Teenage kicks

Brighten up your teenager's bedroom with the latest cool accessories.

Ban the bars? That's a lot of city bull, cry NT drivers

THEY flooded talkback radio and wrote letters: the outback owners of bullbars are angry.

Change is unlikely but debate won't flag

IN 1901, The Bulletin magazine, employing its customary strong language, wrote of the newly unfurled Australian flag: "That bastard flag is a true symbol of the bastard state of Australian opinion." It still is.

First blush

Pink proves sophisticated as a shot of colour teamed with aqua, writes Susan Redman.

Kogarah/Carlton

It's a dowdy length of the Princes Highway but the homewares and specialty stores of Kogarah and Carlton make a stop more than worthwhile, writes Julietta Jameson.

The art of French dressing

Add a little je ne sais quoi to your wardrobe with these 10 tips for instant Parisian flair, writes Natasha Silva-Jelly.

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Five meals, five days, one barbecue

David Sutherland enlists five top Melbourne chefs to help him push traditional barbecuing boundaries.

Top rung

Playing shapes and ladders is the new rage. In the world of interiors, few household items have not received the designer treatment. From dish racks to bottle openers, brooms to dustbins, it seems almost every handy apparatus has undergone a reinvention or aesthetic enhancement at the desk of a designer. Even the humble ladder has been elevated to the ranks of highly desirable homewares.