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White box
New white box within a white historic shell. 110m2 in a former industrial complex. The roughness of the original concrete and brick building is smoothed by a coat of white paint but still plays...
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Stalking warehouse déjà vu
You've seen this Surry Hills warehouse before. You've "oohed" and "aahed" over it here on the blog. It was shortlisted for the 2011 Australian Interior Design Awards. You saw it here remember? Ah yes!...
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Burgers Architecture
Loving the portfolio of Vancouver- based, award-winning architecture firm Burgers Architecture Inc. Their attention to detail and the way they maximize the views beyond the structures is fabulous.
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Some heart and some home
It's been a pretty busy week so far, and it's going to be an interesting weekend - looks like a trip to Hamilton (or at least a meeting halfway) is happening to bring my stray cat to her new home....
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Modern terrace stalking
What! Stalking two days in a row? At last the real estate market has woken up from its post Christmas stupor and interesting properties are starting to pop up on website pages. Today's stalking is a...
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Aaron Hom encore
We love a good stylist on DTI but Aaron Hom isn't a good stylist. Just joking. Aaron Hom is a great stylist. Jo has shared his work before (here and here) but when I stumbled on his website again this...
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Design Crew
Got a problem? Need some help? Just standing there shaking your head? Don't know what to do? You're not alone. Send us a link to photos of your design quandary and let the Desire to Inspire design...
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Llamas' valley
I had plans for a post today but due to some totally inconvenient technical difficulties I had to come up with something else. A little while ago we received an email and I thought I'd share it with...
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Est
The editors of Australian digital magazine Est sent us a sneak peek at their latest edition. In Issue #4 the magazine looks to the Nordic countries for inspiration in a special Scandinavian edition of...
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An eye for detail
Dublin based interior designer Gail Morris of Wall Morris Design emailed us with a few photos of the installation of a recently completed 'new-build' residential project in Co. Kerry, Ireland for a...
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Monday's pets on furniture - part 1
If you'd like to send me photos to include in next week's "pets on furniture" post, please ensure your photos follow my basic rules: First, the pet must be on a piece of furniture. And said piece of...
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Monday's pets on furniture - part 2
If you'd like to send me photos to include in next week's "pets on furniture" post, please ensure your photos follow my basic rules: First, the pet must be on a piece of furniture. And said piece of...
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Maree Homer +1
Three and a half years. Yes three and a half years since I visited Australian photographer Maree Homer's website. (The original post is here.) A lot has certainly happened since the least of which is...
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To sleep perchance to dream
I feel the need to curl up in this bed and take an afternoon nap. Styling by Stella Nicolaisen.
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Glass house
Dreaming of a glass box overlooking water. Anchored by stone and garden. Filled with mid century treasure and art. White and bright. Restrained and curated but bold in its transparency. Strong and...
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Frederic Hooft
We received a very intriguing email the other day from a reader named Adriaan regarding this post Jo published a while ago of photographer Frederik Vercruysse's work. Turns out it featured a couple of...
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Dreaming
I close my eyes and sweet dreams will come. Dreams of a home just right. Natural materials, a treasure trove of textures. Nothing too precious but everything beautiful. Tactile and heart touching....
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Big bright and white
Bold and brash and fun and funky. Colour bouncing off the white walls. Soaring ceilings and solid stone. Inside outside bright side white side. What fun! Perfect summer party house? Maybe ;) Honiton...
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Paul Raeside yet again
It's no secret that Jo and I have a huge photographer crush on Paul Raeside. Jo blogged him in '09 here and I blogged an update in November. He wrote us to say he's working on this website by adding a...
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