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Why you should add empty space to a home

Pete shows you how. - by Pete Colquhoun
  • 12 Feb 2021

If you’re trying to create a sense of grandeur in your home, your first thought might be to add things in – maybe some ornate architectural details, or some expensive furniture. But if you ask an architect, the secret is really adding… nothing! In fact, adding some empty space to a home is one of the biggest tricks in the book when it comes to design. This week, Pete Colquhoun is showing you how.

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Pete has extensive TV credits across a range of television genres, from lifestyle, reality and sport including commentary for Seven’s Olympic Games broadcast. For the last 14 years he has been the resident Architect on Australia's number one lifestyle show Better Homes and Gardens.

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