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Heaven has a name
... and it's Scrubby Bay. Nestled between the rolling hills of Annandale, a working farm and luxury holiday escape east of Christchurch, New Zealand, is a private guest house for 14. Remote,...
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Old and new
Love the mix of modern and traditional, concrete and gilt. Devonport, Auckland house renovations by McKinney + Windeatt Architects.
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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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Andrea Johnson Design
Vancouver interior designer Andrea Johnson is all about style and comfort, chic and elegant spaces that are fresh and timeless. The first thing I thought of when I began looking through her portfolio...
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Long Courtyard House
A modern extension to an inner Sydney house sees contemporary concrete and timber "boxes" provide the owners with courtyard living as well as extra living space. Love the sliding walls that open the...
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Bureaux Limited
Bureaux is the New Zealand architecture firm of Jessica Barter and Maggie Carroll. I featured one of their incredible projects here the other day. This post is a sample of the other residential...
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City Terrace
A beautiful and practical retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city. An Amsterdam terrace by interior architect Conny Deerenberg.
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Stalking wee white
Small and white, clean and bright .... ooops that's a couple of lines from the song Edelweiss but if they truly applied to this Woollahra, Sydney garden apartment you'd have to include stylish,...
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A renovated Park Slope brownstone
And here I thought my new home had lots of beautiful architectural detail. This Park Slope, NY brownstone renovated by Abelow Sherman Architects has incredible panelling, moldings, stained glass and...
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Sleek kitchen makeover
A stylish kitchen makeover by Boston based architectural firm Bunker Workshop. Tired and dated becomes bright, light, sleek and contemporary.
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Here
If the world was perfect you'd find me here, glass in hand, waiting for your arrival. Hawkesbury Managers House by Herriot + Melhuish: Architecture and Marmol Radziner and Associates.
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A Maryland shore cottage
We received the following email from a reader named Lloyd recently: I would like to share some photos of my dear friend's cottage on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Charlotte Riggs is an artist, teacher...
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Inspiration for my foyer
The Design Files I have been hearing alot here on the blog and on Instagram that I should paint my woodwork. I am seriously considering it...but not in my foyer. It would just be too much work and I...
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In the dog box
Three young architects quit their jobs, form their own firm, buy a cheap block of land and spend a year building their design themselves and end up in the dog box. Sorry that should read end up with...
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Bruno Suet update
World renowned French photographer Bruno Suet was featured here back in 2009 but continues to knock out photographs of spectacular interiors for some of the best magazines. To have the ability to set...
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Gardens
Bruno Suet Lovely outdoor spaces, because I am trying to hold on to summer for as long as I possibly can.
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Working on a Saturday
Imagine working in a salon like this. Imagine learning your craft here. Imagine being a client. I've got my eyes closed tight and I'm imagining as hard as I can. Beauty EDU by Techné Architecture +...
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Dramatically monochromatic
I love black and white spaces, and the home of Sydney fashion designer Charlie Brown is a great representation of how to do black and white with elegance and class. It seems to often be too easy to...
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Playing tricks
High design and optical illusions. How did they do that sink? Look very closely and you can work it bout. A sliver of minimalist style by i29.
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