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    Luxury bathroom for half the price: couple’s part-DIY triumph

    This incredible bathroom makeover is just the start of what Leanne and Travis Reading have planned for their Brisbane home. And it’s hard to believe it used to be what Leanne called a cockroach hangout! “It had tan wall tiles, dark slate floors, a low ceiling and a hideous in-built shower/bath which was rotten with water damage,” she says. “The layout was a little unusual, and the external wall was almost entirely made up of a louvre window, with very little privacy. Overall, it was a disaster. It required a full gut of the ceiling and two internal walls, from…