Learn interior styling from Mr Jason Grant

May 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Mr Jason Grant is the latest interiors expert to be snapped up by Coco Republic Design School to host some design sessions. The former Real Living style director, who is now an in-demand stylist across the top interiors magazines and a paint creator for Murobond, will run two sessions in July. If you want to learn all about interior styling, this is a must-attend. Tickets are $95 and more details can be found here. And if you want to know more about MJG, check out my interview with him or his blog.

Photo by Lauren Bamford

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Mr Jason Grant’s third paint collection for Murobond

March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Sydney super stylist Mr Jason Grant has created a third colour collection, Gray Scale Garden, for Murobond. It’s available to buy from tomorrow but I’m excited to share a sneaky peek with you here.

I asked MJG a few questions about the latest range and his love of paint…

Gray Scale Garden: why the name? It seemed fitting as the collection started with shades of grey and I do love nature. My starting point was old world. Currently I’m really into all things from the Victorian era. Everything has to have a story, it helps me with the creative process.

How would you describe this collection? How does it differ from the last one? The third collection is moodier and perhaps more sophisticated
. Perhaps I’m exploring my darker side of colour.

What inspired it? I wanted the collection to feel like a change in season. I wanted a more winter feel but of course with a few pops of colour.

I love grey. I was once told in a colour workshop that grey is a great complement to every colour. Do you agree? Grey is friends with everyone. It’s a fantastic shade and definitely one of my favorites.

Why do you love to paint? Painting is just a simple way of transforming a wall, a room or a piece of furniture. Paint and colour create feelings and moods. It’s about how something looks and how in turn that makes you feel.

What else are you working on at the moment? Something very exciting. I will let you know soon…


 

Jason talks more about the collection in the current issue of House & Garden magazine. Read my interview with him from last year here and visit his blog here.

These beautiful images are by photographer Lauren Bamford. Murobond paints can be bought online.

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Murobond colour workshops with stylist Melinda Ashton Turner

February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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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Mr Jason Grant’s new colour range for Murobond is inspired by summer

November 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Bondi boy Mr Jason Grant loves summer and the beach and his second paint collection with Murobond consists of faded fun colours. Titled Road Trip, the collection is all about a summer getaway.

These photos were shot on location in Avalon NSW with a super cute kombi van, one of Jason’s dream cars.

“I LOVE colour so have included some fun bursts of colour mixed with some cool neutrals,” he says.

Drawing inspiration from the everyday and the hundreds of photos he takes, each colour has a story and a reference from his adventures. ‘Short Shorts’ came from a perfectly faded pair of shorts a friend wore over to his house, ‘Smoothie’ is the perfect shade of soft yellow (Yay! A yellow!) just like a classic banana smoothie, ‘Happy Days’ is just like a clear blue sky and ‘Porch’ is like a perfect weathered piece of timber.

The collection is available as of tomorrow (Saturday 5 November 2011) and I can’t wait to attend the launch!

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Read my interview with Jason, former Real Living style director here.

Photos by Felix Forest

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