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Monday's pets on furniture

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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Martin Dyrløv

Hello! Oh my! Fanning myself because I'm feeling weak. I have a new photographer crush. So what's new?!! Kim has featured the work of Danish photographer Martin Dyrløv before but there is so much more...

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Hamptons home

Serene and casually elegant. Just a little quirky. Found objects sit beside modern art and antique furniture. No clash of the kitsch or fight to the death between disparate elements though. This home...

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Some beauty amidst the chaos

Over the weekend I did something I have wanted (and needed) to do for a long time. I bought an iMac. It's my first Mac and while the most beautiful piece of technology on the planet, I want to pull my...

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Enrique Menossi part 1

Every so often I come across a website that makes me stop, draw a deep breath then exhale, whistling softly between my teeth. It's an oh my god moment. I see so many photos in my travels around the...

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Love that rug ... still!

Just a quick reminder about our Freedom Furniture competition. Don't forget, if you are an Aussie or Kiwi reader, to enter as many times as you want before the end of Saturday April 7. Go here and...

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Enrique Menossi part 2

Having overdosed on the rustic beauty of Spanish homes captured through the lens of Enrique Menossi in the previous post, it's time to move to something a little darker, richer, more sophisticated. Or...

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Illico Design

Carine Magescas, based in San Francisco, first created Illico Design in 2003 and distributed exclusive lines of home accessories from new French designers to the US (she was from France) and soon moved...

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Super duper photographer crush

Happy hump day for a short work week! I love Easter weekend. Time with family and chocolate and this Easter my mom is making her lasagna (by request).... I love my Italian mamma's cooking. :) But onto...

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Stalking Sydney's northern beaches

Help I'm stuck at the beach! Palm Beach, Sydney that is. It seems like it lately with beach side properties around the world.  I couldn't think of a better place to real estate stalk though. Today I...

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Apartment in need of a new owner ... and maybe a rug.

Love this little apartment in an art deco complex in Potts Point, Sydney. Stylish black and white with wonderful wooden floors slap bang in the middle of the Macleay St action. Lunch at Fratelli...

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Laura Stein

Laura Stein is an interior designer based in Toronto that I was shocked to find out I had not featured here before. She focuses on "creating fresh, lifestyle-based designs infused with comfort and...

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Love this colour palette

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CR Studio

It's the beginning of a long weekend and I am really stoked to get some stuff done I have been putting off for months (mostly boring stuff, including figuring out what of my crap stuff around the house...

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50 US Architects

We received an email about a new book that has recently been published called 50 US Architects: Residential + Planning. The author, Damir Sinovcic, sent along some info and fab-u-lous photos. This...

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easter reading guide - part one

Welcome! Welcome! welcome! New blogs to you, newblogs to me. Let's explore. Let's be inspired. Let's share the love. Crack open the first chocolate bunny of the season and start reading. (If you are...

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easter reading guide - part two

Aaarrrrggghhh! I have eaten too many chocolate bunnies! But I can never have too many new blogs! You know the drill. Maybe new to you, maybe new to me but all a treasure trove of design inspiration....

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Blogroll update

While Jo is showing some blog love this weekend with her reading lists, I thought this would be a great opportunity to update our blogroll (since I'm off work until Wednesday). I love getting to know...

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easter reading guide - part three

So sad! It's the last day of the holidays and the last day of reading guides. So happy! I have more wonderful blogs to share. Was the Easter Bunny good to you? Have you overdosed on chocolate eggs?...

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Monday's pets on furniture

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