Hi Deco Everything that I have collected part from the dining set which was an investment has been from garage sales. So I am quite happy to part with everything... I think the most expensive was $10.00. My problem is that I cant focus because you are right. I just have too much going on in different styles. Going with the style of the dining table - where do you think I should head with rug choices from everything I am reading - it says I should zone out the room?? I am staying away from leather couches and heading towards a cotton fabric. I really just want the space to be comfortable. Thanks for the tip about the ideabook. I've been collecting here and then, but mainly watching how people solve their dilemmas. I look but don't comment much.

Hi Rema, An open plan Living and Dining Room sounds beautiful! There is not one specific rule when deciding where to put your rug. However, as you do have such an open space, they are a great way of zoning those different spaces. If you just have the one rug, I would suggest keeping it in the Living Room as opposed to the Dining Table, but if it isn't working in terms of size, coverage, and layout, I would recommend using it for the Dining Table, if appropriate, and getting a rectangular-shaped rug for your Living Area. Here is an example of a property we styled where we utilised the rug in a way to section off this smaller Living area and create an illusion of a hallway, so the space would still feel open: Hope this helps! Elena

I’m set up in our sunny spare bedroom. Happy with my spot as I have views to the street and a desk to work from.

To be honest I think the biggest boom industry is going to be in-fill development and re-aligning urban housing for mental health. I think the major projects are going to be in revitalising dead zones in urban area's and creating cosy apartments in places previously considered too small to bother with. There will be a huge push to developing shared green space, particularly in items like vertical and community gardens as these are necessary to prevent metro area's from feeling like ghetto's. Australia isn't going to decentralise anytime soon, our entire economy is built up around three major cities and some smaller hub cities. The vast distances and lack of decent transport outside metro zones coupled with the prohibitivaly expensive idea of putting in dcent public transit will leave the urban planners scrabbling to retrofit the metro's we already have rather than build new ones. The obvious first major project would be linking Canberra to both Sydney and Melbourne via ulta fast rail links. That project has been on hold and debated my entire life (I"m 50 now) so I think it's safe to say its unlikely to happen. They will go for the easier option, cram more people into the urban zones we already have and keep the status quo. Australia's cities are still very low density by world standards. Plenty of global developers would be happy to be involved in infill and repurpose developments here.