Factory Convent Schoolhouse Home: Soulful Transformations of Unusual Spaces

About the Author

Lynda Gardener is an Australia-based interior stylist. She has been credited internationally as the founder of one of the first global lifestyle stores, Empire, which she started in her twenties in Melbourne and ran successfully for over two decades. Simultaneously, for the past thirty years, she has slowly built a portfolio of individual boutique hotel rental properties that have become synonymous with her trademark style, collector s eye, and a love of the unique. Lynda also consults on design and interior styling projects for both commercial and residential clients in Australia and abroad. Her work is regularly featured in high-profile international magazines including Country Style, Elle Decor, Homes & Gardens, and Vogue Living. Lynda is the coauthor, with Ali Heath, of the book Curate. Lean Timms is an Australian travel and lifestyle photographer with over a decade of experience working across editorial, commercial, and publishing photography. Forever exploring and full of curiosity for this world, Lean loves nothing more than to discover and document inspiring places and stories. She has photographed numerous books, including Ikaria by Meni Valle and the Little Library series by Kate Young, and her work has been published in a number of notable national and international magazines, including Vogue Living, Conde Nast Traveler, Country Style, QANTAS Travel Insider, and Domino.