Taubmans is creating an online video makeover series and looking for three interiors addicts to take part. Along with a well known stylist, Taubmans will go into the participating people’s homes and help them unlock their personal colour stories, redecorating and styling spaces they’d like to change.
You need to be Sydney-based and available mid-September for a day of filming. If you’re interested, email some details about how you’d like to change your home to [email protected]. Include a brief breakdown of what your room currently looks like, dimensions or floor plans if you have them, and photos.
Impatient for a new kitchen but just can’t afford it right now? Check out these new tile and laminate paints for a fuss-free makeover with no need for a primer.
One of the easiest ways of saving on the cost of renovation is to retain existing cabinetry and splashback tiles while spending on new appliances. The latest Tile and Laminate Paint from Flood, restores the appearance of laminate or melamine cupboards to new while the same paint can bring a fresh, glossy finish to dated tiles. Unlike other paints of this kind, it requires no primer, making it faster and less expensive.
I know a lot of you crafty readers love an upcycling project, and even more of you love fluro, so these new small project paints could be just up your street!
Guesswork and mess have been minimised with these 6 on-trend HandyCan Glo Paint colours. They’ll bring a pop of colour to DIY projects such as painted furniture.
The innovative packaging is really user-friendly. Clear plastic jars (in 100ml, 200ml and 350ml sizes) mean you can see the exact colour of the paint. No more guess work! And screw top lids mean no more messy drips and dribbles plus a perfectly sealed container between uses.
Hi folks. Next week I’m going to a special colour event with Taubmans and Shaynna Blaze. I have the opportunity to get Shaynna to help me with a colour conundrum in my home and, as I don’t really have one, I thought I’d pass the opportunity to one of you! So, if you have a colour problem in your home you’d like some expert advice on, please comment below and I’ll pick one to take to her.
Melbourne’s Atherton Gardens HUB Development has been awarded the Grand Prix title in the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards at a gala function held at Luminare last night.
Co-designed by McCabe Architects and Bird de la Coeur Architects, Atherton Gardens HUB also won the Multi Residential Exterior category. The judging panel said it displayed exceptional bold use of colour on the external façade of the balconies which in turn created a vibrant impact and strong contrast against the white external walls.
Can you believe this was my first ever visit to Life Instyle? It definitely has a very different, more boutique feel than the other trade fairs and I really enjoyed it. Despite skipping most of Kids Instyle (not my bag) there were still plenty of beautiful wares to look at. Here are a few of my favourites.
My favourite stand belonged to Mrs Darcy (originally of Ada & Darcy fame). I love Kellie Collis’ colourful designs. There were plenty of new things, like gold chevron cushions (just when you think you’ve seen enough chevron you realise you need some gold chevron in your life!), gorgeous girly robes, hand creams and candles. Her floral textiles are just beautiful.
I also stopped by my favourite Voyager Candles’ stand for a sniff, went nuts over the paper goods at Bespoke Letterpress, admired the new Cool Edie’s paint colours at the Murobond stand and fell in love with everything at Bonnie and Neil (gorgeous new bed linen and ceramics mean even more places to use their gorgeous and colourful designs in your home).
Wilma Brbot and Phoebe Netto! Congratulations and Happy Australia Day!
Wendy Rennie, colour and concept manager, Haymes Paint, said: ‘This competition certainly produced some wonderful submissions but the two winning entries stood out because of their creativity and strong links back to colour. Both represent the ‘Outback’ theme which was very popular but the ‘Sun, Surf and Sand’ palette received the most entries for capturing what it means to be Australian. We look forward to sharing photos of the winners’ rooms in the next few months.”
With the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards entries closing on 8 February, there are just weeks remaining for architects, interior designers, colour consultants and students of interior design or architecture to showcase their creative use of colour and be recognised and awarded as industry leaders.
The categories are: Commercial Interior; Commercial Exterior; Single Residential Interior; Single Residential Exterior; Multi Residential Interior; Multi Residential Exterior and Students.
Winners from each category will not only claim industry prestige, an abundance of well-deserved accolades and up to $1,000 prize money ($500 for students), they will also be automatically entered into the Grand Prix award. The Grand Prix award winner will receive an additional $1,500 and a return economy airfare and accommodation to attend a renowned design event.
The ladies at Cool Edie’s are the latest stylists to team up with Murobond on their own paint range, and very cool it is too.
Jane Frosh and Lucy Weight have come up with four colours: a matt black (of course), a gold, an almost-emerald green (how on-trend) and a peach.
“We wanted a set of colours that really represented the Australian interiors industry as it stands and our Cool Edie’s approach to styling. A matt black (Cool Edie’s Religion), because it directly reflects on Cool Edie’s, our religion if you will. Who doesn’t love a matt black? It neutralises all other colours and adds a tough, chic element to any interior.
“The gold, well, does that need explaining?! Gold is a sense of humour, a touch of glam, a pop of insanity, hence the name Confetti Bomb. Boom! It just reeks of fun and parties and frocks and laughter.
Christmas and New Year are over so you know what that means (as well as going back to work and the gym)? Countdown to Australia Day is on! To celebrate, I’m running a fab competition in association with Haymes Paints and the prize is to have a room in your home professionally painted in the colour palette of your choice. What a great way for two of you to kickstart any New Year renovation plans!
