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Maria Lladó
As I mentioned yesterday, I am a new fan of Spanish interior designer María Lladó. She seems to love jewel tone colours mostly on accent walls and in accessories, and she brings together such a...
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Just because ...
... they are so beautiful. Inspiration today comes from the stellar portfolio of food and lifestyle photographer Brett Stevens. OMG! The colour, the pure saturated colour and don't get me started on...
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Stalking apartments with a little added extra
A sympathetic and sophisticated renovation of small one bedroom art deco apartment in St Kilda West, Melbourne. Bijou but boxing above its weight with an elegant black and white palette, great art,...
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A tower in Barcelona
This space designed by new new interior designer crush María Lladó is fairly typical of her usual style of mostly white walls, bold colour accents and vintage furnishings, but with this home (a...
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Another Polish apartment by Lucyna
Polish interior designer Lucyna Kołodziejska (whose work we have featured here and here) emailed us with yet another fabulous dwelling she has completed. This flat is in Gdynia, it is quite small – one...
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Here's to you Mrs. Robertson
Almost a year ago a late afternoon storm had me racing to wax lyrical about interior stylist Hilary Robertson. Roiling clouds and a darkening light seemed a good match to the moody, limited palette of...
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On the bright side
I hope, dear readers, that I didn't leave you feeling down with the dark and moody styling of Hilary Robertson. No, no do not despair. Her work presents another face that is fresh and bright and...
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A house for sale in Provence
You may remember Fabien from this post of his home back in '09. He emailed us recently, hoping we could help his friends out. You see, Olivier & Caroline are selling their absolutely gorgeous,...
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A home in Madrid
Here is another home by Spanish interior designer María Lladó. I adore the colour palette of burgundy, mustard/gold and black. Classy without being too brash.
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Time warp
I miss the retro posts I used to do. Scans of rooms long gone but living still in the musty pages of the retro design books I would find on foraging trips to books fairs and thrift stores. Sadly they...
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An office in Portugal
Portuguese architect João Rosado Baptista, emailed us a recent project. This office/studio renovation saw Baptista and interior designer Ana Maças Nogueiro, create a dynamic and streamlined space from...
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Falken Reynolds
Chad Falkenberg and Kelly Reynolds make up Vancouver interior design firm Falken Reynolds. Here's another Canadian firm I wish I had of heard about sooner. Their work is so diverse - they clearly...
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The importance of good lighting
Falken Reynolds (from my previous post) happen to be spokespeople for Philips line of LED light bulbs, and utilized a Gastown loft they designed to ilustrate the importance of decent lighting (and the...
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Stalking bottlebrush in the backyard
From its red front door to the beautiful red fluff of the bottlebrush trees in the courtyard this North Fitzroy, Melbourne single storey terrace brings a smile to my face. Love the dining room, the...
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Retrouvius update
I was completely smitten with the work of interior design and architectural salvage firm Retrouvius when I blogged this London team back in '09. It's about damn time I blog some of their latest work....
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New books by Richard Powers
On my wish list three new books featuring images from one of the world's best interiors photographers Richard Powers. New Paris Style by Danielle Miller. Published by Thames & Hudson. The glamorous...
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Stalking behind the high grey fence
What's behind the fence? Give me a leg up. I need to see. I am such a stalker, a real estate gawker. Concrete, timber, marble, glass. hard planes softened by kilims and kanthas, carpets and cane. A...
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Louise Rastall
Should we run away? Should we pretend? Should we dream of a shed at the end of the garden? Forget our cares and woes? Should we? Could we? With the help of stylist Louise Rastall we just might. Dreamy...
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ix design
ix design is an interior design and architecture firm based in New York that I recently came across while doing some creative googling. Directors Gary Spanier and Michael Wood only have a couple of...
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Jo and I just received an email from our blog host that their data centre, located in Lower Manhattan, is flooded and it looks like we'll be going offline shortly. Hopefully they can get things up and...
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