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Home is where the art is

Climb the stairs from the bluestone lane way in Richmond, Melbourne. Certainly can't miss the street number. From the ground floor all the way up to the heated pool on the third this modern townhouse...

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Summer house

Late summer in Sweden. Seamlessly connecting with sky and sea and rock. A summer house but definitely no shabby shack. Contemporary luxury. Ah the perfect escape. Kristiansand Summer House by New York...

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Marjon Hoogervorst

I absolutely adore the photography of Dutch photographer Marjon Hoogervorst - so fresh, bright and full of life. See more in a previous post here. * LOVE how the base of the chairs and table were...

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Workstead

Workstead is a Brooklyn-based architecture and interior design firm that rocks my world. The industrial light fixtures they design and include in their spaces (and sell here) are so scrumptious. They...

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Collected

Cool, calm and collected. Not quite. More like colourful, vibrant and fun. Zest and zing from Perth-based interior design firm Collected. Family homes with style and personality. Modern mixes with...

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Jill Greaves

A little taste of the timeless, bring-a-smile-to-your-face-and-make-you-want-to-pull-up-a-chair-and-stay-a-while spaces created by Toronto interior designer Jill Greaves.

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We Design Hostel

I have never had the opportunity to stay in a hostel, but OMG how sweet is this one?! We Hostel Design is located in Vila Mariana, Brazil, and was designed to offer the comfort, style and refinement...

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Stalking on a Saturday

It's a little bit rock and roll and a little bit disco. It's a little bit wham bam glam and a little bit suburban. It's a whole lot of HDR photography making it hard and brash and bright but I'm sure...

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Living small - Alan Chu

I found this compact São Paolo apartment designed by Brazilian architect Alan Chu and had to share. It's got micro square footage but Alan made such great use of limited space. A single wall was...

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Wick Design

There is a connection. A physical tug at my heart strings. There is an acknowledgement, an empathy, an understanding. There is also envy. These rooms speak to me in calm, steady but persistent...

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Sea of green

Close your eyes. Relax. Sleep will come. Like floating softly in a sea of green. Beautiful photography by Brie Williams. P.S. To see the alternative view of this room (featured a couple of times on...

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Max Zambelli - darkness

Max Zambelli is an Italian photographer that, with his camera lens, can turn a fantastic space into a FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC space that exudes drama and makes you want to see more. The spaces he has...

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Max Zambelli - lightness

I'm not done with photographer Max Zambelli's work yet. Here are some of my favourite light interior spaces.

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Kara Mann encore

She's a shining star of the U.S. interior design scene and we haven't featured her work in years. Mea culpa. Time to atone. Sophisticated, multi-layered rooms, sometimes moody, at others glitzy,...

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I want a barn with blue shutters

Sometimes I hate real estate stalking. Sometimes it just makes me mad. Mad with jealousy. I want a barn with blue shutters. Old timber and quaint doors and soaring ceilings and a big fire place. I...

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On the straight and narrow

Clearly land in Japan is at a premium. Someone saw this tiny piece of land above and decided it was fit for a house! That's crazy talk. Makes my 12' wide house feel enormous. Too bad there's no...

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Fun house

In keeping with my small homes theme today, check out this super creative 40 sq m holiday apartment in France designed by Italian firm Studio UdA. The design also met the client's request to have a...

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Colour underfoot

A limited palette of whites and greys and dark wood tones is spiced up with rich colour underfoot. Magenta and marigold yellow add dynamic riffs to this elegant yet retrained renovation, Grove...

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Colour play

More from Doherty Lynch. The Sutherland Road house. Colour plays across wall and floor, furniture pops, rugs revel, and artwork splashes. Fresh and young and bright and stylish. Australian interior...

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Stalking staid facades

It never ceases to amaze me what hides behind the staid facades of Melbourne terraces. A large soaring wall of glass and a fresh and friendly open plan living area. The light must be lovely. The...

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