Big Bay Beach House
I can smell the salt in the air and hear the crash of relentless waves. Sand whipped up by the stiff onshore breeze stings my shins. I squint into the bright light and wonder if I'll trek down to the...
View Article80s apartment redo
If you live in Australia you know these apartments. Tired old brick exteriors with tired old plasterboard interiors. Wall to wall carpet with a collection of interesting stains, swirling, dripping...
View ArticleBarcelona lofts
It had been a while since we've heard from Rodrigo Hirsch of Spanish architecture and interior design firm Planell-Hirsch (post here), so I was excited when he emailed with photos of their latest...
View ArticleHoliday decorating in Gastown
Vancouver's interior design firm Falken Reynolds started 'Decorate Gastown' 3 years ago as a way to say thank you to shop owners for their part in making Gastown such a great neighbourhood to live and...
View ArticleAffordable art from Arte Limited
It's the final piece of jewelry for a room. The last layer that brings a space to life. It's an expression of who we are and what we love. It's the art we put on our walls and one of the most common...
View ArticleMews 04
Like a theatre set of brilliant white, this modern extension to a double fronted mews house in Hyde Park, London allows the owners' pieces to take centre stage. Art Deco meets decadence meets minalism...
View ArticleA new/old home in LA
Hunter Kenihan of design/build firm Indian Summer Investments wrote us to share a recently completed project in the hills of Silver Lake (Los Angeles) where he took a house from the 1920's down to the...
View ArticleLoftiness
It's Friday thankfully, and I have a massive of list of things I need to get done since I have the day off from my day job. I love the holidays, I just hate all the running around. Anyway, I have about...
View ArticleIsland retreat
If there is a heaven on earth then it must be in New Zealand. On a ridge above Matiatia Bay a series of concrete pavilions farewell the setting sun. Rough and monolithic meets soft and luxurious....
View ArticleChristmas gift ideas from Freedom
When I was asked to put together a Christmas gift guide by Freedom I wanted to do something a little different. Sure there are lots of great gifts in store for "him" and "her" and "me" but I wanted a...
View ArticleHoliday blogger favourites
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View ArticleThe old vicarage
"Tom just shook his head when I painted the entry hall. The kids tell everyone mummy ran out of purple paint. It's not purple by the way. It's Evening Shadow." I'd barely crossed the threshold and I...
View ArticleBah humbug round 2
Any closer to getting into the Christmas spirit? I'm still floundering. Here is my next attempt at getting my holiday mojo back. Introducing my vintage book Christmas tree stack. Now my decorations...
View ArticleMonday's pets on furniture
If you'd like to send me photos to include in next week's "pets on furniture" post, please ensure your photos follow my basic rules: First, the pet must be on a piece of furniture. And said piece of...
View ArticlePastel confection
Her name is Sophia. She is an artist, she is single but casually dating a couple of guys right now trying to figure out what she wants in a forever man. She loves a cocktail or 2 in the evenings, and...
View ArticleMore please
I'd love to see more of this New York apartment by Marc Webb and Naoko Takenouchi, the husband-and-wife team behind Singapore-based studio Takenouchi Webb, more widely know for their hospitality...
View ArticleResidência Maranhão
Mauricio Arruda is a freaking genius. His designs (that we've featured often) are always fun, quirky, modern, and creative, and full of energy. This home is a 200 sq m apartment built in the 50s that...
View ArticleLar doce lar
Here is one more Mauricio Arruda beauty. I love every square inch of this home. FUN!
View ArticleInside Out
Oh how I've been hanging out for the new Inside Out. I'm such an addict! An email from Lee Tran Lam, Managing Editor, gave me little butterflies of excitement. I knew she would be sharing another...
View ArticleDouble dose of Inside Out
Ready for our second sneak peek inside the pages of the latest issue of Inside Out? How about this amazing home?! "The second home – styled by Jason Grant and photographed by Prue Ruscoe – is...
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