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Tips for renovating while you live in your home, plus how to keep your sanity

Ask anyone who’s renovated and they’ll no doubt tell you it can turn certain parts of your life upside down — particularly if you happen to be doing it while also living in your house.

From living out of boxes to surviving without functioning kitchens or bathrooms, these are the nuggets of wisdom from a few couples on what saved their sanity during the process.

Sponge baths and takeaway food

Roísín and Zac Tarrant are no strangers to renovations, having done up two houses and building a following online by documenting their DIY adventures on Instagram.

They first had a

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Refurbishment completed at Methuen Park in Chippenham

Turnpike House, a two-storey office building constructed in Methuen Park, in Chippenham, just over 10-years-ago, has undergone a renovation.

With work now completed, the building at the heart of the office park, is available for immediate occupation.

Property developer Summerfield Commercial, which led the project, said the building is in a “prime location” for potential occupants.

Portfolio manager Will Grant, said: “Turnpike House provides immediately available, high-quality modern office space in a very accessible location with excellent amenities on its doorstep.

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The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald: Turnpike House, ChippenhamTurnpike House, Chippenham (Image: Summerfield Commercial)

“The

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Australian project takes out World Interior of the Year

Australian multidisciplinary design firm SJB has claimed three awards at this year’s Inside World Festival of Interiors as part of the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.

19 Waterloo Street won both the Interior of the Year and the Residential Single Dwelling Award. The jury praised the modestly-sized residence for being “like a wardrobe for the architect himself to live in … not just a building or an interior but a pocket-sized tour de force.” The Tetris-like plan consists of seven internal floors and the façade is dotted with 15 openings onto the street—a design approach that the judges felt “generated

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Rule of three: Why 3 is a magic number according to interior designers

To make an impact with a decorative display, the magic number is definitely three. Grouping three objects is a technique that top interior designers employ frequently to make the items they collect together a feature worth attention.

Why does this odd number have the winning edge over the classical, symmetrical pairing? While this can look fabulous, the power of a group of three is that it’s visually appealing – in other words it’s an eye-catcher.

Read on to see how the best designers employ this strategy to brilliant effect (and why other odd numbers can do a great job, too.)

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Brooklyn Couple Colorfully Renovates Townhouse on a Budget

As Giovanni Botta and Amanda Pinegar began planning their renovation of the house they bought in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, they knew one thing for sure: The kitchen would have to be pink.

“We had already decided on the refrigerator, which is pink,” said Ms. Pinegar, 44, a ceramic artist. “And we wanted a kitchen that would enhance that.”

To complement the pink kitchen, they considered lots of other bright colors, too.

“Amanda wanted it really bold,” said Mr. Botta, 42, a software engineer at Waymo, the driverless car company owned by Alphabet. This was nothing new: In their previous home,

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