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elcome to the Coorparoo house built and styled by some of the leading ladies of Brisbane’s interiors scene. The soon-tobe-listed house, renovated by awardwinning builder Rachael Turner of Front Porch Properties, offered the perfect canvas for five female-led homewares brands to showcase their wares. The women united their sympatico brands – Coco Rose Interiors, Home Dweller, Lost Lover, Dutch Warehouse and More Than Ever – to bestow a fresh, boho vibe in line with Queensland living. “It was just such a great opportunity to work with other Brisbane makers and to both learn from and support each other,” says Brook Gossen from More Than Ever. Bold colours (cue the cobalt kitchen cabinets) blend with natural textures for a relaxed feel. On-trend rattan furniture and macrame cushions emphasise the laidback air, while even the art shirks the rigidity of frames. In the various spaces, botanic prints on organic canvas fabric dictate the colour palette. “We wanted to encapsulate our brands; be bohemian inspired, eclectic and fun, with a cohesive natural palette,” says Anna Sinclair from Lost Lover. Felicia Gibson from Home Dweller says the greatest reward from the project was making valuable connections in the industry. “When you are running a business on your own, it is a lot of work and you can feel very overwhelmed at times, so to talk to the other women about their challenges and successes was really reassuring and enormously helpful,” she says. Petria Leggo-Field from Coco Rose Interiors agrees. “I walked away feeling incredibly inspired, with a conviction and sense of self-belief stronger than I’d ever had before. The power you gain and lessons that can be learned from a group of women chasing their creative passions and succeeding is beyond amazing.”
Dream team Leading ladies of design apply the finishing touches to a stylish reno 1
Brisbane Airport’s Lost Property Auction
Raising money for The Courier-Mail Children’s Fund. Open 26 November to 5 December.
To grab a bargain go to pickles.com.au
BUILDER: Rachael Turner, frontporchproperties.com.au INTERIOR STYLING: cocoroseinteriors.com.au, dutchwarehouse.com.au, homedweller.com.au, lostlover.com.au, morethanever.com.au PHOTOGRAPHY AND STYLING: Louise Roche, thedesignvilla.com.au; soulstyling.com.au