Nicole Franzen
New photographer crush! I love every image in self taught Nicole Franzen's portfolio. Delicious. Richly layered, beautifully considered lighting, evocative and inspirational. A visual feast. Brooklyn...
View ArticleMonday'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...
View ArticleReader's home - Beth's mid-century transformation
It's so much fun to see what a little paint, blood sweat and tears can do to a home that desperately needs an update. Beth sent us some before and after photos of her home that she's been slaving over...
View ArticleThe pallet apartment
A tiny two storey apartment by Prague architects SMLXL Studio makes clever use of a difficult layout (three chimney breast pierce the space). White painted brick, open plan living, pallets as...
View ArticleThe quintessential Magazine
One of my favourite vintage shops in Sydney, quintessential duckeggBLUE has a new (two issues so far) online magazine, The quintessential Magazine. If you love all things found, industrial and antique...
View ArticleAn office space goes Brit
Loving this office of San Diego innovation and design consultancy firm Bulldog Drummond. Their Victorian house-turned-office space they have effectively titled 'The Manor' features a mix of...
View Articleade architecture
LOVE this renovated home in London designed by ade architecture. Classic from the front with a modern surprise at the back. It's bright, and appears very spacious, with the help of 6 metre high sliding...
View ArticleAnne Hepfer
Time for colour. Time for detail. Time for luxury finishes, for high-end projects. Time for sophistication. After so much of the scandi boho casual trend it is time for a cosmopolitan, urban elegance....
View ArticleAudrey bathroom
A luxurious bathroom by Anne Hepfer. I think even the fabulous Ms Hepburn would have wanted to linger.
View ArticledmvA Architecten
Belgian architecture firm dmvA Architecten believes architecture doesn’t necessarily need to be beautiful. Well, they don't seem to take that to heart as all of their projects are beautiful (in my...
View ArticleA peek at a Romanian home
Marius sent us a link to a post on Sinziana's blog Visuell that I had to share a little bit of. It's the absolutely dreamy home of Anda Roman, who owns an incredible home furnishings shop in Bucharest,...
View ArticleGrateful Head Salon
Oh my word! Talk about rock and roll glam! Just in from Canadian photographer Brenda Liu, the Grateful Head Salon. I photographed this for my friend Lysa Fina who owns the salon (located in Toronto)....
View ArticleReading in bed
Think I might just have to settle in with a good book for an early night. I'm off for the weekend to the trade fairs in Sydney. Somehow I don't think my hotel room will be as stylish as this bedroom...
View ArticleAlia Bengana latest - part 1
I was super excited to have a couple of emails in my inbox from Alia Bengana, a Parisian architect whose work I've featured before (here and here). She sent along some info and photos of 2 of her...
View ArticleAlia Bengana latest - part 2
Here is Alia Bengana's second project she sent over: Apartment in the heart of Paris 1st arrondissement overlooking the biggest Paris construction site. This project was about giving some personality...
View ArticleUp the stairs
Climb the stairs higher and higher. A wonderland awaits. Vintage and found, old and new, fine architectural detail and quirky kitsch. Dreaming of owning this wonderful home ... via Hi-Location. (They...
View ArticleGrey
A simple, yet stylsih grey bedroom. Love the mirrored "barn door". Photography by Jody Kivort.
View ArticleFougaro
Tina from Greece wrote us about a really cool renovation project in Nafplion that she blogged about. It's called Fougaro ("smokestack") - a former pre-WWII tomato cannery that closed in 1956, was...
View ArticleA bathroom by Minosa
Jo featured a really innovative kitchen a couple of weeks ago by Minosa Design, and today I've got a stunning bathroom. It's so sparkly and gorgeous - mostly due to the gorgeous Bisazza glass mosaics -...
View ArticleStalking South Yarra
I'm in Sydney for the trade fairs and I'm stalking in Melbourne. I could have arranged that a little. Perhaps I could have made it to an open for inspection if I had chosen a Sydney home. No instead I...
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