Bettina Deda's Interior Design Blog
5 Essential Steps to Getting Published in a Magazine
Bettina Deda shares her five tips for aspiring freelance writers who want to get published in magazines.
Downsizing Your Home: Free Information Session in Sydney
Planning to downsize your home? If you are like most people, the hardest part is to let go of stuff. Furniture, collectables, photo albums and many more things we have accumulated over a lifetime. Additionally, most people are very change-resistant. They fear the unknown. The lack the courage to step out of their comfort zone to explore new opportunities. Join the author of Downsize with Style for a free information session with Kokoda Residences on Sydney’s North Shore on the 31 January 2019.
7 XMAS Gift Ideas for Going Troppo This Summer
Summer and Christmas go hand in hand in Australia. The crazy (party) season is about to start, and weekends fill up quickly with Christmas parties and functions. Balance the hectic end of the year with an easy and fun tropical lifestyle in a laid-back and...
Heimtextil Trends 2018: The Future Is Urban
The Future is Urban looks at international design trends 2018/19, which will be showcased at the German trade fair Heimtextil in January 2018.
Dulux Colour Trends 2018: Tell Your Story
Come September, and the interior design industry unveils the trends for colours, patterns, and furnishings for the upcoming year. Last week, two trend forecasts hit my inbox, one from Dulux and the other from the German trade show Heimtextil. The...
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Dining Table
Who does not love the simplicity and elegance of Scandinavian design? In the past years, I have regularly mentioned the versatile and functional apartment furniture range of BoConcept at my downsizing talks and events. Now they are launching some pretty cool dining tables. Consider our four tips when choosing your table and you won’t get it wrong.
Closing Down My Interior Design Blog
After five years of blogging about interior design and home downsizing it’s time to move on. I would like to thank my 500+ subscribers for reading and engaging with me. Visit www.bettinadeda.com to stay connected via my newsletter.
Decorating with Green: Here’s How to Get Started
Start decorating with green to improve your wellbeing at home. Creative Mentor and Writer Bettina Deda shares five tips how to introduce nature and all things botanical into your interior.
Downsizing: How to Find the Right Retirement Village
Attention empty nesters! Are you struggling to find the right place to live after selling your family home? Among the many decisions to make when planning to downsize, finding a new home is surely one of the most important ones. Choices are endless, retirement resorts...
Book Tip: Interior Design Masterclass
It was in 2013 when I first contacted New York-based interior designer Carl Dellatore to ask him if he wanted to contribute some tips to my book Downsize with Style. Just before Christmas last year, I discovered that Carl had edited a new interior design book...
