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The Stables

If they told me there was no room at the inn and I would have to sleep in the stables I'd be very, very happy. Just a glimpse into the historic 100-year-old stables building converted into an...

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Walker Workshop

Walker Workshop is a Los Angeles based design-build firm founded by Noah Walker in 2010 with the intent of creating well-crafted modern structures. Our aesthetic is warmly minimal with careful...

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Studio Oink's latest

Lea Korzeczek and Matthias Hiller of German interior designer/stylist team Studio Oink have just completed a styling project called Natural Life in Denmark. Unpretentious, effortless, honest,...

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Let's make something beautiful together

I was wandering through instagram when one turn then another bought me out at the home of the Jersey Ice Cream Company. Here's the thing. They do not actually make ice cream but their creations are...

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Weekend

Any plans? Anything exciting? Or like me are you squeezing in house cleaning and grocery shopping between family and work commitments? I'm hoping that Kim takes photos of her new house and shares them...

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Lucy Harris

Here is a sample of some projects by New York City interior designer Lucy Harris. I appreciate her classy, somewhat minimal designs and how she keeps things edgy with bold photography as art,...

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Livin' large in a small space

I am loving this little 56m2 apartment in Warsaw, Poland - the work of Klara Wesol of KW Studio. It is located on the 4th floor of a modernist building built in the 30's and was reconfigured and...

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Stalking leftovers

It's that time of the week. The houses that made the cut 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 and...

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Stalking ferro-cement organic

I never thought I would catch myself typing the words ferro-cement organic. Being of a certain age I have vague memories of chicken wire and concrete disasters lurking in under house games rooms or...

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I want to be here

Just off the coast from Brisbane is beautiful sand island, Stradbroke Island, a holiday destination for most and home for a lucky few. Beach shacks were common, cobbled together from whatever could be...

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Monday's pets on furniture

If you would 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...

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All moved in - part 2

I thought you might like a peek into the rest of my house. This post will include the second and third floors and the backyard. The basement is a disaster so you will see that eventually.  This window...

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Strandwood House

Sitting snugly on the Gager marina on Rügen Island, Germany is a simple, stylish house that references its site, the history and construction of the boat houses that hug the shore. Think casual,...

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I want to be here

I've changed my mind. I want to be here where the pool meets the rainforest. Perched in the hills of the Atlantic Forest in Guarujá on the São Paulo coast. The AMA house by Jacobsen Arquitetura.  

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Tribe Studio, again

Jo has been known to spread the love for Australian architecture firm Tribe Studio (see here - I am still in love with those black bookcases with lights hanging above  - and here) but now it is my...

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LOVE!

LOVE the neutral colour palette in this space, and that super cute TV/media centre. Super easy DIY folks!Photo via Carl Dahlstedt 

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Time to go home

Is it possible not to want to leave the office when it is time to go home? Can you like a workspace so much that you just want to move in a bed and call it home? If my work environment looked like the...

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Reading nook

Escape within the pages of a book and reality is suspended. The hours pass but you won't notice. You'll be in another time, another world, another body and if you are very, very lucky you'll be in...

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More from Catlin Stothers

It has been a while since Jo shared some spaces created by Montreal interior designer Catlin Stothers....and when I spotted this one I had to share. It is modern rustic cabin at its finest. The colour...

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Just a really sweet kitchen

Again, from the lovely Catlin Stothers. Complete with fourteen foot island. 

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