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As Melbournians we’ve spent a lot of 2020 in our homes, (massive understatement we know!) staring at the same four walls, but it is still really exciting to be looking forward to Christmas and our summer holidays and time with family and friends.  This year, however,...

Remember going away on holidays, arriving to your beautiful accommodation and that amazing feeling of arrival when you enter your room? Imagine a beautifully styled bed, curated art on the walls, a sitting area, sleep inducing blackout window coverings, coordinated...

Here at MBA we are keenly aware that the popular tv show The Block is a source of inspiration for a lot of our clients.  Our clients see styles, colours and materials that feel new and current to them.  This year we have made a point of checking in on the reveals so...

Do you feeling like you’re camping, or making do in your home? A guest or an interloper in a space that doesn’t feel like it’s truly yours?  This comes from a variety of reasons, but sometimes it’s the result of a move, and it’s actually something that’s often really...

One warm summers day we received a call from a client that had finally had enough with their dated living and dining rooms.  Having lived in the house for 30 years and not making any major changes from the original build of the 1950’s house we were called in to make...

Spring has sprung! The days are longer and lighter and the feeling of hibernation (hello Melbourne 2020) feels like it is reaching the end.  This time of year is a great time to give your home a spring clean and refresh.  Switching out accessories that are dark and...

  Very little can cause disharmony in the home quite like the concept of cushions. How many are too many? According to some, all of them. And by ‘some’, we mean Mr MBA, aka Sophie’s husband.   It seems the ongoing saga that is cushions isn’t limited to...

We understand that the designer you chose to work with should be confident and decisive but working with an interior designer does not mean you aren’t heard and your style not shown.  There is a gentle balance to a healthy design relationship that should result in...

We’ve had our gift vouchers available for a number of years now. They came about simply because we kept being asked for them as an alternative to what’s out there for people from the health and wellness-type options. We get it, a gift of nurturing and self care are truly appreciated and show love and care, but this year we need to be a little more creative with how we show this.

A year or so ago we received an SOS call from a lovely client of ours. Why the emergency? A friend had spilt a cup of hot tea on her brand new cobalt blue sofa. We had just had it made for her earlier that month, so she was understandably beside herself in panic! Was...

Have you ever visited our Ideabooks on Houzz? They’re a curation of our favourite interiors a mix of ours and of our colleagues, sorted against themes that we have far too much fun naming, which is a story for another day… One of the most saved images in our Houzz...

  Have you ever built a home from scratch? We work with a lot of people who are building their home with a volume builder, and it’s surprising how many find the selections meeting the most stressful part of the whole process. Here’s our advice for getting through...

What made you decide to style your home the way you have? The number of times we’ve heard the the sofa/tv/bed/dining table is in that spot because that’s how the previous owner had it, or the picture is on that wall because the hook was already there is countless.  To...

Cast your mind back to March when we realised that our workplaces would do double duty as home/classroom/gym/restaurant/all of the above! The My Beautiful Studio is actually appropriate for physical distancing however with members of our team doing double duty of...