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Belle/Coco Republic Interior Designer of the Year 2012
Drum roll please .... the winner of the Belle/Coco Republic Interior Designer of the Year 2012 is Iain Halliday for BKH. Iain Halliday is Australia's pre-eminent architect and interior designer with...
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The category winners of the Belle/Coco Republic Interior Design Awards 2012
Australian interior design has never looked so good! Best Residential Interior - Tusculum Street Residence SMART DESIGN STUDIO Best Corporate Interior - Paper Stone Scissors RUSSELL & GEORGE Best...
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Reader's home - Lucyna's home in Poland
I have a FABULOUS reader's home to share with you today. I adore this one. Dark and dramatic and edgy. And that concrete wall! YESSSSS! My name is Lucyna Kolodziejska and i am an interior designer from...
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A pretty kitchen
Happy Friday everyone! It's Victoria day weekend here and that means getting to someone's cottage (in my case my little sister's), eating a ton of hamburgers and drinking our faces off. We Canadians...
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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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Mixing it up
I'm trying to decompress this long weekend, and enjoy some time not glued to my computer screen like I usually am. Yesterday I spent the day at my sister's cottage and we plan on doing the same Monday....
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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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Mending Wall
Mimicking the ancient rocks of the Blue Mountains is a house of concrete block, timber and stone left to weather. It rises like a monolith or a rocky outcrop from the sheep paddocks providing shelter...
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Putting life in the garden with Garden Life
"We endeavour to create spaces that people want to spend time in. Spaces to relax in, rejuvenate in and enjoy, because that's what gardens are about. They exist to make people happy." If I owned the...
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Reader's home - Dan's apartment for sale
Dan emailed us with a link to his Stockholm apartment that is on the market (apparently right in the block where the Millenium movies where shot). It's very small but he's done such an awesome job...
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Stephani Buchman
I recently came across the portfolio of Toronto photographer Stephani Buchman and was thrilled to find many gorgeous spaces in her repertoire, all beautifully composed and captured. I thought I'd...
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New from Martín Gómez Arquitectos
New work from Argentinian architect Martín Gómez. Sitting firmly within its landscape it is a contemporary home of soaring voids and intimate spaces. Holistically embracing architecture, interior and...
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Stalking with a failing memory
I have real estate stalked so much these past few years that it has all become a blur of gorgeous home after gorgeous home. It's a hard job but someone has to do it. Somewhere in the recesses of my...
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A renovated mill in Italy
A big thanks to Deb for giving us a tip about this gorgeous Italian mill, photographed by Stefano Scatà. Formerly a mill dating back to 1570 and located in San Bartolomeo di Breda di Piave, Treviso...
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Breaking open the box
Down a lane behind a building that fronts a main road, perched on a small inner city patch, reaching for the sky is a box-like building. Back turned to the outside world it climbs up stairs and slowly...
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Stalking Baroque 'n Roll
A truly heady design mix or is that hedonistic? A little bit baroque, a whole lot OTT and a pinch of kitsch. It's rock and roll, wham bam glam, nightclub meets suburban crash pad. Behind an unassuming...
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Studio Junction
Studio Junction is an architecture firm and woodworking shop based in Toronto and founded by Peter Tan and Christine Ho Ping Kong. I'm really surprised I haven't blogged these folks before. I spotted...
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Reader's home - Scott's pad in Tel Aviv
I've got a great reader's home for you all today. It belongs to interior designer Scott of Talmon Design, and here are some details:The apartment is 135 square meters (1435 square feet, give or take)....
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Cliffhanger
Hanging from the edge of Signal Hill in Cape Town is a house for the 21st century, Head 1843 Fresnaye. Breath taking views are captured from a luxurious pool terrace. A fantasy for the entertainer...
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