Shop One of a Kind: Kids Room Decor
When it comes to decorating modern nurseries and kids rooms the easiest way to to create a truly unique interior that any child would love is to incorporate some one-of-a-kind handcrafted accessories. The online resource Great.ly is the perfect place to find such accessories – each made with love and produced by small, creative businesses / artisans located around the globe. You can […]
Dessert-Inspired Interior Design: Adelphi Hotel
Designed to ‘engage your senses’, the world’s only dessert-themed hotel features carpets patterned like cakes, licorice all-sort chairs, wafer-like benches, sweet smelling vanilla scent wafting through the air, a nightly turn-down service with home-made macaroons and more. A Willy Wonker disaster, it is not!. Instead the Adelphi Hotel located in Melbourne, Australia is a sophisticated hotel, with buckets […]
Zany & Industrial Bar: The Depo
Depo in the West End, Brisbane, is a restaurant, bar, cafe, gallery and popup store in one with a distinctly hip, raw and zany vibe. A taxidermy sable antelope stands at the entry, oversized gold sequin discs cover an entire wall, there is a vintage leather chesterfield sofa with camouflage print cushions and unusual curiosities lining the walls. Did […]
Design for a Sea Change: WhitePepper Homewares
With so many Australians now choosing a ‘sea change’ (abandoning city living to live by the sea), what were once sleepy seaside and tourist towns are now bubbling with culture, new creative talent and interior design stores. This has led us to the beach town of Caloundra, Australia where we discovered ‘Whitepepper Homewares‘, a delightful store packed with colourful, […]
London Design Festival 2014: Futuristic & Fab
A London landmark with more than a dozen flying drones overhead; large rotating reflectors displaying distorted views of the Rafael Gallery – The London Design Festival 2014 is set to enthrall all those that attend. With over 300 events and installations across the city (from 13 – 21 September), this is a celebration of creativity and […]
The perfect pop of yellow
Yellow … it can make or break your interior design scheme. It’s the color that conjures up images of sunshine and sand on a warm Summers day, but when it comes to interior design, a little bit of this attention grabbing color goes a long way. Here are six fabulous ways to use yellow to make your interior […]
Modernist Garden Elements – Palm Springs Modernism Week
Palm Springs is home to many sleek, modern houses built in the 1950’s and 60’s. Designed to embrace the desert environment and dramatic landscape of the Coachella Valley these mid-century modern homes offer the perfect balance and seamless transition of indoor and outdoor living spaces. Designing an outdoor living space that is conducive to entertaining […]
Knitted Home Decor – Interior Inspiration
Baby it’s cold outside! While many parts of the world have been experiencing some of the chilliest temperatures on record, we thought we would send you some warm and cozy interior design inspiration, featuring the modern wave of knitted home decor. Chunky knits, tight knits, knitted wallpaper, knitted lights; pillows, rugs and furniture. When the temperatures […]
Inspiration: White painted floor boards
Today I am channeling my inner Scandi with white painted floorboards. The last time I had these in my home was about ten years ago and I just loved them. It’s time to put lovely light and glossy boards in my current home, and now that I have decided to make this change, I have […]
STYLE FINDER: inspired by interior architects Double G
Today’s Style Finder on Design Lovers Blog goes shopping to create the laid back and contemporary style of this living space by Parisian interior architect duo Double G. This artwork by Brandi Leah Hofer discovered on Saatchi online as ‘the one to watch’ is a perfect fit for recreating a similar interior scheme. Will […]
Video: 5 mins with Zoe Murphy
Zoe Murphy is creating a name for herself as one of the hottest new furniture up-cyclers, with Liberty of London and Osbourne & Little now selling her hand printed, custom furniture pieces. I met the lovely Zoe at Tent London during London Design Festival 2012 and asked her about her craft, her latest designs and inspiration for […]
Eclectic Boho Modern Mix – Brisbane Design Destination
With it’s fabulous climate, laid back lifestyle, and emerging interior design scene, Brisbane (the fastest growing capital city in Australia), is definitely a place to put on your design trip ‘Down Under’ itinerary. During my recent visit to Brisbane, I hunted down my favorite interior design hotspots and will continue to share these with you over the coming months (see previous […]
