mexicana – The Interiors Addict

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With a successful career as a fashion designer under her belt, Jo Mclean decided to bring all her best finds from years of travelling home to Melbourne and open the doors to Jfahri.

The owner, designer and brains behind the brand is passionate about interiors and up and coming local designers. And it shows in her store.

The stock, as you would expect from such a seasoned traveler, is an eclectic range of furniture, art, homewares and fashion that embodies several continents, including pieces from local Melbourne designers.

The store definitely has a bohemian, artisanal feel to it and (the best part yet) the prices are very reasonable. There are gorgeous ceramics from India as well as vintage and handmade Moroccan, Mexican and Indonesian pieces.

Artist Madeleine Stamer’s inspiration and her new series Midnight Tricks

Artist Madeleine Stamer’s work is hugely influenced by a Melbourne shop her mum took her to as a child and her dad’s love of birds.

It just goes to show what a profound impact our childhoods, where are parents take us and what they introduce us to can have, and I think that’s rather wonderful!

“My mum has always been my style guru,” says Madeleine. “She’s a needlework champion and used to work part time at Priscilla’s Tapestry shop in High Street, Armadale near my favourite shop. Market Import, in the iconic Moray Street retail strip. Mum first took me to Market Import when I was a child. I have fond memories of the pure white walls encrusted with vibrant Mexican handcrafts, bedazzling like precious jewels. I recall being enthralled by the ladies’ gift-wrapping skills which involved wrapping even the teeniest of objects in layers and layers of rainbow-coloured tissue paper topped with fancy adornments that would make any recipient’s heart swoon.