Bathroom trends in 2024

In 2024, our bathrooms are evolving into serene sanctuaries, reflecting our need for comfort and relaxation at home. As more people work remotely and entertain at home, our bathrooms are becoming tranquil retreats from our busy lives. This year’s trends emphasise textural elements, natural forms and spa-like features, creating peaceful havens. Discover the latest bathroom trends of 2024 and transform your space into the perfect place to unwind and recharge.

Renovate or Relocate: A Quick Guide for Homeowners

Explore the pros and cons of relocating or staying put and renovating your beloved Melbourne abode. Learn why it might be best to extend and refurbish your current home vs moving. From customisation and extra floor space to accommodate your lifestyle, through to avoiding hidden costs and boosting your property’s resale value, this handy guide will help you weight up the options available to you and your family.

14 Inspiring House Extension Ideas for Homeowners

Be inspired by our on-trend home extension ideas if your family needs more space, your home no longer aligns with your lifestyle needs, or if you just want a little more luxury in your life. Achieve the changes you need with the type of extension that works for your property. From adding more light with a bay window, sunroom or ceiling glass to creating extra space with a studio, porch or study nook, our top 2024 extension ideas will ignite your imagination.

Heritage Houses in Victoria: 4 Key Rules to Know

Discover the rich historical importance and inherent charm that Melbourne’s heritage houses offer. Whether you’re a prospective buyer or a proud owner, understanding the crucial rules and factors relating to heritage overlays in your area are essential. Our team provides their recommendations to help you to gain insights into maintaining, renovating and extending a Victorian heritage home. Begin planning your next home improvement project with our guide today.

8 Parents Retreat Ideas: Creating a Luxury Refuge

In today’s fast-paced world of parenting, carving out moments to rest and recharge is essential. Our Melbourne home design experts recognise the need for balancing family spaces with private sanctuaries. If you’re yearning for an escape within your home, it may be time to consider the many ways to create a luxurious parents’ retreat. Uncover our ultimate guide to transforming your bedroom into a serene haven for respite and rejuvenation.

Living Room Trends in 2023, Unpacked and Explained

Step into the world of interior design and immerse yourself in the latest living room trends. Discover the secrets to transforming your space into a personal sanctuary that exudes your unique personality and enhance your well-being. Our comprehensive guide, packed with valuable insights and expert design tips for both functionality and style, will help you stay ahead of the curve to create a truly remarkable living room in 2023.

Seven Inspiring Master Bedroom Renovation Ideas

Discover seven practical ways to give your master bedroom a makeover with the latest master bedroom styling and decorating tips from our expert design team. From cosy bedding and luxurious fabrics to functional furniture that offers convenience, we share our top suggestions to get your creative juices flowing. Learn more and prepare for a master bedroom upgrade that will help you to rest well, relax and rejuvenate.

Your Ultimate Guide to Great Home Flooring Ideas

From timber and tiles through to polished concrete and painted floors, here’s our ultimate guide to the most popular flooring ideas for your Melbourne home. In this article, we explore the various types of materials available and the best floor coverings to consider using in each room throughout the house. When you’re looking for home flooring ideas to compliment your next home improvement project, look no further – We’ve got you covered.

How to reduce your carbon footprint at home

Subtle changes at home can have a huge impact on your energy bills and your carbon footprint. The day-today choices we make when we shop, when we choose more environmentally-friendly appliances and utility providers can all make a difference. Our handy guide to reducing your home’s carbon footprint explores energy consumption, passive design, appliances, building materials and more. Learn practical tips by reading our latest blog.

Kids Playroom Ideas That Your Children Will Love

Decorating your child’s playroom can be incredibly exciting! There are so many creative ways to design the space so that it is as useful, functional and practical as it is enticing, fun and interesting for the little ones. We explore storage, space and wall décor ideas, plus artwork, indoor play and more in our latest blog to get you well on your way to designing a sanctuary for your kids. Read the full article today.

Five finishing touches for your home renovation

When you add the finishing touches to your home renovation, this can be the difference between living in a house and settling into the comfort of your new home. Browse through our handy guide and learn some top tips for completing your latest project – then transform your space into your abode.

Our expert guide to your renovation questions

As a homeowner, you have the freedom to create your own personal oasis, making it perfect for your lifestyle. But knowing how and when to renovate can be tricky without expert advice. Browse through these home renovation steps in our guide to help you make some better decisions now.

Building in a heritage overlay in Melbourne

Is your street’s heritage overlay limiting your reno plans? Get our expert advice on how to preserve historical character with natural streetscape designs.

