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Get expert advice with Clipsal Electric Home Design Service
There’s so much to think about when you’re building or renovating — layouts, fittings, finishes — it can be all too easy for the electrics to become an afterthought.
But taking time to make sure you have the right electrical products can be the difference between a home that’s purely functional and one that’s intuitive and responsive, tailoring daily life to the way you want to live.
That’s where the Clipsal Electric Home Design Service comes in. This professional team provides consultations that take the guesswork out of electrical planning and ensure you get the most out of your home.
See how Clipsal enhances today’s vintage design
Just like fashion, interior design looks to the past for inspiration. Vintage design styles add a timeless look to any space when updated to fit modern needs. Find out how Clipsal’s electrical solutions fits into three trending vintage design styles in this blog article.
Embrace slow living with Clipsal
In today’s fast paced world, why not have a home that feels like a retreat from the hustle? Find out how Clipsal helps you create a ‘slow living’ home.
Help protect your home
Discover some practical ways that you can help protect your home, valued possessions and your loved ones with the help of innovative electrical products.
Smart Home Innovation
How to create an intuitive and energy-efficient home, designed for how you and your family want to live.
Make summer great with Clipsal
The countdown is on to the busy festive season and summer break. Here, we show you how clever features from the Iconic and Wiser ranges can keep things simple and stress-free while adding comfort and safety to your holidays.
Use Electric Home Design to elevate your home
In the same way that construction and styling help to create a beautiful space, Electric Home Design brings that space to life and tailors it to how you want to live.
Lift your look
Adding style and smart home functionality to your place doesn’t have to mean a major electrical refit. With just a few simple electrical features from Clipsal you can transform the look and feel of spaces in your home and make day-to-day living easier to manage. Here are some ideas for small additions that can make a big difference to how you enjoy life at your place.
Energy efficiency made simple
Choosing to live a more energy efficient life has never been easier. And the decisions you make for your home can help to reduce not only your environmental impact, but your power bills too. By selecting electrical products that require less power, run only when needed, and that even give you an oversight of your power usage, you and your family will be on track to energy efficiency every day.
Safe and sound with Clipsal
When it comes to keeping your home and your loved ones safe, there is a wide range of solutions that can give you peace of mind — whether you’re at home or anywhere else in the world. From smoke alarms to security lighting, window and door sensors to switchboard safety, Clipsal can help to protect what’s most important to you.
Al fresco at its best with Clipsal
Spring is here so it’s the perfect time to get your outdoors prepped and ready for sunnier days and balmy nights. From smart home automation solutions to lighting, see how Clipsal can help to transform summer living at your place.
Latest looks for kitchens and bathrooms
Kitchens and bathrooms might be functional spaces, but they still offer plenty of scope for adding style, personality, and touches of luxury. Discover the latest trends for these rooms and how you can use Clipsal products to enhance your place.
Mood-boosting design with Clipsal
How we feel in a space can depend on many different factors. Temperature, lighting, the colour palette and even furnishings can all impact our sense of wellbeing while we’re in a room. Here, we show you how combining some clever design tips with Clipsal products can boost the mood at your place and create a home that’s uplifting to live in.
Elevate your everyday with Clipsal
Discover how Clipsal products can make living more streamlined and stylish, so that life at your place becomes even more enjoyable.
What is a Smart Home?
Part 1 of this series explores what a smart home is and what the benefits home automation are.
How organic modernism can transform your home
Connection with nature has become an important part of how we live in our homes today. Here, we explore how organic modernism and Clipsal products can bring its understated style into a home.
Tailored tech for your smart home
Smart technology has become embedded in daily life. Choosing a smart home solution like Wiser gives you control of your home and lets you streamline how you live in it, helping to make life more intuitive, more enjoyable, and more secure.
Room by room inspiration
Home Office Design
Whether you love working from home or not, it has likely become a part of day-to-day life — no longer are makeshift spaces sufficient, which means there’s no better time to create your ideal home office.
Create your dream kitchen
Kitchens today are so much more than somewhere to cook. With so many demands on one busy space it’s important to plan your kitchen so that it’s practical and efficient for everyone who uses it, as well as being a beautiful and welcoming place to spend time.
Plan your ultimate bathroom
Our bathrooms are busy, complex places, they need to combine function and style — offering everything that everyone needs, in a space that everyone enjoys using. And while gorgeous tiles and sleek fittings are part of the picture, it’s the Electric Home Design that holds the key to unlocking this room’s potential.
Create the perfect home office
It’s never been more important to include a tailored workspace in your home. With more people working from home more regularly, and older children living at home longer, it’s essential to have a dedicated area in your house for inspired, productive work.
