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Dowling Studios

Back in the summer of '08, Jo blogged an interior design and architecture firm called Dowling Kimm, headed by Julie Dowling and Morissa Kimm. It seems these days the firm is called Dowling Studios and...

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Armelle Habib encore

I thought I'd give you a taste of some eye candy this afternoon. Today's flavour is Armelle Habib, a photographer served up a couple of times by Jo here and here. YUMMY! { love the black-stained...

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We interrupt our week of real estate stalking ...

... to bring you this wonderful, colourful, joyous family home. The latest design by Suzy Hoodless. From the flamingo wall hanging for The Rug Company (a Hoodless design) and candy pastel colourway...

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I interrupt Jo's week of real estate stalking....

...coincidentally to bring you some more real estate stalking! :-) Have no fear, this time I'm taking you to the UK. I was having a looksie around the properties offered by Savills UK (I find UK homes...

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Another Savills property

This property that I also found on Savills UK site knocked my socks off. I have always dreamed of having a house on a lake, where it's built so that it's floating over the water. This home is exactly...

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Now where was I?

Ah yes. Real estate stalking. My last for the week is this inner city Melbourne warehouse. The long time home of an artist it is a wonderful mix of Victorian era industrial, warm timbers and garden...

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Some bloglovin'

I had Friday off from my day job (I love/need my compressed Fridays) so I spent a bit of time scouring Bloglovin' for some eye candy. I thought I would share with you some of my finds. I tried to keep...

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Marcus Lawett encore

It's not always about a de-saturated colour palette when it comes to Scandinavian photography. Not always. Sometimes it's about a richness, a vibrancy. But then again it really is about that...

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Treehouse Porch

A quiet strength. A love of history and community. A celebration of the everyday, of life, of nature, of the handmade. A circle of use and re-use. It's simple. It's beautiful. It's real. It's a porch....

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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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Tina Hellberg

I have always been jealous of interior stylists who have an incredible knack for uniting a bunch of often random objects into some type of cohesive theme that results in the most gorgeous vignettes...

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Franchesca Watson

A garden is evolving, never really finished as it grows and matures. South African landscape designer Franchesca Watson, who trained in the performing and decorative arts before embarking on her...

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GASS

Individual designs that fit individual needs. Sustainable, contemporary, with an emphasis on local materials and respect for site. Two projects from GASS Architecture Studios, located in Johannesburg...

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Twin Farms

This post is pushing all of my rustic buttons let me tell ya. Meaghan emailed us about this place, as she likes to hunt for the perfect getaway cabin this time of year. I hear ya Meaghan! She found...

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LeSueur Interiors

Meg Lonergan of LeSueur Interiors is an interior designer from Houston whose designs are classic, totally liveable and timeless. Meg’s eye for mixing the old with the new, the classic with inventive,...

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Meta Interiors

Clean, contemporary lines with a base of neutrals strengthened with sophisticated colour choices. A simple, modern nursery layered with texture and pattern with surprising but not overpowering orange...

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bfs design

Minimalist and modern. Two spaces by Berlin based architectural firm bfs design. Retro riffs and textural wall treatments for a modernist glass atrium house or a sparsely elegant interior fitout in an...

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A modern farmhouse

I seem to be on a serious rustic kick these days. And it continues today! Ron tipped us off about a magazine called Garden & Gun. (Perhaps they're due for a name change?) It's about Southern...

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home...and delicious

I am stoked that the latest issue of Home & Delicious, an e-mag from Iceland is now live! It features a couple of homes decked out for the holidays, as well as some UNREAL recipes that I am...

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MAKE architecture

An extension to a small workers cottage in Kingsville, Victoria. A collection of "stuff" to reuse, recycle, make do and make up. An individually crafted design solution by MAKE architecture studio...

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