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Shaynna
Shaynna Blaze-Vaughan is a woman of many talents that have allowed her to weave an intricate career from design, teaching and public speaking, to an accomplished commercial artist. She even managed a successful career as an entertainer and jazz singer. Her first job as an interior designer twenty years ago saw her travel the country designing showrooms for a well-known retail company. Now armed with her vast life experience, passion for design and problem solving skills Shaynna transforms commercial, private and retail premises for Australian and international clients. Shaynna’s unique talent of interpreting her clients needs, has kept her in constant demand since she re-established her business, Blank Canvas Interiors, six years ago. Shaynna has lived in Melbourne most of her life and draws inspiration from its ever-changing seasons, diverse cultures, world class restaurants and a yearly calendar of arts and design festivals. Selling Houses Australia is Shaynna's first television series and she was up for the challenge to get her hands on the interiors of the homes featured and give them the best possible chance of a sale. "Getting your home ready for sale is a completely different strategy to doing it up for your own taste. At times it is very hard to emotionally detach. These families are at the 'surrender' stage and their trust in me to get it right is something I don't take lightly. Tears, pain and laughter are part of the makeover journey for all involved, but seeing the look on the owner’s faces when we transform their home, makes me feel like I have the best job in the world."
You can contact Shaynna directly via her blank canvas interiors website www.blankcanvasint.com or via her personal website www.shaynnablaze.com
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One of the most popular styles these days is ‘Retro’ which is basically a combination of 60’s-70’s & 80’s interiors or being specific to the one decade.
Put the word Retro in a Google or e-bay search and lists pop-up every-where. Unfortunately if you want a bargain the style is so popular at the moment that what you could have picked up for $20 one day you now find yourself in a bidding war as its soars to $200, $300 or even some original pieces and get to $1,500.
Safety
- Modern blinds have cords that are potentially dangerous so make sure you have a chain mechanism with its guide at a height a toddler or small child cant reach. Many dangerous accidents have happened that could have been avoided but simple attention to safety.
Designs And Designers That Influence Our ‘australian Style’
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Wednesday, October 28
by Shaynna
Our bathroom is a lifestyle and the square meterage allocated to the area is now double, even triple, if you count most homes have an en-suite ( 1 or 2 bedrooms), main bathroom and powder room. An ensuite to your Master bedroom is almost a necessity when selling your home in today’s market.
Let Andrew Winter and the team transform your home, so you have the best possible chance of a sale.
If you're interested in appearing on the show or know someone who is, click on the following link:
SELLING HOUSES AUSTRALIA - SERIES 3
A kitchen is a large investment in our home and it deserves your time and energy to let it deliver the best possible outcome for your needs.
The best way to look at it is to do a checklist – This checklist will highlight questions you need to pay attention to (and it might trigger more for you)
Give yourself time to work in your kitchen and see what type of kitchen you need. This will be your building block for your kitchen and next time we will go through the details of what we need to address.
But a common question is “What is the difference between an Interior Designer and Interior Decorator?”
These explanations taken from the Design Institute of Australia website are a great breakdown of what is involved.
