

Hello! I am Shakira Van Vugt.
I am a property + interior stylist/designer. I am located in Melbourne on the Mornington Peninsula. I have grown up here and love it here!
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So first off lets clear up the elephant in the room guys! I was born a good seven years before anyone had heard of the blonde, hip shaking singer from across the globe, no, I am not named after that Shakira!
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Skip a few years later to me, freshly graduated from high school, 18 years old, skipping out on a scholarship to university to do the retail management slog, spending my days doing work that wasn’t exactly creatively fulfilling, dreaming about the amazing holidays and places I could be seeing but not having the time or money to do it.
I, not so soon, realised I hated what I was doing so I quit. Just like that. Took a massive plunge and went to back to university to study a Diploma of Visual Merchandising + Styling... and from there a Diploma of Interior Design + Decoration - WIN WIN WIN! I loved it. I had found the things I loved doing, styling, designing. Creativity is something I had always loved. I was always drawing, designing and creating things as a child - so it finally clicked that this is where I should be.

I decided to give my life the ol’ ‘stuff it’ approach, and quit my job to see if I could make a go of the freelance/self-employment thing and I have not looked back since.
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I’ve worked with a whole handful of retail and homewares companies to learn the things I now know about styling and design. As a freelancer I spent time working with many property styling companies and stylists, soaking in as much as I could. I even went back to RMIT in Melbourne to teach a few workshops about Styling and Design. (I know, crazyyyyy, I felt so chuffed about it.)
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This brings me to where I am today, ready to help you and styling interiors.
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SO what NOW...
STYLING + DESIGNING HOMES IS WHAT I DO!!