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Her name was Lola
She is a house in the Southern Bahia area of Brazil and the daughter of the home's designer Jan Eleni. Casa Lola means Lola's House. It also means perfection. Oh what a house! Rustic and white. Cool...
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Belgian minimalism
Continuing my fascination with minimalist homes around the world. A Belgian mansion style house that has seen better days, lost some of its character with one too many renovations. The old exterior is...
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Photographer crush
I have had a crush on Toronto photographer Angus Fergusson (ok, his work really) since the dawn of time...or when I started reading shelter magazines religiously. Like white on rice, or stray cats to...
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A Muskoka cottage
We received an email about this "cottage" which I think is an odd term for such a HUGE home that is located in probably the most expensive "cottage country" in Canada. The Muskokas are where them rich...
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Stepped House
Minimalism again? Oh yes! But instead of stark, cold white there is a richness, a glow. Simple clean lines but multi-layered with different surfaces and textures. Spartan but elegant. Who said...
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Stalking concrete in the sand dunes
McMansion beach shack just behind the sand dunes on the Sunshine Coast north of Brisbane. Concrete and steel, bunker with pool, white with waves and all with easy clean floors to help sweep away the...
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Cloud Studios
Cloud Studios is the London-based interior design firm of Nia Morris and Louise Holt. They are known for their elegant, contemporary interiors characterised by creativity and balanced by practicality....
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A home in Holland
The following photos were submitted by a photographer we've featured before, Jansje Klazinga. Located in a former state building in Bloemendaal, Holland it is the home of Bianca, owner of an awesome...
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Tribe
"Celebrating the poetics and prosaics of the domestic." Tribe Studio Architects. Energetic, optimistic, simply beautiful. Modern homes with clean lines, clever storage solutions, light, bright,...
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Little girl lavender
Cute, retro, eclectic and palest purple. Wish I was a little girl again. Sweet dreams captured by photographer Petra Bindel. Fabulous like fairy floss!
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Michael Penney
Michael Penney is a decorator, stylist, blogger, former magazine editor at Canadian House & Home and is a soon-to-be shop owner. He is also a big fan of DIY projects, including dip-dye drapes that...
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Opposite ends of the spectrum
Both of these homes have been featured lately in Residence magazine and I wanted to blog one, then the other, no the first one, but what about the second....so what the hell I'll blog both. Both homes...
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House in the dunes
After the beach-side house just beyond the dunes from earlier this week I though I'd share another. Just a little different. Or is it? What do you think? (And yes there are 4 bedrooms with bath in...
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Reader request - brass and gold
I haven't done a reader request in ages, because I don't seem to ever have enough time to rifle through my photo stash anymore (I have 2 days off work hence my ability to magically find a bit of time...
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Not your average A-frame
I have always thought A-frame cabins where the cutest things ever. I am a fan of the graphic shape but this A-frame "cabin" goes above and beyond. This is quite the minimalist and modernist take on...
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Freedom giveaway
Yay! It's competition time on Desire to Inspire! What? A competition? But DTI never does competitions. Remember the Freedom Furniture Winter 2012 sneak peek a few weeks ago? That rug? The absolutely...
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Blog favourites of late
A Merry Mishap STIL inspiration COCOCOZY Purple Area Vosgesparis 79 Ideas what wilson wants... An Indian Summer coco + kelley AphroChic House of Turquoise Busy Being Fabulous pink wallpaper Bloesem...
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American house in the sand dunes
I find myself walking in the dunes staring at houses that front the sea from Australia to England and now I'm feeling the sand between my toes in Massachusetts. A family home in Aquinnah by Hutker...
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Fading light ...
... from a bright light. Love love love the light, the depth of field, the composition but mostly the intimacy of these photos by the very talented Daniel Farmer. Love the faded beauty of the rest of...
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Love that rug!
Don't forget, if you are an Aussie or Kiwi reader, to enter our Freedom Furniture competition. As many times as you want before the end of Saturday April 7. Go here and tell me why should you win the...
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