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Murobond colour workshops with stylist Melinda Ashton Turner

One of my favourite paint companies has announced some fab sounding colour workshops for the next few months, headed up by Melinda Ashton Turner. Not only does she have an uber impressive career as a stylist, she recently started her own blog all about colour, so who better?

Using paint can be one of the cheapest and easiest ways to create the most dramatic effects in a room but there’s so much choice, many people don’t know where to start. Either that or they play it safe with one of the countless off-whites out there. In recent years people have gone crazy for the feature wall, but interiors folk remain divided on whether it’s a must-have or a big no-no that has fallen out of fashion. What do you think?

Anyway, if you’d like to learn more from someone with heaps of experience, you should try one of these workshops. They’re for a maximum of eight people so spaces get snapped up fast. The workshops aren’t just generic talks about paint and colour schemes so you can expect to learn a lot and take away a healthy dose of inspiration. Choose from:

  • Creating a colour palette
  • Injecting colour
  • Proportion of colour
  • Tonal colour schemes.

Find out more and book here.

After originally training as an interior designer, Melinda forged a successful career as an interior stylist and art director and recently returned to Sydney after 11 years in the UK. Her high profile career has seen her work on publications including Vogue Living, Homes & Gardens (UK), Elle Decoration, Living Etc and Belle. She has worked on advertising campaigns for the likes of Jo Malone and Harrods.

Murobond stocks paint ranges by our favourite Mr Jason Grant (who is currently working on his latest colours and promises to show us soon!) and Sibella Court’s The Society Inc range.

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An impressive line-up of the world’s leading interiors authorities are in Sydney next month for the International Industry Seminar Series at Decoration + Design and the Australian International Furniture Fair. Experts in design, decoration, lighting and style direction will share their tips on the hottest trends for the coming seasons over the three-day program, from 1-3 February at the Sydney Exhibition Centre.

On his first visit to Australia, US designer to the stars Martyn Lawrence Bullard will headline the series, talking about Creating a Super Star Interior. A celebrity in his own right with his reality TV show Million Dollar Decorators (aired in Australia on Foxtel), his clientele includes Sir Elton John and David Furnish, Cher, Edward Norton, Christina Aguillera and Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.

Celebrated style and decoration authority Melinda Ashton-Turner will lead a panel discussion on Creating Luxury in Interiors. A former Ikea stylist, Ashton-Turner went on to become Style Editor for Vogue Living (Australia), decoration editor of Homes & Gardens UK and style director of Inside Out (UK) before venturing into advertising as a style director.

UK interiors expert, furniture designer, author and curator Suzanne Trocmé will share her take on timeless style in her seminar Classic Chic – defining the little black dress in interior design. Curator for the London Design Festival since 2008 and Special Projects Editor for Wallpaper* magazine, Trocmé’s furniture can be seen in American football stadiums, Hilton Hotels and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford upon Avon.

Also speaking in the series is lighting expert Petra Kleegraefe, founder of Sydney’s Architectural Lighting Design, which has completed a large range of projects in Australia, Europe and Asia. And finally, Decoration + Design’s resident trend forecaster Genty Marshall will give a seminar on The Collector, The Creator and The Connoisseur. 

I’ve got five tickets (worth $44 each) to give away to Ashton-Turner’s talk, where she’ll be joined by interior designers Chelsea Hing and Sarah Davison. To enter, you must be a bona fide member of the interiors industry. Simply comment below, telling us which interior designer or stylist inspires you and why. Five winners will be picked on Thursday 26th January. You have until midnight on Wednesday 25th to enter. 

All seminar tickets are $44 and are available online at www.decorationdesign.com.au or www.aiff.net.au, where you can find more information on times. Pre-booking is essential. 

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Melinda Ashton Turner launches colour blog

Interior stylist Melinda Ashton Turner has returned home to Sydney after 11 years in London with a fabulous new blog to share. She had the idea for The Colour Field while working as style director for Inside Out UK and has finally brought it to fruition.

“The Colour Field is a weekly blog deconstructing a room’s colour scheme along with quotes from prominent industry figures as to what their favourite colour is and why,” she says.

We all know colour is something many people struggle with in their interiors. Sadly, you’re about as likely to get it horribly wrong as you are to create something that really works.

Melinda’s stunning styling has appeared in the top interiors magazines internationally. Originally training as an interior designer, Melinda has been working as an interior stylist and art director since 1990. Her impressive background includes roles such as style editor on Vogue Living and decoration editor on Homes & Gardens UK. She’s worked on advertising campaigns for Harrods and Wrangler and as a consultant to brands like Jo Malone. So yes, she knows a thing or two about this industry!

Find out more about Melinda here and visit the blog here.