ago now we installed a new double sink in our kitchen to replace our existing single sink. Our first flat had a double kitchen sink and it certainly made cleaning up easy to handle. The first thing that we had to do to pick our new double kitchen sink was to measure [...]

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Get A Free Water Saving Kit …

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

but only if you are in Victoria, Australia. I was pretty excited when I first saw this offer, but then bummed out after seeing that it is only available for people in Victoria. The free water saving kit includes: 4 Minute Shower Timer Water Saving Books Water Saving Tips Information on How to Receive a [...]

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