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Before and after: From a tiny outdoor area to spacious retreat

Charlie Albone’s top tips for maximising your outdoor living space. - by Charlie Albone
  • 07 Aug 2020

This week, Charlie's sharing some clever ways to maximise your outdoor living space, no matter how small it is. He’s transforming a tiny, tired and underused outdoor area into a stylish and spacious retreat and there’s heaps of take-home ideas for your backyard, too.

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Charlie Albone
Charlie Albone
Charlie has worked internationally and in Australia for the past 17 years, designing and building gardens that are timeless, inspiring and enjoyable to spend time in. In 2015 and 2016, he was awarded two Silver gilt medals for his own gardens at the world’s most prestigious flower show The Chelsea Flower Show.

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