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Lily & Oscar

I recently started following an Instagram account which captured my attention, which lead me to an online store, and a Facebook account....and I was soon totally smitten. lointerior is the Instagram...

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Nicole Franzen encore

There's a passion in photographer Nicole Franzen's work. I've raved about it before. Self taught and oh so talented. Food, lifestyle, travel. A wonderful way to make your way in life, through a...

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Chrystobel Crescent

A Federation style house and a modern extension. An earlier renovation that just wasn't working for the owners. Enter Multiplicity who have taken the addition, changed ceiling heights, opened walls...

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Monday'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 these basic rules: First, the pet must be on a piece of furniture. And said piece of...

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Bungalow 5 giveaway!

I am really excited to announce that we have a giveaway for you all running this week and the prize is pretty sweet! One of our sponsors, the lovely folks over at Bungalow 5, are offering THE LAMP OF...

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Bedroom love

I love this bedroom. The simplicity. The lack of colour. The rumpled cotton bedding. Whatever the hell that is going on in the windows. Via Domino. 

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Home for a collector

"Striking the perfect balance between discipline and revolt, Alexandra Loew's approach to design begins with a client's desire and culminates in an environment that is focused, artful and unexpected."...

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Wake refreshed

Beautiful minty goodness. Interior design by Tom Scheerer. Photography by Francesco Lagnese. Love it!

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Rocking chair love

Anson Smart A few weeks ago when hubby and I were antiquing in small town Ontario, I spotted an old wooden rocking chair outside of a shop right where we parked our car. Each time we brought a load of...

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House G

Hellooooooo dream home! A conversion (in this case a barn) - check! Rustic on the outside, modern on the inside - check! Exposed beams - check! Open concept - check! Concrete floors - check! Modern...

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Pool house

My first question on seeing this project by 3rd UNCLE was "If this is the pool house what is the house like?!" My next question was "How do they get the guests to go home?" Almost simultaneously I was...

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Simple beauty

Sometimes mother nature does the best accessorising. Beauty captured by photographer Francesco Lagnese.

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Robson Rak Architects - Toorak

What a beautiful home by Australian architecture and design firm Robson Rak. It is a 1930's home in Melbourne's Toorak that already had beautiful original details (shutters, cornices, skirting boards)...

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Robson Rak Architects - Elwood

The front façade of this beautiful Edwardian home is gorgeous, but does not provide any sort of hint as to what is found on the inside. Another incredible renovation by Robson Rak Architects. The...

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Stalking two terraces in Sydney - no. 1

I'm stalking two houses in Paddington, Sydney today. Both Victorian era terrace houses just a few blocks apart but at opposite ends of the style spectrum. Here's number one. A corner terrace with an...

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Stalking two terraces in Sydney - no. 2

The second of today's stalking targets. Just moments from the other house but so different. A worn patina to its facade and a country meets artist meets historical meets faded charm feel. Favourite...

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D. L. Rhein

Deborah Rhein is an artist and designer, and is known as the Zhush doctor. Why (or HUH) you ask? I have this uncanny ability to walk into a room and begin the transformation process in my head. It...

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Another loft to love

Give me any type of loft, any day of the week and I am on cloud nine. Include a kitchen with exposed brick wall, concrete countertops, reclaimed wood cabinets and Jieldé lights and I am drooling all...

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Stalking a third terrace house

Just one more I promise. An end of row corner terrace house, small in size, big on style. The kitchen/breakfast seating/courtyard is wonderful. So much light and sense of space from such a tiny...

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BarlisWedlick

One day, when I no longer work downtown and have to worry about commuting (which is why my current house is a 30 minute walk to work), I would love to live in a home in the middle of nowhere. A home...

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