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INTERIOR DESIGN

Why I love Melbourne Residential Interior Design

Residential interior design in Melbourne in my true passion, from transforming grand old buildings, re-imagining tired midcentury gems to working on amazing new architecturally designed homes. A true Melbournian myself, I love exploring all that Melbourne has to offer, from the suburbs to the streets. I draw from all of my experiences to create truly

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FLOWERS

Home Blooms

As you might have gathered I am a little bit obsessed with beautiful blooms, especially in my home! I especially love to have seasonal flowers, not only do they reflect the seasons of the year and bring a little bit of that indoors, but they are also at their best when in season and great

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INTERIOR DESIGN

How to Elevate Your Home Interior Design

Have you been wondering what are a few simple ways you can elevate your home interior design? Well if you have I have a few key tips on how you can elevate your home interior design today in 5 simple steps! One: Textiles One of the simplest ways to transform your home interior design is

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FLOWERS

Exploring Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne

One of my favourite places to visit in Melbourne in Spring is the Fitzroy Gardens in East Melbourne! As far as gardens go in Melbourne the Fitzroy Gardens are at the top of my list, from fountains and old trees to winding paths and magnificent floral displays you will be lost in a magical world

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ARCHITECTURE

Project Profile – Bridport House South Melbourne

Today I wanted to share a very special project “Bridport House”. Bridport House is a home that I decorated and remoulded in South Melbourne. I had worked very closely with my clients on their previous house, a beautiful grand Victorian in Melbourne’s Ascot Vale. For their Ascot Vale house we had assembled a beautiful collection of

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DESIGN

What is True Luxury today?

In a world where everything is marked as luxury, from fashion and travel to our lifestyle and home, What is true Luxury Today? It can be hard to truly spot what is really luxury and what is just marketed as such. Most of us, when we pause to think about it, do understand what true

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HOME

Beautiful Autumnal colours…

Day Trips for the Soul…Nature has always been by biggest inspiration, from magical days at the beach to walks through majestic ancient rainforests, remnants from another time. So its not wonder that the colours of autumn are one of my favourite times of the year! I love to walk through parks and paddocks filled with

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DESIGN

Why get a decorator when I can DIY?

With DIY becoming more and more a part of our lives, from the endless TV shows, YouTube channels and constant Instagram #diy posts it can be easy to think that DIY is the way to go! However as an interior designer and interior decorator I see DIY from a slightly different perspective, read on, and

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FLOWERS

The 5 Best Flowers that will Last and Last!

I have a serious passion for fresh flowers, and as much as I dream of a garden over flowering with endless blooms, alas my garden is not such! As much as I love roses, tulips and peonies they do not have the greatest vase life which has lead me to keeping a more open mind

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green interior
DESIGN

What is the Gabriel Jacka Interior Design difference?

As with all of us it can be hard to write about ourselves, however I do believe that knowing what someone can bring to your project is extremely important in getting a good result that will give you years of pleasure. Please ready along and I will share with you a little about how I

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ENTERTAINING

It’s my Birthday!

With the world in such a bizarre state it is nice to escape all of the day to day realities with a good distraction and what is a better distraction than ones own birthday! Making the most of a birthday at home can be more fun than you may expect, my aim was to make

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DESIGN

How to transform your home while you’re in isolation…

What an interesting time to be alive, our world that never seems to rest has been placed on pause, how can we take advantage of this time to transform our homes and our lives? Read on, and I will share a few things that I have found therapeutic, and also a few things that we

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