The Latest Kitchen Trends and Designs for 2022

It can be said that the kitchen is the heart of the home. The heart of anything should be treasured and maintained with utmost care. The possibilities to do this are many, from opting for calming kitchen colours to fully-equipped smart home kitchen appliances tailored to your preference and requirements. If you’re looking to renovate your home to meet the current kitchen trends and learn what’s in store for the future, you’re in the right place.

The must-have guide to outdoor area trends in 2022

Cultivating an outdoor space where you can relax and unwind, entertain guests or simply enjoy nature all year round makes the perfect addition to any home. But is your garden ‘alfresco-ready’? Here is your guide to the latest outdoor room ideas, helping to convert your plain patio into an outstanding oasis.

Clare Hughes

2024-04-18

5* experience from my very first meeting to discuss my family's needs for the renovation. Excellent design, clear and thorough pricing and superb trades to finish the job. No surprises that they have so many repeat customers and multiple house renovations in a single street.

Nicola Watt

2024-04-16

Spacemaker designed and built a double storey extension to our single storey Victorian terrace home. Given the small size of the block the design and planning process was complicated, but they worked extremely hard to make sure it was appropriate and approved. Exceptional communication was demonstrated by Tim, Fiona and the team. Throughout the build Rob and then Sean worked closely with us and established a friendly, professional relationship which again made it easy to communicate. We are extremely pleased with the quality of the build and our whole family is loving living here. We highly recommend Spacemaker for your renovation, we honestly found the whole process less stressful than we expected and it was definitely worth it. We would use Spacemaker again if we were to renovate in future.

Michelle Kossenas

2024-04-13

We are extremely happy with our Spacemaker Renovation several years later. This is largely due to the positive experience we had with all trades on site, their attention to detail and their communication. Spacemaker delivered a quality build on budget and in a timely manner. I would highly recommend Rob and the team at Spacemaker if you are thinking of renovating your home.

Colin George

2024-04-12

Spacemaker were an absolute pleasure to deal with. Helping our young family through an extension while we lived in it! From the design, to the project management and build we felt we were in safe hands and with genuine people who had our interest at heart first. Would recommend Shaun & team to anyone. A big shout to Shaun Chapman (our project manager) in particular who was always there to answer our questions, give us guidance/updates and always ensured we were on the right path. Couldn’t have done it better! Christmas was at our house this year :-)

Kelly Chislett

2024-04-10

Spacemaker are a great team to work with through a renovation. The whole process from planning, design, building and finishes was so much easier to navigate with their expert knowledge and experience. Issues or concerns were addressed promptly and with respectful communication. The completed work was of a very high standard. Would definitely employ this talented group again.

Ray Cooper

2024-04-09

Just a short note to thank Spacemaker for our renovation , we are very happy with the outcome , it has met all our hopes and expectations and we are enjoying it very much . Equally i would like to pass on our thanks to all your team involved , from our initial meetings with Allen , to Shaun who was fantastic ,both never missed a phone call , always responded quickly and happily and nothing ever seemed a problem that couldnt be fixed easily and quickly . That was incredibly important to both of us . I would like to add and pay compliments to every tradesman that visited us , they were all extremely respectful and skilled and were always welcome in our house . Special thanks to Nathan and Ben , they were fantastic and we couldnt speak highly enough of them .

Gillian Wilson

2023-06-16

It is my pleasure to review Spacemaker Home Extensions as builders of high quality and integrity. From the initial quote through to the finished product, the team were approachable, willing to explore options for me, happy to give advice, and came up with alternatives for me when budget dictated. Living on the same property as the build, the builders were always unintrusive and sensitive to our needs. The quality of the finished product is outstanding, and I would thoroughly recommend Spacemaker to anyone wanting to build or renovate. Many thanks to Tim, Rob, Will, Ben and Shaun.

Tim Hall

2023-01-16

We are repeat Spacemaker customers for a reason - we cannot fault the integrity, capability, communication and care for their projects shown by them and their tradespeople. Travis Byrne is an exceptional project manager who not only executes and problem solves incredibly well, he looks after your project as if it's his own.

Larelle Upton

2022-11-13

Living through a COVID renovation provided many challenges to all of us. Spacemaker, Rob and the fantastic team worked tirelessly towards the end result- Our beautifully renovated home. Thank you for the professionalism, craftsmanship, respect and incredible friendly nature of all who came into our home

Jean Lamont

2022-07-29

Great team to work with from the designer to the project manager and all the wonderful tradespeople. We still love our “new” house nearly five years from completion. We have had almost no issues but recently some light fittings in the kitchen cabinets came adrift and the response was immediate.

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