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Shaynna Blaze

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Interior designer Shaynna Blaze from Selling Houses Australia is an expert on home makeovers and can answer all your questions on interior decorating and design ideas.

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Interior Decorating

Posted Thursday 5 July 2012 |0 Comments

Hi Shaynna, Can I start by saying I absolutely love your interior decorating! You rock! Now, my question is - would mismatched chairs work around the dining table in the picture?? This is my current dining table and chairs,...

Selling houses Australia

Posted Friday 6 July 2012 |0 Comments

Hi Shaynna, Re: Selling house Australia, Mia & Gary's house in Gowrie, Canberra, (25th March 2009,this episode aired only this week)were the kitchen cabinets refaced by the same company that did the bench tops? Have you...

Advice

Posted Saturday 7 July 2012 |0 Comments

Hello Shaynna I live in Heathcote nsw and am thinking of giving our home a makeover. I absolutely love watching what you do with other peoples homes and was wondering do you work in Sydney? We will have to borrow more...

arches

Posted Sunday 8 July 2012 |0 Comments

We have way too much brick in our 70's home and are planning on rendering most of it. Unfortunately we have way too many arches also - 6 - and 5 of them are on the ground floor. Considering the fact that the top floor is...

bathroom

Posted Tuesday 10 July 2012 |0 Comments

our bathroom is 25yrs old and in desperate need of a reno our walls are done in pine as we ran out of money when we built the house,our toilet,bathtub and handbasin are cream our floor and walls are cream tiles i would...

Do you renovate to sell

Posted Sunday 8 July 2012 |0 Comments

Hi. I am looking to sell a unit and all is pretty neutral (white with timber floors) except for the bathroom which is slate and timber. Does it make sense to put in a new bathroom (will it add value) or just do a facelift...

corridor/passage

Posted Saturday 7 July 2012 |0 Comments

Hi Shaynna, we really need some help. Our home was built in 1972 and the only part to be updated has been the kitchen. We have a passage/corridor from our living room through to the main bedroom etc. It has softly lemon...

floors

Posted Tuesday 10 July 2012 |0 Comments

hi Shaynna, love the show. what is your opinion of painted floors? i am removing the 30 year old carpet in my lounge room because it's old and has pet smells! i can't afford to do anything much with it and have seen a...

En Suite has ceiling to floor Slate

Posted Tuesday 10 July 2012 |0 Comments

Hello Shaynna, Previous owners of our home (double brick and tile) decorated the Master Ensuite in Wall to floor Slate. I think it is dated, hard to clean and a real eye sore. We have hit a wall as to how to bring this...

Laminate bathroom bench and sliding door window treatments

Posted Wednesday 11 July 2012 |1 Comments

Hi Shaynna. Luv your show and the lovely makeovers inside and out! And getting renovating hints for our 70s house. But some advice on what/how to paint our main bathroom's brown (yuk!) laminate bench (with recycled sink...