BUDGET BREAKDOWN

LIVING AREA: Fireplace Resene Half Tea, $74.95/4L, Port Melbourne Paint and Wallpaper. Flooring French Oak engineered timber floorboards, $158/sqm, Porter’s Paints. Mantelpiece Feast Watson Brown Japan, $59.90/1L, Bunnings. Tiles Subway Dove Gloss, $35/sqm, Beaumont Tiles. Living room total: $12,000 Stockists, page 220