MY HOME

Interior Designer Gina Ciancio shares the journey of her home build on Style Curator. From the planning stage to building, and now the never-ending job of styling and personalising her home, she shares it all.

See the journey from run-down ex-guvvie house to their new architectural home. Designed by architect Rob Henry, the build of Gina’s contemporary Australian house is now complete. Learn from Gina’s building lessons, like her bathroom mistakes to avoid.

And now she shares updates of how she’s continually redecorating rooms or finishing off projects on the to do list.

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Gina’s recent bathroom renovation is one of the most popular articles on Style Curator. With a video tour of the space and plenty of before and after photos, check out her bathroom remodel.

The epic outdoor play space Gina created for her two young boys is also trending. Get inspired to create a fun outdoor cubby area for your kids.

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Planning my living room makeover and a peek at the progress...

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There's one zone of my house I've never managed to get quite right — our living room! When we first moved in, my old brown...

Gina’s bathroom renovation: Take a peek around my new bathroom

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It's been a while in the making but I'm so excited to FINALLY share our bathroom renovation with you! For those of you who...

My new laundry is taking shape: A peek at Gina’s laundry...

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Just a couple of weeks ago, my laundry was a wall of ad-hoc cabinetry along one wall in my garage (see it here). It...

Construction update 9: Taking shape and the freakout

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OK so for those of you who have been following the construction updates of our home build, you would know this is our first...

Gina’s home: Kitchen room reveal

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Today I'm (FINALLY) sharing our kitchen room reveal with you! Firstly, I've got to say huge thanks to all the readers who shared their tips...

Australian themed boy’s room: Alexander’s big boy room

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As much as I'd love Alexander to stay my baby forever, he's not on board and has made major leaps recently — both figuratively...

Gina’s front yard: the plan, the ‘before’ and progress to date

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If you follow me on Instagram, you would know my front yard isn't really much of a front yard at all. Dirt-patch-meets-weed-garden would be...

Time to start planning the kitchen

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The slab to our house has just been poured and now it's already time to start planning our kitchen... and I need your help! I've...

Construction update 17: One step forwards, two steps backwards

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Why oh why did I jinx myself with my last construction update when I said I finally believed I'm 'so close' to moving in?! It's...

Gina’s minimalist modern bedroom makeover

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It was a while in the making but I'm so excited to share my completed master bedroom makeover with you! From grey and dull...

Gina’s home: Dining room reveal

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My dining space has been the slowest room in our house to get into shape... mainly because I needed to invest in all new...

Construction update 3: Site cut, footings and floor plans revealed

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It's been two weeks since our house was demolished and things are starting to move along quickly. I've got a bit to share with you...

How I built a ledge wall in our bedroom: Convex wall...

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If you follow me on Instagram, this week you may have seen our master bedroom makeover. I transformed our grey (and let's be honest,...

Gina’s living room makeover

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For the past few weeks I've been reworking my living room — taking it from a space that never felt quite 'right' to one...

Where I started when designing and building our new home

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The other day I received an email from a reader who was about to start renovating two houses, with different objectives, and described herself...

Gina’s home: New black track ceiling mount light in the kitchen

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It may have taken 2 years but I finally found the perfect light for our kitchen. Presenting a sleek, matte black track light with...

Baby Style Curator #2, Meet Alexander

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You may have noticed things have been a little quieter on the blog this week — we've all been too busy enjoying newborn snuggles! Last...

Gina’s home: Master bedroom reveal

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It's time for another room reveal of my home and today I'm sharing our master bedroom! This is my favourite space in our home. I...

Creating an epic outdoor play area for your child

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I recently shared Patrick's Kmart hack cubby and mentioned that it was part of a larger play area I was making him. Today, I'm...

Construction update 18: A race to the finish!

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You may have read in my last construction update (which was rather depressing, sorry!) that it's my birthday this month. YAY!! And all I...

Construction update 2: House demolition

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They came in like a wrecking baaaaalll... All I could hear in my head during our house demolition was Miley Cyrus' 'Wrecking Ball' song. In...

Kitchen planning: See Gina’s kitchen ideas

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OK, this is the space I'm finding the trickiest to commit decisions but I can't put it off any longer! You might have read in...

Construction update 1: Pre-demolition

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The demolition date to knock down our ex-guvvie house is locked in — Monday 8 September 2014 — and today I want to show...

Gina’s home: Hidden under-stair cubby (makeshift playroom)

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A little while ago, I became desperate to find a solution to minimise the huge volume of bright, plastic kids toys that were taking...