Renovation Rules You Won't Want to Break!
Decorating Tips and Tricks
Bespoke FM
4.6 • 827 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Don't start a renovation project without listening to this episode. Before you pick anything out, first think about how you use your home, not how you would like to use your home, not how other people use their homes, but about how you and your family live there.
A few tips include - invest where it matters most and don't focus on trends, but on classic design that is always in style.
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| 0:29.0 | It is not just about the pretties. |
| 0:45.1 | Hey everybody. I'm Kelly Wilkins here with Anita Joyce, and this is decorating tips and tricks. |
| 0:52.1 | And today we're talking renovating rules. A successful home renovation is rarely about the pretties and creativity alone. It's about clear decisions, good sequencing, |
| 0:58.2 | and disciplined spending. We're going to give you some great tips today on how to have a |
| 1:04.5 | very successful and maybe even stress-free renovation. Well, it can be very stressful, especially if you've never |
| 1:14.6 | done it before. It's a lot of money. I can see why this is very stressful for people. And I'm |
| 1:22.6 | going to come out here right in the beginning and say, this is why it is so important to work with a contractor that you |
| 1:29.2 | trust. Because this stuff is just, it can be a nightmare. These things can go wrong. If you're |
| 1:37.9 | afraid of it, I mean, you know, things can go wrong. But we're here to hold your hand through the |
| 1:43.3 | process. Yes. or a really skilled |
| 1:46.2 | project manager. All the subs have to be great. All the people that are touching your home and the |
| 1:53.5 | renovation really need to know what they're doing. And if you're doing it on your own, well, |
| 1:58.1 | head to YouTube Academy and get all the information you can. But beyond |
| 2:02.9 | whoever's going to hold the hammer, you want to start with a clear vision, not just a |
| 2:09.1 | Pinterest vision, because a Pinterest vision is often, or Instagram vision, is often simply aspirational. You can get great ideas from there, but it has to |
| 2:22.7 | apply to your life, how you want your home to feel, how you actually live, who really lives |
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