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.

Most popular ‘My home’ articles

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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Gina needs your help to pick pendant lights!

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Our house is nearing completion and it's time for me to order our pendant lights... Problem is, I can't decide and need your help to...

Gina’s home: Ensuite room reveal

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Today I'm really excited because it's ensuite room reveal day! During our build, I called on your help to plan the layout and select...

Construction Update 19: My birthday wish came true and a surprise...

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The suspense is finally over and I’m happy to report we made it into our new house in time for my birthday, hooray! It...

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 Christmas tree and her top Christmas tree styling tips

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Christmas is just 5 weeks away and while most of you will be holding out til 1 December to put up your Christmas trees,...

My bathroom mistakes to avoid!

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I recently shared our black and white main bathroom and as much I love certain features in this space... there are a lot of...

Construction update 13: Cold weather causing delays

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I was so optimistic in my last update... I think I even predicted we would have finished painting by now? Well, that hasn't happened,...

Patrick’s palm tree bedroom glow up: Boy’s bedroom design

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For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you’d know I went on a bit of a reno spree recently to refresh all...

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...

Creating a kids learning from home space: Patrick’s room reshuffle

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It's such a crazy time in the world right now and I'm sure like me, most parents are wondering how they're going to manage...

Planning my new laundry room

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Last week I shared my very embarrassing, real life laundry space and how it's one of my biggest building regrets! The time has finally...

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,...

Construction update 6: Polishing the concrete

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It has been a hot and messy few days at the block as we're polishing the concrete in the living / kitchen / dining...

Construction update 16: Timber flooring, kitchen benchtop and even a spot...

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In my last construction update I asked 'When the frig will my house be finished' and optimistically hoped I would move in four weeks...

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 home: A peek inside my creative workspace

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Since having baby Patrick, I've been spending more time working from home in my office than ever before. Actually, it's more like a creative...

Gina’s home: Guest bedroom refresh

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It was just under 3 years ago that I first shared our guest bedroom on the blog. This space remains one of my favourite...

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...

DIY terrazzo side table: Make your own luxe stone side table

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The best DIYs are often the simplest. And this DIY terrazzo side table tutorial is as simple as they come... provided you can get...

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...

Dinosaur themed boy’s room: A peek inside Patrick’s big boy room

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I wanted to do something special for Patrick before Baby #2 arrives — which could be almost be any day now that I'm 37...

Gina’s home: Guest bedroom reveal

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I know I seem say this about every room reveal but the guest bedroom is one of my favourite rooms in our home! With my...

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...

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...