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Stair runners
While I contemplate the plethora of projects that eventually need to get done around my house, figuring out what to do with my what-were-the-former-owners-thinking-??? yellow/orange stained floor is...
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Jo is looking forward to summer...
...while I'm trying to keep summer alive. NZ House and Garden HAPPY FRIDAY!!!
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Stalking leftovers
Wedding season is in full swing here in Australia and seeing that my new career incarnation involves catering and events then guess what I'll be doing this afternoon and into the evening? Working....
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Butterfly blue
A contemporary take on a traditional kitchen with butterfly blue and hidden wood grain touches. Loads of natural light reflecting off white surfaces and then that flash of blue. Another lovely space...
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Nomad Living
I do believe I love a shipping container conversion almost as much as a church conversion. There's something about taking an empty steel box and turning it into a home, a getaway, a backyard retreat,...
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NOVONO - apartment #1
This is the first of two projects I wanted to share with you from Berlin interior architecture firm NOVONO. Founder and director Nora von Nordenskjöld designed this apartment in Berlin with a...
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NOVONO - apartment #2
This 70m² apartment also designed by Berlin's NOVONO is pushing all the right buttons for me as well. Where the first apartment had a global vibe, this one is more masculine and industrial. What's not...
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Dune House
The awards have been decided, gongs to be given and it's official. The World Architectural Festival has chosen the Dune House by New Zealand's Fearon Hay Architects as the winner in the Villa...
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Beauty reworked
Harbour Edge House c.1910 reworked and extended by Fearon Hay Architects. An ethereal beauty. White floors, white walls, floating white drapes stirred by the breeze from the water beyond. Simplified...
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Cottesloe House
Modern and beachy, with touches of green and blues to remind you of the sea. A heavenly retreat on Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia created by Collected Interiors. Taking the inspiration from the...
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A dreamy black and white bathroom
This may just be my favourite bathroom of all time. By deirdre doherty interiors.Â
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Fantasy safari
It's hump day. Slap bang in the middle of the week, a mountain of work to do and the weekend like a mirage on the horizon. Time for a fantasy escape. A luxury safari getaway to Segera Retreat on the...
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Benchmark
I have a thing for repurposed work benches. Do you? By Donald Lococo Architects.
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The home of Joanna Laajisto
Jo has featured interiors by Finish designer Joanna Laajisto a few times, so I was stoked to find a feature of the Helsinki apartment she shares with her photographer husband Mikko Ryhänen. This 1928...
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SABO project
In keeping with the theme of white, here are a few really cool projects by Brooklyn architecture/design firm SABO project. Attention to detail? Check! Creativity? Check! Liveable? Check!Â
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House for Trees
Mystical, magical, green. A house for its human occupants and a house for the trees. More importantly a house that gives to the city as well. The design for the award winning House for Trees in Ho Chi...
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A Parisian trinket
A trifle, a trinket, a gem of a studio apartment by Marianne Evennou ... chez Duncan ... 25m² ... Paris. Bigger is not always better.
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Hotel Baume Paris
I have shared a couple of Paris hotels here in the past, specifically La Belle Juliette and Hôtel du Pantheon. Alain Bisotti sent links to photos of the latest hotel - Hôtel Baume. It is as beautiful...
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FORM
Some very eclectic and a somewhat random collection of interior projects by Los Angeles-based FORM. I think I need to get myself a pair of fluro yellow Manolos to use as props. A bit funkier than the...
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Gelati spotted rooms of fun
Neither Kim nor I have kids. It goes a long way to explaining why we don't feature children's rooms on Desire to Inspire. (Besides which Kim's twin sister Julia has a great kid's design blog the boo...
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