ALL IN MOOLOOLABA ON THE SUNSHINE COAST HAS STEPPED UP TO A SUPREME STATURE, WITH A SPACE THAT TOWERS OVER EVEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST CITY SALONS. THE ALL SPACE IS A COMPLETELY CUSTOM BUILT CREATIVE HOME WHERE YOU’LL GET LOST IN THE DESIGN DETAIL AT EVERY TURN, WRITES CAMERON PINE.
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ou’re forgiven for wondering what The All Space actually is. Is it a salon or creative community? Is it a content space, a hair and beauty space or an education space? One thing is certain, and that’s the unique blend of industrial concrete, white and stone with the softness of life’s simple handmade pleasures that make it truly special. Once you take a step inside this artisan inspired venue you’ll understand why it’s well personified by its name, The All Space, and the true reasons why owners Sara and Dan Briscoe have gone all in. Spanning an iconic corner block, it’s not often we see a brand new custom built salon from the ground up of this scale – and the long journey to now has been one of immense discovery and dedication to being the best they can be. Housing the Roca Verde salon team and the Original Face beauty team, the All Space is the result of a growing collective of like-minded creatives. Since Roca Verde first opened their salon in 2007 with just 50 square metres and one apprentice, Sara has always been about putting the soul into hairdressing and lifting the general profile of salons on the Sunshine Coast. “Pre COVID in 2019 we started to look for a new space to buy. I was getting itchy feet and needed a project. Quite simply we were running out of space but I always wanted to create something with a true handmade feel. We looked all over the 48 INSTYLE
Sunshine Coast, from Moffat Beach all the way up the coast with a very distinct idea of what we wanted to create, it made it even more challenging,” said Sara. “It was difficult because of council regulations. You can’t just throw a salon up in an industrial area – we are limited on the Sunshine Coast which makes it hard to create something as unique as this,” she said. Once the search was complete Sara and Dan still had to advertise for six months and spend 40 thousand dollars for registering a ‘change of usage’. “It’s so hard to get an industrial space and you run a real risk of buying a property and being stuck with a debt and not being able to do what you want with it – that was our first and biggest challenge we had to overcome,” she said. Success was finally reached right at the beginning of COVID when they found a pack of low rise shops that were on a month by month lease. “Prior to this in early 2020 we cooled it a bit just because we couldn’t find anything. COVID hit and we thought it was going to be around a long time, so we really had to move and make more space,” Sara said. “We didn’t want to just to operate with social distancing, we wanted to thrive in a completely customised space. We are still going with our yet to be determined mezzanine level that we are working on approvals for now. For me it was important to have a workable space and I’m so fortunate my husband is a builder because I’m definitely that fussy client.” Without delving inside it’s hard to appreciate the detail that’s gone into the level of finish and overall attention to the aesthetic at every corner. Once inside you really appreciate the materials and finishes chosen to house the 13 plus salon staff to ensure the staff and clients are on not on top of each other. In fact, clients
