Saturday, February 3, 2007
Outrageous
Just for the fun of it! Rooms that make you say OMG. For the brave and the extrovert.
Who can send us the most over the top interior? Let's share the joy .........
P.S. If you want to make your own monster size nude girl with red bubbles for the wall go to The Rasterbator.
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| Elle Decor | Australian Vogue Living |
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| Elle Decor | Elle Decor |
Who can send us the most over the top interior? Let's share the joy .........
P.S. If you want to make your own monster size nude girl with red bubbles for the wall go to The Rasterbator.
Labels: OMG
Audrey wants to share!
Audrey sent me an email with links to her favourite rooms all the way from Toronto. Funny thing is she's from Melbourne. Here's what she had to say.....
I thought I'd add some inspirational photos from my stylefile!! Everyone loves Kate Spade... I love her home! Featured on Oprah's website it's a stunning
compilation of stripes and greens and reds! And Nate Berkus.....I love his work! One of my favourite makeovers is also featured on Oprah's website. Just love the colours, the simplicity, the clean lines, the well chosen pieces, LOVE LOVE LOVE the teal blue chest! Oh I also LOVVVVVEEEEE another of Berkus' work on a zebrawood gloss kitchen doors with yummy delectable green-tiled splashback.
I thought I'd add some inspirational photos from my stylefile!! Everyone loves Kate Spade... I love her home! Featured on Oprah's website it's a stunning
compilation of stripes and greens and reds! And Nate Berkus.....I love his work! One of my favourite makeovers is also featured on Oprah's website. Just love the colours, the simplicity, the clean lines, the well chosen pieces, LOVE LOVE LOVE the teal blue chest! Oh I also LOVVVVVEEEEE another of Berkus' work on a zebrawood gloss kitchen doors with yummy delectable green-tiled splashback.
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| Kate Spade's house | Nate Berkus |
Nate Berkus
Friday, February 2, 2007
Ghislaine Viñas
Vane Becidyan just sent me a link to one of the most amazing designers I've ever seen. Ghislaine Viñas's work leaves me speechless - it's so graphic and colourful! She's been featured in many magazines, including O At Home. There were so many amazing photos on her website that I think I'll need to do a second installment for this post (so stay tuned!). (Thanks Vane!)
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Labels: interior designer
Greg Natale Interior Design
Greg Natale and his team of architects and interior designers are based out of Sydney, and they have a very modern, unique style. Here are some of my favourite photos:
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Labels: Australia, interior designer
David Hicks
More retro inspiration. This time from the legendary David Hicks forerunner of Jonathan Adler and Kelly Wearstler. He was the superstar designer of the 1960s and 1970s – sought after by royalty and the privileged. Though it's been many years since his last projects were centre stage in the design world, David Hicks' influence is still felt today. His use of pattern is amazing!
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Labels: interior designer, retro
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Fantastic bedrooms featuring fantastic headboards (bedheads right Jo?)
Headboards are a great way to get creative in a bedroom. You can do just about anything to create a headboard. Old shutters, pad and upholster wood, hang a huge picture...the list is endless. Here are some photos of unique headboards:
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| Robyn Karp Interiors | Kenneth Brown Design |
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| HGTV | Domino |
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| Domino | 1100 architect |
Labels: bedroom
Marcel Marongiu's Parisian apartment
As stunningly refined as his designs, fashion designer Marcel Marongiu's apartment in Paris is crisp, classic and understated. Paying homage to the past, it is of the moment and unpretentious.
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Labels: interior designer
Living with art
Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it - Robert Motherwell
Whether a noted artist's,your own or found at a fleamarket, art in the home is uplifting. Invite it into any room and be inspired.
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| Belle Australia | Australian Vogue Living |
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| Australian Vogue Living | Australian Vogue Living |
Whether a noted artist's,your own or found at a fleamarket, art in the home is uplifting. Invite it into any room and be inspired.
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| The Collector's Eye | Jonathon Adler |
Labels: aboriginal art
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Target Living's use of art
Looking through the photos on Target Living's site, I couldn't help but be totally blown away by some of the artwork they use. I love pop art (Andy Warhol rocks) and they used alot of it, plus some really fun photographs.
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Labels: art
Target Living
My sister found this fantastic link for Target Living, an interior architecture and design firm based in the UK. They are absolutely incredible - their style is so modern, colourful and just plain FUN. I think I was having heart palpitations and drooling on my laptop while perusing their site. Here are just some of the many fab photos on their site (more to come)!!!
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Labels: architect, interior designer
David Netto
Great design reflecting a great lifestyle. Practical ideas like the kitchen display cube and mirrored support column to steal as well.
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Labels: interior designer
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
In the mail today...
...was my new Chocolat magazine! I love magazine subscriptions - that little rush you get when you open the mailbox and see a magazine sitting there. Thought I'd give you a little peek of the new Chocolat.
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Labels: magazine
Wall decals
Wall decals are such a great idea - particularly for renters. They make such a statement to walls that you may not be able to paint or do anything to otherwise. Or for someone just looking for something a little different. I have been thinking of some (in a sort of damask-type pattern in black) for the doors of my Ikea billy bookcase to spice them up a bit (they're the plastic insert doors as opposed to the more expensive glass ones I should have bought). There's so much you can do with these - use 'em on a wall, doors, car, family dog...anything :) Here are some used in the traditional way:
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| Blankwalls | Blankwalls |
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| Pallucco | Pallucco |
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| Blik | House of Pictures |
Labels: wall decals
I love this apartment
Crisp black and white with the zing of lemon. This is the outstanding apartment of London architect Haifa Hammani. Light floods in on rooms full of design classics. Lush, liveable and totally inspiring.
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Photos from Elle Decoration
Labels: black and white, favourites
Australian glam
A little glam goes a long way. When we want to be girly but sophisticated as well. I love the aboriginal art incorporated with the mirrored side table, canape and lucite lamp.
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Australian Vogue Living
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Belle magazine, Australia
Labels: Australia, girly, glamour
Monday, January 29, 2007
Wallpaper...you know you all love it!!!!
I love wallpaper too....and would love to use some (anywhere!) but at the moment I don't want to put that much effort into something when I plan on selling my house in the near future (wallpaper would not be a good selling feature either). So instead I search out all sorts of photos on the internet of gorgeous wallpapers and I hope that when the day comes when I decide to try some, that it won't have gone back out of style. So here's some I love from UK tile, wallpaper and flooring designer Dominic Crinson:
Here's one for sh*ts and giggles (can't imagine actually using this one):
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Here's one for sh*ts and giggles (can't imagine actually using this one):
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Labels: wallpaper
