Mr Jason Grant’s book, A Place Called Home

April 2, 2013 By 7 Comments

Tomorrow I’m off to the Sydney launch of stylist Jason Grant’s first book, A Place Called Home, so it’s about time I reviewed it for you!

Mr Jason Grant A Place Called Home cover

If you know MJG, or follow him on social media, you’ll know this is a project that has taken over his life for a good year. Luckily he is DELIGHTED with how it turned out and I can see why. It feels like if Jason was a book, this would be it.

It’s light on words and heavy on beautiful images by photographer James Geer. And let’s face it, who has time to actually read their coffee table books anyway?! I actually devoured this book in one enjoyable afternoon, but it’s the sort of book you’ll want to dip back in and out of on rainy afternoons, especially as its many photos of the beach and Bondi will bring back memories of summer.

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Jason is a well known freelance interior stylist and was previously style director of Real Living, who he still works for, alongside almost every other Australian homes magazine. He was also one of the very first people I interviewed for Interiors Addict! Jason has his own paint ranges for Murobond and recently styled Freedom’s new winter collection for its catalogue and advertising. [Read more...]

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Cool Edie’s team up with Murobond on glam and fun paint range

January 16, 2013 By

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. [Read more...]

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4 great interiors things coming in 2013

December 29, 2012 By 2 Comments

1. American heavyweights Pottery Barn, West Elm and Williams-Sonoma are all hitting Australian shores for the first time ever and opening in Bondi, date to be confirmed.

2. The Block All Stars starts in the New Year featuring four favourite double acts from previous series. I’ve already had a look around the houses in Bondi and I can’t wait to see how they all turn out. In my opinion, they can’t fail to sell for a small fortune! [Read more...]

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A peek inside the world of interior decorator and long-time collector Lynda Gardener

December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Interior decorator and shop owner Lynda Gardener is a hoarder in the best possible sense. Scouring every corner of country Victoria for industrial treasures, she collects them to use in her homes and decorating projects and, if we’re lucky, to sell in her wonderful store Empire Vintage, in Melbourne’s Albert Park.

Lynda Gardener at her stunning home

She admits though, that her longstanding storage unit is packed to the rafters and getting out of control and, following the most recent renovation of the shop, she’ll be bringing more out to sell to lucky customers after Christmas. “I still have finds in there from 20 years ago,” says Lynda. “I have collected for a very long time and over the years have put much of it aside. Next year I am going to start going through my storage unit and bringing those items forward to be showcased at Empire. It’s about time I started to sell them rather than collect and keep everything, so there will be some wonderful items sifting through the store over the coming year or years (I do have a lot of stock)!”

She has owned Empire Vintage for 18 years. The recent renovation saw it go from two floors to one with the staircase removed to give more space. “I decided to use the wasted space above and beyond eye level and asked my favourite builder to build me pigeon holes that would take up two of the walls.” Adding to her desire for an old corner shop feel, there is a ladder to climb up to the highest shelves that can be wheeled around and makes a great feature. The previously pure white walls were painted in moody colours from stylist (and Lynda’s friend) Mr Jason Grant’s range for Murobond, to create a more dramatic look, and custom lighting added. [Read more...]

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Mr Jason Grant reveals sneak peek of his book: A Place Called Home

November 23, 2012 By 1 Comment

Here’s the first peek at stylist Jason Grant’s first book, which he revealed yesterday will be called A Place Called Home.

Published by Hardie Grant, it’s due out in April next year. Looks good, eh?

Photo by Lauren Bamford

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The launch of The Home, Cleo photoshoot and a trip to Project 82

October 31, 2012 By 1 Comment

Wow, yesterday was a big one and I have the blisters to prove it. In the morning I visited Project 82 in Surry Hills, which is about to turn two! More on this later in the week but I thoroughly recommend a visit. They’re in Fitzroy Street (number 82, would you believe it?!). Then at lunchtime I was off to ACP in Park Street for a photoshoot for Cleo magazine. My story about how I took blogging full-time will be in the January issue (out in December). I had my hair and makeup done and it was lots of fun. Everyone was lovely and it wasn’t half as painful as I thought it would be. After all, I HATE having my photo taken! Then in the evening I stopped by the launch party for The Home (which used to be called Dalani) where it was great to catch up with Mr Jason Grant and hear all about his book, which is almost finished and out next year. THEN I met my girlfriends for dinner. PHEW. Today I’m just meeting my accountant…

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Win tickets to Great Dane’s Muuto launch party with stylist Mr Jason Grant

October 9, 2012 By 16 Comments

Great Dane Furniture is having parties in Sydney and Melbourne next week to celebrate the launch of the world’s first Muuto concept stores in Australia. Two lucky Interiors Addicts readers get to go along and take a friend.

The Muuto concept stores will be within the Great Dane showrooms in Sydney’s Redfern and Melbourne’s Prahran & Fitzroy. Great Dane Sydney launched the first Muuto concept store in July, followed by Fitzroy in August and finishing off the year in the Prahran showroom by next month.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning party tickets is comment below, stating why you’d love to go along, by midnight Wednesday. The parties are at the Great Dane showrooms in Sydney (Tuesday 16 October) and Melbourne (Thursday 18 October) from 6.30 to 8.30pm.

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Jason’s Grant’s gone fishing with Murobond

September 4, 2012 By 2 Comments

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.”
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The best of last week in interiors

August 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Sorry I’m a day late readers, but I’ve been crook with a stomach bug. No fun! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Here’s my roundup of last week in interiors.

  • Greg Natale went to LA and met the amazing Kelly Wearstler, who we are both huge fans of. Thanks Greg for sharing your photos with us here first.
  • I told you about Houzz, an American site a bit like Pinterest for interiors, which is starting to make an impact here in Australia. [Read more...]
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Sunday Snippets: The best of the week in interiors

July 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
  •  I am a big fan of stylist Jane Frosh and this week I featured her Blue Mountains home, which is up for sale. It was recently on the cover of Country Style and it is AMAZING. Check it out.

It’s been a fantastic week for PR, with a double-pager in Ivy & Piper magazine and a feature in The West Australian’s Habitat section. I’m always really grateful for and excited by press coverage. I love getting the Interiors Addict message out far and wide so I was particularly please to be in a WA newspaper.

This coming week my apartment is being photographed for Northside magazine’s ‘At home with’ feature. I’m a little nervous, I must admit!

I’m looking forward to speaking at decoration + design in Melbourne on Friday. I’ll be there on Thursday too. If you’re exhibiting or coming to my talk with Darren Palmer, please let me know and I’ll try and make time to say hi! I’m making a weekend of it and can’t wait to stay at The Blackman, one of the art series hotels. The interiors look stunning and I can’t wait to check it out.

In totally unrelated news, this week I took the diamond my fiancé proposed with to the jeweller to be made into my engagement ring. VERY exciting and still floating on a post-engagement cloud…

I’m off to watch Downton Abbey. Have a fantastic week ahead and I hope to meet lots of you at decoration + design!

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