Plan a living room you’ll love
Our living rooms are multi-functional spaces — they need to switch easily between family movie nights and coffee catch-ups, online gaming sessions, sleepovers, and Sunday afternoon naps on the couch. With a little planning, you can create a living room that moves seamlessly from one activity to the next, catering to everyone’s needs.
Your hideaway haven
Our bedrooms are very personal spaces in our homes. They are where we rest and recharge at the end of each day, and where we prepare for the new day ahead.
Lighten the load
Who says doing laundry has to be a chore? A few clever additions to the electric home design for this room can take it from basic to brilliant and create a space that’s a pleasure to use.
Your great outdoors
Our back gardens are extensions of our homes — they’re places for enjoying meals, catching up with family and friends, and spending time relaxing. Whether you have a pool and room for backyard cricket, or a smaller garden with a deck and barbecue, use electric home design to enhance the outdoor living at your place.
Put your best front forward
The front of your property — from the garden to the driveway and garage — is where your home makes its all-important first impression. Good electric home design can help to boost its street appeal while deterring any unwanted visitors, and help you get the most out of your garage space too.
Make a memorable entrance
The entrance to our home plays several roles: it’s a familiar and comforting space for us at the end of the day, it welcomes guests as they arrive, and it’s a snapshot of our lifestyle. Create an entrance that speaks to your design aesthetic and adds ease to daily life with Electric Home Design that combines lighting and smart home elements from Clipsal.
Set the scene
A great dining room can switch easily between casual family meals, five-course gourmet extravaganzas with friends, and intimate dinners for two. It might also be a place for catch-up cocktails or nightly homework with the kids. Clipsal’s Electric Home Design can help you to create a dining room that will cater to every occasion.
Product spotlight
Style and smarts with Iconic Styl and Essence
Great interior design is made up of many different elements — from flooring styles to wall colours, furnishings to artwork — every piece helps to create the overall look.
Light switches and power points are just as important — they appear in every room and are used every day, often several times a day. So why wouldn’t you take the time to choose a style that adds the perfect finishing touch to your home?
The Perfect Finishing Touch With Iconic
Tips on how some small, easy changes can make a big impact. Update the look of your décor with the Iconic range.
Elevate Your Outdoor Space with Clipsal Wiser
The outdoor living space, has become an extension of the home — a place to unwind, entertain, and connect with nature. Clipsal Wiser, the innovative home automation system, can take your outdoor living to the next level.
Charge smarter with Schneider
Thinking of getting an EV? You’re not alone. Electric car sales are on the rise thanks to their better long-term environmental credentials and cheaper running and maintenance costs compared with fossil fuel vehicles. And while the public EV charging network is growing, at-home smart EV chargers add even more convenience and peace of mind to EV ownership too.
Clipsal Solis™ — The new benchmark in style
Exceptional interior design calls for the ultimate finishing touch in electrical accessories. The new Clipsal Solis™ Collection is a stunning range of electrical switches and power points that enhance a space and elevate daily living. Combining world-class design and smart home capabilities, Solis is the final piece in your home’s design — transforming everyday interactions into something special.
Expert insights
Kitchen & Bathroom Trends
Interior Designer, Katherine Lightfoot, explains current kitchen and bathroom design trends and gives advice on how to create beautiful and functional spaces.
Innovative Design
Get the inside scoop on what goes into creating the Clipsal products you love to use. We chatted with Design Director, Tim Rochford about his experience, design philosophy and how to continually innovate.
Designer Insider
Get the inside info on how products come to life, how we love to innovate and how we design with a customer-first approach.
Are Smart Homes Safe?
Part 3 of this series explains how you can keep your smart home cyber-secure.
Electrical Costs Debunked
Ready to start your reno but not sure how much you can expect to spend? We asked an Aussie electrician for some advice.
Planning
Get the green light on your new build
Building an energy-efficient home isn’t about making sacrifices. Your dream home, can be easily controlled, from anywhere, by the touch of a button.
Home Reno Advice
Deciding to renovate your home is an exciting step and the key to achieving the perfect result is to take your time getting the plan and details right.
Electric Home Design FAQs
Electric Home Design is about planning how you want your home to function electrically.
How to Create a Smart Home
Part 2 of this series explores everything you need to know about getting started with home automation.
Smart Home Myths Debunked
We’ve debunked some common smart home myths so that you can better understand home automation and make the right choice for you.
Mistakes people make when positioning smoke alarms
These days, houses are recommended to have alarms in every bedroom and on every floor, but what sort and where exactly? Find out the top 5 smoke alarm positioning mistakes and how you can avoid them.
Renovate or rebuild?
Choosing between a home reservation or rebuild? Check out these 5 tips to decide and get the best results for your home with the least cost.
Maintenance
Smoke Alarm Troubleshooting
Is something strange happening with your smoke alarm? We have the answers.
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