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Bedroom pendant lighting

I am a self professed lamp tramp, but I have a particular fondness for pendant lights. It's lighting that does not take up any space - you cannot go wrong with that! I have blogged pendant lighting...

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Stalking on a Saturday

Not my ordinary stalking today. I was drawn in a little further than usual. I found this striking black house in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale. Yes nice. Usual real estate pics. I like this house....

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Riesco & Lapres

Nancy Riesco and Rebecca Lapres are interior designers from Vancouver who whip up contemporary, timeless spaces that are so fresh, youthful and pleasing to the eye that it's no wonder their work has...

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Inside Out is out

There are the special little things in life that fill a slow rainy day (or a crazy busy day why won't it SLOW DOWN ... ooops sorry). Little things that make me happy. A good magazine is one of them....

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Stalking small on Steel

There's a saying - "When it rains it pours." I'm finding too many great homes real estate stalking. It seems to be either feast or famine when I'm pounding the "virtual" pavements, stalking all the...

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Summer issue of Heart Home mag

Yes folks, it appears to be new magazine issue season. One of my online favourites (ok, I seem to have alot of favourites) is Heart Home magazine from the UK and their summer issue is coming online...

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Maaike van Diemen

I am absolutely smitten with this home designed by Dutch interior designer Maaike van Diemen. It's what I'm all about - neutrals, lots of textures, funky lighting (OH YES Moooi Dear Ingo suspension...

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Raving about Raeside

We have featured the work of photographer Paul Raeside on the blog so many times that I have lost count. Not hard to see why. The man is a genius with a lens. Love the natural light, the shadows,...

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Livia Ribas

All I can think of is living large in this apartment in São Paulo, Brazil. Areas for lounging with family and friends, a dining table that seems to stretch forever and a gorgeous now you see it now...

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The clock house

Have a look at this cool home for sale in London. It's called The Clock House and is the former yard office for the long defunct Cannon Brewery, what used to be one of East London's largest independent...

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Magnus Marding latest

It has been far, FAR too long since I featured the work of ridiculously talented Swedish photographer Magnus Marding. It's so easy to get lost in his photos, and wish you in one of those spaces to...

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In House

Let's end the week with a trip back to Brazil and the portfolio of interior designers Karina Salgado, Andréa Bugarib and Betina Barcellos of In House. Whether a bright and airy house or a a chic...

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Current inspiration

Sköna hem I thought for my post today I'd do a little something different, and feature some spaces that have inspired me lately. As per my usual favourites, it's all about black, white, grey, brown and...

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I wish

I wish I could live in this New York apartment. I wish I could be clean and tidy. I wish my fat labrador didn't shed hair, that my blind husband didn't drag dirty fingers along walls as he walks...

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I wish

I wish there was more time in a day. I wish I lived in a warmer climate so I could experience summer-like weather for more than 3 months a year. Because of these wishes, I am going to be sort of random...

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Warehouse wonder

I love a warehouse refurb and today I have two. One a condo with history and loads of style. The other a commercial space with history and loads of style. But they have more than that in common. They...

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Dark and sexy

By Brazilian designer Fabio Morozini. Hot!

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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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Jonas Ingerstedt

Jonas Ingerstedt, you are my new photographer crush. And I've got it BAAAAAD. Jo featured your work a few years ago, and I'm sorry we forgot all about you. The spaces you have photographed are...

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Algreen Arkiteckter

A simple yet stylish renovation of the old custom officer's house in Hammerhavn, Denmark by Algreen Arkiteckter. Simple beauty to drink in the stunning beauty of the restless Baltic Sea and the old...

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