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Studio Revolution

 Jemy Massie and Emily Ellis are the California interior designers behind Studio Revolution. They call their look "hipsticated, gritty, dramatic, not-too-pretty". I love it. Touches of Scandinavian,...

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LOVE!

This 1820's home is located in Santa Teresa, a 'hood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is GORGEOUS, and is the home of Bia Lessa and was completely renovated inside by architect Camila Toledo. The floor,...

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Grant K. Gibson

Grant K. Gibson is a San Francisco-based interior designer whose style I love. He mixes traditional with modern, neutrals with bold accents, antique with new. The result is a pleasurable, classy yet...

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Bondi apartment

The renovation of this Art Deco penthouse apartment at Bondi Beach, Sydney opens the interior to an external courtyard and delineates internal space by a series of joinery walls. The new sits lightly...

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Graphic

The power of simplicity. Photography by Zach DeSart.

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Antokolsky penthouse

How about a dose of modernism to make you want to de-clutter and enjoy some concrete? The Antokolsky penthouse by Pitsou Kedem Architect is pretty spectacular, and pretty freaking huge at 680 m². So...

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Ed Ritger

Enjoy some eye candy via some beautiful spaces impeccably captured by San Francisco photographer Ed Ritger. Items to note: the chairs above - cool idea to paint just the part above table level, and...

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Dark bright

I'm taking the day off today. I hope you are too Kim. It's the start of the Easter holidays. A sombre day for some, the slowest day of the year for others and the start of a chocolate filled long...

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It's a good Friday

Jo doesn't need to twist my arm to take a day off. I have a million things on my to-do list (one of which I'm actually excited to tackle = making new vignettes with all of my Almonte shopping finds)....

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Stalking leftovers

It's that time of the week. The ones that made the cut but then didn't because I hummed and hawed and changed my mind. My stalking leftovers. Why? I'm very fussy. Call me particular, finicky, choosy...

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Blog favourites as of late

The Design Files A CUP OF JO OLD BRAND NEW Pinecone Camp VINTAGE KITKA design toronto time of the aquarius STYLIZIMO BLOG The Design Files WEEKDAY CARNIVAL elisabeth heier elisabeth heier sfgirlbybay...

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Still stalking

It's Easter Monday. I'm stuffed full of chocolate Easter eggs and hot cross buns. What's a girl to do on a long weekend? Snooze? You lose. I stalk. South Melbourne, a little terrace house with modern...

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Around my house

I too will resume regular posts starting tomorrow (I didn't receive enough pet entries for today anyway). I thought since I had time this long weekend to do a bit of organizing and photography, that I...

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Garage

Fancy living in an old garage? Melbourne based architects Hearth have taken a small, utilitarian building and with clever use of space and salvaged or secondhand materials created a elementary but...

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Holiday

Escape. Sandy beaches, simple life. Relax, chill out. After all running away should be like coming home.  Holiday house in Negril, Jamaica by Knibb Design. The best things in life aren't complicated.

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El Quiosc

It is really unfortunate that Barcelona is no where near Ottawa because I would LOVE to check out this restaurant in person (and maybe even try a burger while I'm there). Alex of Blanco Azabache...

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Any dock in a storm

Sometimes I want to run away to a calmer life, a simpler house, less possessions, a safe harbour in a storm, to a house perched on a hill surrounded by bush. Today I am dreaming of chasing the late...

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So smart

Australian photographer Anson Smart is a favourite of ours - and is no stranger to the pages of this blog. His photographs are always spot on, delivering juicy eye candy at each capture. I adore each...

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Happy Friday!

Is anyone else just DYING for summer to hurry up and arrive? I want to walk on some green grass, enjoy the warm sunshine, maybe sit in a butterfly chair, hang out on a deck and have dinner al fresco....

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Stalking leftovers

It's that time of the week. The ones that almost made the cut but then didn't because I hummed and hawed and changed my mind. My stalking leftovers. Why? I'm very fussy. Call me particular, finicky,...

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