San Williams

Victoria

Journalist at The Horsham Times

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Articles

Control4 lighting brightens Melbourne residence

2 weeks ago | build.com.au | San Williams

Linear LED lighting has traditionally been used to subtly highlight architectural features. A recent smart home project in Australia challenged this convention with homeowners, working with Nisi Group, who envisioned a bold, geometric lighting design that would dominate the room. For this vision, Nisi Group turned to Control4 Vibrant Linear Lighting from Snap One. The result was a captivating and personalised space.
Krix helps turn a garage into a home cinema

3 weeks ago | build.com.au | San Williams

West Coast Hi-Fi Midland, an integration company based in Western Australia, has converted a garage into a dream home cinema. Home owner and cinephile, Sam, has always wanted a home cinema to enjoy movies in the comfort of his own house. He began designing and building his own 9.2.6 room before bringing in professional help. The room is 4.8m long and 4.2m wide, not including the baffle wall. The ceiling is sloped, so the height differs from 2.2 to 2.45m and the riser is 150mm.
Hustling a social season reno: Five quick hacks

Feb 27, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

Aussies are looking for the best tips and tricks so that their home is sparkling and ready to welcome guests for the social season filled with pool parties, festivities and a few barbecues along the way. Sprucing up your property can make you the envy of guests and neighbours alike while creating the go-to address for good times and relaxation.
Three reno hacks to add size and value to your bathroom

Feb 27, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

This year, Aussies are looking for the best tips and tricks to create bigger bathrooms for less, and many renovators are looking to make these spaces look even larger so that they can get the best return for liveability and value. It’s widely accepted that giving your bathroom a facelift adds not only space, comfort and beauty to your home but also adds a little more cash into your pocket when it comes time to sell up.
Wallpaper Design that will define living spaces in 2024

Feb 27, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

Australians place enormous value on crafting effortless interiors, and the patterns and colours of wallpaper can help create the perfect ambience, breathing new life into walls, instantly uplifting the mood, setting the scene to define a style or simply making a welcoming atmosphere. Once a major investment in a home’s look, wallpaper is now a design element that can be easily changed.
Inside-out: Beaumont introduces Pompeii

Feb 20, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

Tile and bathroom ware retailer Beaumont Tiles has added a new range of tiles to its collection. The Pompeii range of travertine look colour-bodied porcelain tiles and pavers will enable Aussies to bring the opulence of a five-star European hotel to their home. The range, available in Crema or Grigio, oozes the classical elegance that translates over numerous styles and cultures, and is perfect for a wide range of applications.
Hardie’s cladding creates modern minimalist façades

Feb 20, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

James Hardie’s newest fibre cement product, Hardie Brushed Concrete Cladding, features a unique embedded texture reminiscent of softly brushed concrete, giving a home’s exterior a visually sophisticated finish, which is dynamic to the touch. Ideal for creating modern façades with interest, Hardie Brushed Concrete Cladding can be used alone for a modern minimalist finish, or complementary to other Hardie exterior cladding solutions achieving a personalised exterior design.
Bringing the outside in with moss-covered stone and rich timbers

Feb 20, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

Informed by biophilic design, this kitchen and dining space successfully blurs the distinction between the natural world outside and a contemporary, highly functional indoor space, thoughtfully curated from natural, ethically sourced materials. Natural daylight floods the area, which is dominated by a 5,600mm long island bench crafted in Caesarstone Porcelain Mosstone and a deep, walnut-brown timber cladding.
Inside Horizon: An award-winning holiday home on the Great Ocean Road

Feb 20, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

The Wye River district, located between Lorne and Apollo Bay along the stunning Great Ocean Road, has long been known for its tranquil coastal beauty and community. It has also provided the perfect spot for BCM Homes homeowner and director David Moyle to build his dream family holiday home called Horizon.
Six most Googled kitchen renovating questions

Feb 20, 2025 | build.com.au | San Williams

Google is the first place many renovators turn to for help when planning a new kitchen. But the fact is, the answers it generates don’t always hit the mark. To clear up the confusion and put kitchen renovators on the right track Nouvelle Designer Kitchens managing director Mike Turner answers the six most Googled questions, with full insights shared in the latest Nouvelle blog. How much do kitchen renovations cost?