Summer memories
As the colder months close in I'm searching for summer touchstones, memories to store away and take out now and again to keep the promise of warmer days to come. I think I'll be scrolling through...
View ArticleCarla Lane Interiors - Santa Monica home
Before I introduce this post, I just wanted to say a quick THANK YOU to everyone who sent donations towards my 3 feral cats' vet bills. Once this post published Georgie, Frankie and Bernie will be at...
View ArticleAnother project by Carla Lane
This kitchen, dining and laundry room by Carla Lane Interiors is bright, inviting and heck, I might even enjoy doing laundry for a change! (Good gawd how I would love to FINALLY live in a home where...
View ArticleStalking a Paddington terrace
I'm stalking a Nobbs Radford designed terrace house renovation in Paddington, Sydney. Contemporary yet classic. A small footprint with big style. If you'd like to see the house with a minimal look...
View ArticleMore from TomMarkHenry
Yes please! Inner city apartment living by TomMarkHenry. Clean lined contemporary living in an Art Deco shell.
View ArticleOscar V
I will never be a minimalist, but after clearing out 2 rooms of crap to make room for the feral cats (and now it's piled around the house), I wish I could be. Instead I will stare dreamily at photos...
View ArticleI wish...and feral update
Just a quick note that the 3 kitties are doing great after their vet visit, although the events of yesterday were a bit traumatizing. Poor Georgie was pregnant but the kittens were thankfully young...
View ArticleThe latest from Inside Out
Don't you just love flipping through the pages of a magazine for inspiration? Oh and eye candy. Definitely eye candy! The latest issue of Inside Out is bursting at the seams with both. Managing Editor...
View ArticleOld is new
A modest budget but a beautiful, subtle renovation by Sonelo Design Studio. Old becomes new with simple, clean lines and a limited, muted palette. No wonder the Theresa St Residence is shortlisted for...
View ArticleDecorating fireplace mantels
Location 78 I finally have a fireplace again in my living room (I had one 2 houses ago) and this time it is beautiful, a centrepiece of the room with a mantel deep enough to display pretty much...
View ArticleFireplace mantels by Abigail Ahern
The photos from my last post got my decorating juices flowing...but I always go back to Abigail Ahern's spaces, where darker and bigger are better. Every time.Â
View ArticleArt Deco modern
A modern extension to an Art Deco house references and respects the original while providing the owners with a contemporary family home. Clean lines, hard finishes warmed by wood. New sitting...
View ArticleMarble love
Like a minimalist marble sculpture. Modern yet retro. Kitchen by Melbourne-based Genesin Studio.
View ArticleKristofer Johnsson update
 From all sorts of wonderful publications such as Residence, Elle Decoration and Plaza Interiör and shops such as Ikea, Åhléns and H&M Home, I bring you some of the latest works by the amazingly...
View ArticleSpaces of note
A dreamy living room. The ceiling-mount lights give me heart palpitations. Love the massive loungey sofa, and the hanging display boxes and clips (?) OMG I want that alien dude!! (Anyone know what it...
View ArticleGetaway
Getaway, faraway. Need a virtual escape from the daily grind? Join me for a fantasy long weekend here in Belgium. We'll rent this converted carriage house. There will be lazing about and chatting,...
View ArticleMy new best friend Dyson - part 3
I have one last feature to share regarding my new best friend, the Dyson V6 Absolute cordless vacuum (previous posts are here and here). This vacuum is a dream, and honestly never ceases to amaze me...
View ArticleAn addition and renovation in Wellington Village
I wanted to feature this home a few months ago when its interior designer Veronica Martin had contacted me but I had to wait for its appearance in the spring issue of Ottawa magazine. Now that it has...
View ArticleJust the tonic
A little bit Hollywood Regency. A little bit midcentury glam. A little bit calm and classic with a fresh bite of colour. It's about easy elegance, personality and fun. Like a lively interiors tonic...
View ArticleCoblonal Arquitectura
Retro and modern. Midcentury and modern minimalism. Cool greys married with blonde wood . Solid and block like grounding the building on its hillside perch. Contemporary family living by...
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