For many of us, the hours spent at home have risen sharply in recent weeks as we adjust to life during the Covid-19 pandemic. With our homes now acting as a place of work, play and everything in between, it’s more important than ever to create a sense of calm and ease through our surroundings. …
It goes without saying that you’ll have your work cut out for you at this year’s AGHA Sydney Gift Fair. Get your comfy shoes ready (or wear your heels regardless if you’re anything like me!), and prepare to discover thousands of products from the gift, design and homewares industries to delight your customers and style …
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I always love seeing the work from leading Australian interior and architecture studios. So when a new seaside Sydney apartment building came across my desk, by none other than Koichi Takada Architects and Mim Design, I knew it had to be featured right here on the blog. Sydney’s Cabbage Tree Bay recently welcomed a new …
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Say hello to one of Melbourne’s most stunning new wellness spaces. Reformer pilates studio Love Athletica continues to expand, opening its third studio in Windsor last month. Let’s go inside! Co-founder and creator of Love Athletica, Matt Knipe along with head-trainer, Abby Smith are behind a unique pilates workout, which fuses classic and dynamic reformer …
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It’s no secret that Australia’s social enterprise Thankyou is one of my favourite brands. So when they released their Christmas range, I had to share it with you! This year, Thankyou want to encourage us all to slow down and be in the present this Christmas, with seven beautifully curated gift sets. Each of these …
Aren’t we lucky to have so many beautiful options to style our outdoor spaces? So much so, they truly are rooms of their own. To help with the decision process of styling our outdoor space, I’ve team up with Australian-owned luxury furniture brand, Harbour 1976, to share four stylish looks for the warmer months! Australian …
Can you believe it? This century is coming to a close. I love this time of year: the wrap up of what was and the planning and anticipation for what’s ahead… which of course includes design direction! I caught up with Houzz, to find out their predictions for the year ahead! Twenty-twenty might see the …
With a long spell of white being the go-to for kitchens, there’s an exciting shift happening that can’t be ignored… Ever the leader in what is about to become the next “big” thing in kitchens, Caesarstone brings to use its four favourite ‘darks’ to help us bring the dark art of drama to our homes. …
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I feel as though I love the Dulux Colour Forecasts more and more each year. With the release of “Essence” – the 2020 direction, we’re seeing four beautiful tonal palettes that are nature-inspired. In a world where we’re constantly ‘on’ – whether it’s connected to our digital devices or processing the stream of information coming …
Just recently I spent an evening with some of the most smart and inspiring people in business going around! It was the launch event of a collaboration between two brands loved by Australians: Thankyou and Sage x Clare. The evening was as beautifully curated and meaningfully designed as you can imagine! Thankyou is a “one …
Sage x Clare collaborate with Thankyou to create zesty new product! Read More »
If you’re in the retail industry, there’s one event on the Melbourne calendar that you can’t afford to miss. It is of course the AGHA Melbourne Gift Fair, and the 2019 edition starts this Saturday! The Australian Gift & Homewares Association (AGHA), has been delivering Australia’s largest industry-led retail gift and homewares trade exhibition for …
Ok, I know this might sound a little silly, but I get pretty excited when leading interiors brands release their newest products! And one such brand, Caesarstone, has just launched the first of its new colours for 2019, so no surprises, I had to take a look! The reveal of the Caesarstone‘s new colours Primordia …
If you are a fan of local brands that focus on traditional handmade techniques, then you will love Melbourne-based homewares brand L&M Home. Founded by Anna Lofts 19 years ago, L&M Home (previously Linen and Moore) has expanded from designing and producing bedlinen, cushions, towels and table linen, to now offer accessories and small furniture …
Like most great relationships today, ours started on Instagram. The super friendly Lisa and I got chatting and when I kept seeing her posts pop up in my feed, I knew they had to be featured right here on the blog! Lisa and her life and biz partner Terry had the idea for their heirloom-style …
Beautiful products, clever creatives and a first look at the new trends? It’s all happening this weekend at the AGHA Sydney Gift Fair! The AGHA Sydney Gift Fair is billed as Australia’s largest industry-led retail trade exhibition and it returns to Sydney Olympic Park 23rd to 26th February with an absolute blockbuster line up. With tens of …
Do you ever find yourself wondering how on earth that bedroom in the magazine just looks so… good?! And then you compare your own bedroom and think… “where the hell have I gone wrong?!” I hear you! But sometimes just a few small upgrades to your bedroom are all that you need to transform the …
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Today, we are joined by Melbourne-based “super declutterer” and thrifty decorator Alexandra Ganipeau of The Roaming Atelier. Through working with her clients to sort and style their homes, along with her long-held love of all things vintage, Alexandra has learnt where to source incredible pieces, full of character, that are easy on the wallet. So let’s …
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Australian wedding and brand photographer Monika Berry is one of those people who just feels good to be around. She describes herself as an introvert: I describe her as having an incredibly grounded, sage and present energy. Today, we’re visiting Mon inside her Bellarine home, which she shares with her husband, two young children and …
With my living conditions moving from 2 bedrooms to 4 over the next year as we build our own home, I’m really started to wonder how I can make four different beds look unique and stylish in themselves but effortlessly timeless at the same time. Is it doable I ask?! So I partnered up with …
Call us nosy – or simply “interested”! – but we all love to see a renovation project and hear its tales! Today I have a real treat for you: it’s the story of a 70’s house transformed into a modern Victorian Bayside home. And it’s one of my favourite interiors of the year! It’s hard …
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It’s tough trying to choose a vast area of our home from just a little sample. But that’s often the expectation when it comes to choosing flooring – be it carpets or timber flooring. Flooring really can change the tone of a room – not to mention make a space more liveable… or not!! So …
Darren Palmer shares his top flooring trends for 2019 Read More »
If you might remember, my FAVOURITE of Dulux’s 2019 Colour Forecast – “Filter” – was the “Wholeself” palette. It is right up my alley with soft, light, nurturing tones. Well, Dulux has just revealed its Summer Trends palette for 2019 and it is centered around none other than this very palette. I’m in love with it …
Tiles aren’t something I always get excited about, particularly the same old white subway tiles we’ve seen for years now. But today is an exception because National Tiles has just launched a collaboration with Grand Designs and the result is the most GORGEOUS tiles I’ve come across in a long time. And they are refreshingly …
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It’s always exciting to see inside a brand new architecture-designed build, and today’s feature not only sold out within three weeks, but has won multiple awards. With ANGLE, ICD Property and Buxton Group behind the development, and Stokes Architects and Studio You Me leading the design, the sell-out Maple apartments here in Melbourne struck a chord …
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I’ll start today’s feature with full disclosure: the wonderful woman behind Trentham accommodation Acre of Roses is a client of mine in my marketing membership community The Modern Marketing Collective – and through that a friend. But more than that, Sandy McKinley is a creative genius. Sandy and her partner Rob have meticulously transformed their 1860’s miner’s …
Acre of Roses luxury wellness accommodation, Trentham Read More »
This week is the biggest of the year for Channel 9’s hit renovation show The Block: it’s auction week! I can’t tell you how nervous I get for the contestants as they see out those excruciating minutes of live auction for the homes they have worked around the clock on over the past months. Ahead …
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