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About 18 years ago, I had a funky, beachthemed salon, called the Bleach Hut; it was very cool. We had half surfboards sticking out of the wall that acted as our styling stations; yellow sand tiles, driftwood mirrors and mirrors framed with flip flops. We had really bright acid green, yellow and orange walls, Hawaiian shirts on the walls – we even had a stuffed shark on the window! It was very, very cool, but fortunately for my clients my /42
taste has changed since then! With this salon, I was going for more of a boutique feel with a luxurious baroque or regal twist, underpinned with retro accents. We had been trading for a couple of years several doors along from our new location so I had already done the hard work of choosing the colours. I wanted to replicate our old salon on a much bigger, more grand scale. I really like interior design so I enjoy putting things like this together. The idea behind the colour originally came from my bank; several years ago it had a makeover and they chose