
Editorials
Hunting for George. Interview with Sharron Tancred
With 14 years of residential and commercial commissions to her name, Sharron Tancred is all about breaking the rules on how we create, buy and use art. Through Tailored Artworks and The Mural Shop, she fosters positive connections between people and spaces nationwide.
How art can inspire your home renovation
These days, sadly, art plays second fiddle in the design process due to a lack of understanding on what art does. Indeed, for many home renovators, it is a struggle even to understand how design works because it, like art, it has a language all to itself. Celebrity...
Art is the latest Kitchen Designer’s Muse! Six tech-savvy finishes to muse over!
Art featured in The Block and The Block Splashbacks have opened the eyes of DIY Home renovators who in turn have requested more from Interior Designers. In a world where luxury kitchen designs meant marble everywhere, now Art is the new Kitchen Designer's Muse. ...
Smart Healthy Women Magazine. How to make your child’s bedroom decor last from childhood to teen
Sharron Tancred is a Customised Artwork Specialist with training in interior decorating, colour psychology, graphic design and illustration, and helps you to create your more beautiful and meaningful interior decor with personalised art that tells your story but is made to the rules of interior design;.
My Deal. The best bathroom styling tips from interiors experts
f you thought your bathroom didn’t need to be styled; think again. It’s not the most common room to focus on your decor but a beautiful bathroom is worth the effort. It’ll take your morning routine from bothersome to pampering and give your guests a welcoming feel.
5 ways to build your kid’s confidence through art
Art is a natural obsession for children as soon as they can grasp a crayon and scrawl on your wall but how can YOU use their inner genius to improve your home décor and their sense of self-worth and outer confidence?
My Deal. Create your own bachelorette pad like Carrie Bradshaw!
A quick browse on Instagram or Pinterest will quickly show you the lifestyle that many women aspire to have these days: waking up to a view of the city.
The Sydney Morning Herald. Freelancers thrive in brave new world.
Creative pursuits like painting and performing may be fuelled by passion, but that’s not usually enough to convert them into lucrative careers.
Australian Ageing Agenda. Tech helping connections during Vic lockdown
A Victorian aged care facility is using technology to help keep residents connected to loved ones and entertained during the state’s stage four coronavirus restrictions.
ABC Article: Colourful murals are helping ‘prompt memories’ as well as keeping people with dementia safe
It is one thing to paint a beautiful mural, but it is another to design one that improves the safety and wellbeing of the people that view it — and that’s exactly what Brisbane-based artist Sharron Tancred is doing, for people with dementia.
Wrapt in future business. Not so wrapt in the world’s dementia stats.
DEMENTIA DOOR WRAPS - why are they necessary at all? As Tailored Artworks looks to help Aged Care Companies perfect their assisted living environments, it is sad to research the statistics and note that dementia is on the rise. ...
Podcast Interview on Ants Talk
"'I love getting into people's heads to draw out their story as Customised Artworks that fix decors according to the rules of interior design, colour psychology etc. I also design and install murals that solve problems for dementia - stopping residents from wanting...
Desmore Chats Podcast: How art for homes creates an uplifting decor
On an episode of “The Desmore Chats With Podcast” artist and decorator Sharron Tancred shares with Desmore and her listeners how we can create feel good spaces. In particular, how incorporating mood-boosting art for homes and offices can increase your energy, vitality...
Why buying original art became so expensive. Sharron Tancred’s mission to build it in, affordably.
What is Art interior design? It is all about private art commissions. Since 2006, as artist, decorator and founder of Tailored Artworks and The Mural Shop, I've been surprised by clients saying they never knew anything like private art commissions were available to...
How growing your child’s dream through visualisation… will help you!
An increasing amount of young adults are coming back home after their "failure to launch". How can you help them, help you? Is the answer to help your child to realise their dreams earlier? What the statistics for kids who now find and follow their passion? Artist...
How Designers can use Bathroom Finishes to create the illusion of space!
Bathroom Finishes and Bathroom Design is big business. Boutique Home Builders, Architects, Building Designers and Interior Designers, appreciate that bathroom design makes up 61% compared to 56% kitchens within the home renovation market. While some Bathroom Finishes...
