The DIY fail of the year has become a masterclass in what not to do
One garden path, one bold Pinterest ambition, and roughly $8,000 in remedial work.
It was going to be so easy. A cheerful weekend project. A curved pebble path lined with reclaimed brick. What could go wrong?
Everything. In order.
The lessons
Landscape fabric matters. Compaction matters. And — the homeowner admits with a laugh — measuring the width of a wheelbarrow before designing the curve of the path matters most of all.
The path has now been rebuilt correctly, at three times the original budget. "Would I do it again?" she asked. "Absolutely not."
The kitchen colour of 2026 has arrived — and it is not what anyone predicted
Forget sage, forget bone. Interior designers are pivoting hard toward a warm terracotta.
The small-garden transformation that has our whole team fighting over paint chips
Four square metres, one long weekend, and a total reinvention.
Inside the heritage home restoration that took ten years and every last dollar
The result is one of the most photographed private homes in the country.