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Kim's favourite outdoor spaces of 2014

Pearson Design Group from this post Nathan Burkett from this post Mitchell & Stout Architects from this post Urrutia Design from this post Duncan Innes from this post Urbis Magazine from this post...

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Colour blocks

A simple modern family home with mid century riffs. Mono-pitch roof, walls of glass, colour blocks and sunken lounge. It's about catching the sun and taking in the views. Sleeping zones at either end...

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Black beauty

Seduced by black and brass. Kitchen by Catherine Kwong Design.

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Reader's home - Benedicte's bright home in Norway

Benedicte, a photographer from Norway, had sent photos of her dogs for my Monday's pets on furniture feature a couple of years ago (seen here) and I was smitten with the glimpse it gave into her home....

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Details

It was hard deciding what to follow up that last post with, so I settled on a few photos from the portfolio of photographer Lucy Schaeffer that gives you a glimpse into 3 spaces, each with intriguing...

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New York dreaming

The New York dream. A loft. Light. Style. Or perhaps a little something more? A three storey conversion of an old Jewish school? Sparse beauty over an art gallery. Pinch me. I really am dreaming. Both...

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Hole in the wall

Can't get by without it and there is nowhere better to feed my addiction than a hip hole in the wall. Coffee and a dose of cool. Nice Day, a 7 sqm down a laneway in Auckland's CBD by Material Creative.

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Ewelina's latest spaces from Poland

 It has been a few years since Polish interior designer Ewelina Makosa shared some of her designs with us (here) so I was stoked to receive an email from her over the holidays. It seems she is still...

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A Brooklyn townhouse project

Nandini Bagchee is a New York architect who is working on her own awesome project - the renovation of a 2800 sq ft Brooklyn townhouse. OMG what great bones this place has! Exposed brick, such...

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A country house

Italian design firm zanon architetti associati have breathed new life into this old Treviso country villa. The ground floor as become one large room while glass windows on the box like extension...

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Apartment for a writer

It's called an apartment for a writer. Perhaps an apartment for an observer. For someone who reflects on their surrounds. Holds a mirror to the world and records, writes. Or perhaps is vain? Cares...

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JoannesLucas Studio

Hold on to your hats folks. Welcome to the wacky and totally eclectic world of Joannes Van Laer and Lucas Schelkens, where colour and glam are always on the menu. Classic antiques mix with faux furs,...

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Subtle glam

To follow up that last post, here is glam done with some subtlety. Even more beautiful large sized - check it out here. Via Claire Canning Design. (We appear to be obsessed with anything flat black...

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Nice niche

Perhaps I should rename this post "down the hatch". Love the redesign of this home in the small town of Vedbaek in Rudersdal, Denmark by Danish design dynamos NORM.Architects. P.S. The glass hatch...

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Kitchen project - blue, black, white and brass

Just before the holidays I settled on a paint colour for my kitchen. It was not a difficult decision - I wasn't even going to bother trying a sample on the wall because I was so sure it would be...

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Working on a Saturday

It's become my mantra. If you have to drag your sorry arse into work on the weekend then it better be somewhere fabulous. Egon Zehnder's Melbourne offices by IF Architecture.

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Blue light

Speaking of perfection ... sigh. Like swimming in a sea of blue light. From the portfolio of Dutch photographer Alexander van Berge.

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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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Janel Holiday

If you don't already love mid-century interiors, you are going to by the time you get to the end of this post. These spaces by San Francisco interior designer Janel Holiday are perfectly executed and...

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Corrugated curve

Referencing the industrial buildings around it and blurring the distinction between wall and ceiling this rear extension rebuild encompasses the space while allowing a seamless transition between...

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