Haymes colour and concept manager Wendy Rennie has put together three Australian-inspired colour palettes. To enter, just tell us which scheme you think is most Aussie and why.
Here are your choices:
Palette one: The Outback
The Australian outback is rich with colour – deep oranges, reds and ochres coupled with contrasting charcoals and neutrals.
Haymes colours: Rapunzel, Night Moves, Black Pitch, Worn White, Moon and Stars.
Palette Two: Sun, Surf and Sand
The relaxed lifestyle of Australians is synonymous with the beach, particularly as we are lucky to have some of the best beaches and coastline in the world.
Haymes colours: Barely There, Basic Instinct, Blue Mosaic, Danube Sky, Valley of Stars.
Vintage design, fossicking and gathering, the meeting of old and new, and the rise of new technology are among the key influences that will dominate Australian design over the next 12 months – and with it our choice of colour.
The new Dulux Blur palette
That’s the message from Dulux, whose colour experts have studied global trends to develop six palettes for 2013.
The Dulux Colour Forecast this year draws on the themes of movement, social change, people power and the march of the digital age. It explores how colour is shifting and changing in modern times.
Architects, designers, specifiers and students are invited to show their imaginative use of colour with entries for the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards now open.
Now in its 27th year, the Awards is all about how architects and interior designs apply colour to transform the three dimensional spaces they create. Dulux Colour & Communications Consultant, Bree Leech, said: “Colour is an integral element in the overall design process. It has effects that are not only symbolic but also emotional, and in 2013, we’re looking forward to receiving entries that push the boundaries and use innovation, imagination and flair to showcase colour in architecture and interior design.”
Do you dream of your home looking like a picture from a magazine? Have you fallen in love with a colour but don’t know how to make it work? Fiona Parry-Jones, owner of Von Haus design studio, launches her new colour workshops, sponsored by Murobond, to help you find the answers to some decorating dilemmas.
You will have the opportunity to explore and select colours for your home with confidence, learning about the latest trends in paint colours and how to apply them. Fiona will guide you through the practical process of creating a mood board in order for you to establish a colour scheme ready to use in your own interior project.
Allegedly, it will be 24 degrees in Sydney this afternoon and stylist Jason Grant’s latest colour collection for Murobond, out on Thursday, has me feeling very Spring like. It’s called Gone Fishing and it’s really rather lovely.
His fourth collection for the paint company conjures up notions of summer escapes and getting away from the city and relaxing over the summer months, never far from the shore line. “It’s inspired by nature and the nautical, combining soft earthy neutrals, seas greens and ocean blues with a few pops of punchy reds and pinks, all in my signature style,” he says. “This collection is all about dreamy coastal adventures.”
Unfortunately I couldn’t make it along to the Taubmans look book launch in Sydney this week and it looks like I missed a great event. Isn’t that always the way? A fashion show featuring pieces from Australian and New Zealand designers, including Trelise Cooper, Alice McCall and Josh Goot, represented the 5 key interior schemes and colour palettes.
Created in collaboration with interior designer, TV personality and Taubmans Colour Ambassador, Shaynna Blaze, the Taubmans Look Books highlight five styles loved by Australians and provide the inspiration people are looking for when they decorate or redecorate their home this Spring. They are Classic Interiors, Retro Revival, Beach Lifestyle, Modern Living and Eclectic Mix – with each book providing tips and inspiration on how to select the right colour scheme to achieve your desired style throughout the whole house.
Shaynna (above, at the event), says the Look Books are designed to help consumers become colour confident and equip them with the expertise to take decoration into their own hands and create interiors that reflect their own personal taste and style, regardless of trends.
“As an interior designer, I am frequently asked how I manage to bring different colours and pieces together to create one holistic style and look – and while this is something that comes naturally with practice, identifying the style that suits you and your home and recreating it can be daunting at first. We have created these Looks Books to give people the tools to assist in identifying a style first, then working with the colour palette second.”
Each style was brought to life and personified by live models and an accompanying fashion runway. Australian fashion designer, Josh Goot, who was at the launch, said; “This Spring is all about colour, and what better way to celebrate the amazing colours on offer than experiencing this unique marriage between interiors and fashion?”
Stylist Lydia-Jane Saunders, fashion designer Josh Goot and Shaynna Blaze
You can pick up the Look Books in Bunnings stores from next month.
I was just having a rant discussion with someone today about how you should make your home nice whether it is rented or not. Lovely homes are not reserved for those with the money or inclination to buy. So this post by Abigail Ahern on her blog today came at just the right time. She shares some nice tips on non-permnanent ways to customise your rental.
I recently painted a couple of rooms in my rental apartment. Yes, it cost me about $100 in paint and a couple of days’ time and no, the landlord won’t be reimbursing me (because it really didn’t NEED doing, I just WANTED it done because I’m a perfectionist). And the pleasure I get from those nice fresh walls is totally worth it if you ask me!
On first glance I loved them, then I hated them, now I think they’re a great fun addition to a room for less than $30! What do you think?
The Paint Spot table lamp is new from Beacon Lighting and costs $29.95. They currently have an amazing offer on where you get 50% off any second lamp or chandelier you buy. See the website for details.
This morning I had the pleasure of meeting Queensland interior designer Anna Spiro at the Sydney launch of her gorgeous wallpaper range for Porter’s Paints.