7 ways your home decor can feel more loving
We all want to feel at ease within our family home, and proud to welcome guests. Home decorating is where you show that you love and are loved, but unless you want to surround yourself with hundreds of photos of the kids—a trend now well out of date in interior...
How do our animal instincts influence our home/workplace interiors?
Common human traits can suggest that our masculinity or femininity affects our subliminal beliefs on interior decor style. Consequently, some of our more annoying male or female habits can be improved from a little understanding of the rules of interior design and...
Hospitality and Mood: 5 ways art improves the dining experience
We all eat. Some of us eat more than others! Did you know that the consumption of sugar and carbs creates the craving to eat more? Can hospitality environmental design also affect the craving to consume? Research and life experience sais yes. Colour psychology,...
How Interior Designers can please the discerning client with individualism
Story by Kitchen and Bathroom Designers Association.The art of Interior Design is, for designers, pleasing clients from all walks of life, those on a budget and those not. Some clients want to follow the trends, others who love bespoke, and then those who are...
Boys and Why Blue is Best.
Boys are the men of our future, and we need them to be leaders, truthful and strong- not “poor me”. As women, we respect men who are caring and empathetic, even in touch with their feminine side, men who communicate rather than keeping it all in and men who can think...
Unique Patio and Balcony Tips from past to present
In Australia we all love our outdoor living areas. Patios and balconies are those smaller spaces found outside our terrace houses, apartments and workers cottages. In comparison to the old Queenslander’s expanses of cool verandah, with their traditional awnings and...
Unique Living Room Tips from a Customised Artwork Specialist!
When you have large open plan spaces in your home that lack style, colour or design features thanks to great expanses of wall, so common in architecture these days, I am one of those designers who can solve the problem, with just one thing.It isn’t more furniture,...
Kiddipedia Q & A with Sharron Tancred on Kids Creativity
Kiddipedia Interview: What skills can art teach children? One of Australia's premier resources for parents, interviews me on my views regarding childhood creativity. Including decorating and confidence building, kids with impairments or dyslexia, there's something in...
Women’s Magazine: How to solve the newly wedded décor clash
Newlywed decor clashes happen all the time. You meet, fall in love and hold off on moving in together untill the time’s right only to discover your tastes in décor somewhat clash! And, it does happen, a lot. You may find that you love modern and edgy and he wants...
Hire a dyslexic for genius like Einstein, Da Vinci, Picasso or Spielberg
Here's how employers can learn how to harness the vast gifts that just a precious 10% of our population has: Dyslexia. Dyslexia endow us, I have it, with the ability to think outside of the box while multi-tasking, and create unique and problem-solving ideas and...
Common problem spaces and how art fixes them
Whether you are building, buying or decorating your home, they will all share common problems – walls, and your need for feature wall ideas! Did you know that some walls can be incredibly hard to decorate? Walls like pesky stairwells and art niches, tall skinny...
How to declutter and balance your space
Home clutter can feel overwhelming, messy and out of control. Decluttering doesn't mean eliminating the most prominent objects, but the smaller ones! Clutter in a small space causes less overall space for movement and feels closed in. Know that the more significant...
Looking to renovate? Who do you need: Builder, Architect, Interior Designer or Decorator?
Think you need a Brisbane Builder? When building, renovating and decorating, who should you use for what job? The answer is, the builder doesn't design. Firstly, you'll discover that Brisbane Builders will not give you a quote if you are not ready to proceed...
Six Ways Your Home Decor Can Feel More Loving
We all want to feel at ease within our homes, and proud to welcome guests. Your home is where you show that you love and are loved, but bar surrounding yourself with hundreds of photos—a trend now well out of date in interior decorating—what tactics can you use to...
How Dementia Facilities can stop gents peeing on doors and walls; and other problems.
What is the point of murals for dementia? well...imagine yourself locked in a dementia facility, with your vision muted and yellowed, an inability to remember timeframes, faces, the stress of being unable to escape the typical aged care decor and also struggling to...
How to maximise space in your small family home
Multiple bedrooms and a sprawling backyard is the Aussie dream for most families. But in today’s housing market affording what you want (or as much space as you think you need) can seem like a faraway dream. Living happily in a small home doesn’t have to...