If yours is a U-shaped kitchen, it’s likely that you’re happy with the room’s layout possibilities. But what if its size is the challenge? These space-smart solutions will help you plan the perfect room.

U-Shaped Kitchens That Make the Most of Their Compact Quarters (7 photos)
U-Shaped Kitchens That Make the Most of Their Compact Quarters (7 photos)
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In this practical series, we ask experts to answer your burning home and garden questions. Here, Rick Graham, pool and spa expert at Swimart, shares the secrets to bringing your dark swimming pool back to a bright, sparkling blue.
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How Do I… Bring My Dark, Cloudy Pool Back to Blue? (8 photos)
How Do I… Bring My Dark, Cloudy Pool Back to Blue? (8 photos)
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When discussing what items we should do for Throwback Thursday, the very first item was probably the most obvious, the very first Editor’s Letter to run in the magazine.

Throwback Thursday to November 1984 Publisher’s Letter by Mike Lench
Throwback Thursday to November 1984 Publisher’s Letter by Mike Lench
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Cosentino endorses U.S. Department of Commerce’s issuance of preliminary antidumping duties.
Cosentino Supports Free and Fair Trade, And Antidumping Duties Adopted in the Quartz Surfaces Case
Cosentino Supports Free and Fair Trade, And Antidumping Duties Adopted in the Quartz Surfaces Case
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The office increases MAPEI’s reach in the growing African and the Middle Eastern construction industries.
MAPEI Extends International Presence to East Africa
MAPEI Extends International Presence to East Africa
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An awkward floor plan, a lack of storage, nowhere to squeeze in a dining table… no matter the size and shape of your kitchen, chances are that it presents some sort of design challenge. But where there are problems there are also solutions, as these 27 inspired kitchen designs from around the world illustrate….

Best of the Week: 27 Clever Kitchen Set-Ups (35 photos)
Best of the Week: 27 Clever Kitchen Set-Ups (35 photos)
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Hampton, Melbourne, is a laidback and leafy seaside neighbourhood with a charming holiday vibe. Capitalising on the coastal lifestyle, the clients – a family with three young boys – engaged ZGA Studio to design a relaxed beach-shack-like…

Stickybeak: A Family Home That Feels Forever Like a Beach Holiday (12 photos)
Stickybeak: A Family Home That Feels Forever Like a Beach Holiday (12 photos)
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ZOLLER is a market leader in tool presetting and measuring, inspection and measuring, tool management software, and storage solutions and automation.
ZOLLER Joins OMIC R&D as 22nd Member
ZOLLER Joins OMIC R&D as 22nd Member
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An integrated station development at Victoria Cross in North Sydney will include a 40-storey commercial tower designed by Bates Smart.
Concept for North Sydney tower-over-station development approved
Concept for North Sydney tower-over-station development approved
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If you’re itching to pick up a paint brush and give your home a fresh look for the new year, you won’t want to miss this – five industry experts have shared their predictions for the must-know paint colours of 2019. And if you’re unsure how to translate these fashionable hues to your interior, don’t…

5 Hottest Paint Colour Trends for 2019 (15 photos)
5 Hottest Paint Colour Trends for 2019 (15 photos)
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