As the last days of May bid us farewell, we say goodbye to the delightful autumn season in Melbourne. And with the crisper nights, with their promise of cosy dinner parties and roaring log fires, com...
18 years ago today, I was very, very pregnant. So much so, being 10 days over my due date, that my husband insisted on attending all my client & site meetings. Just in case he needed to rush me t...
If you think your next tea party may be needing a bit of humour added to the menu, perhaps these too-cute personality-filled tea bags could be just the thing. Made in Germany, the little characters r...
Ah...gloves. So seductive, so mysterious, so elegant. They truly are one of the elements of glamour dressing. And I can not think of a good reason why we dont wear them more often. But with an ...
As usual, Lewis Carroll says it best: the silliness of gobbledygook I mean. Which is exactly what it feels like when I have to decipher the impossible words, as part of the word verification pr...
Not sure what interior design planet I have been living on lately, but the work of Catherine Kwong, a San Francisco based designer, is new to me. This is her own home, shot by the fabulou...
One of the most striking types of fabulous front doors, the timber door with a raised pattern, relies on the pleasing composition of the mouldings and the beauty of the timber itself. Allowed to shin...
Have spent the morning testing out cameras until my head is about to explode, with so many options, gadgets & jigger-madoodles. Why cant camera shopping be as straight-forward as the ...
The perception of men, as seen by the new emancipated Edwardian woman. What can one say? image :: the gibson girl ...more...
Have you ever noticed that when you buy a new blue dress, suddenly everybody else seems to be wearing one? Or when you need to replace your letterbox, suddenly letterboxes keep catching your attentio...
Form, geometry, colour. They are the signature hallmarks of all McBride Charles Ryan projects. And this new work, Cloud House, an extension to an Edwardian property in Fitzroy North, uses all 3...
We took the tweenager to his first opera on Saturday night, and there was as much joy in watching his beaming face as there was in watching this splendid production. It was also the perfe...
As a delectable duet, it doesnt get much better than coffee + chocolate. And when we are talking espresso coffee + deep, dark velvety chocolate, it really does taste like a match made in heaven...
One of the most fun parts of the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show is the Floral Fashion competition, whereby students from RMIT, who more usually study how to design ...
This is the terrace home of Stephen OConnor and Annick Houle, the life + work duo from OConnor + Houle Architecture, perhaps best known around this town for their work on the quietly atmospheric Heid...
In an ode to the beauty of femininity, this collection of gowns from Carl Kapp, in flowing swirls of luminous sorbet colours, makes me want to immediately throw a Grecian Goddess cocktail party. Trul...
Perhaps its a reaction to the colour blocking of the last few seasons, (or possibly yesterdays very colourful chocolate-box house) but the enduring classic combination of inky or pale blue with sultr...
Have I gone nuts? How is a house like a box of chocolates? Well, when the exterior is richly dark, fancy & decadent. Just like chocolate. And when every room inside is different from the ot...
Always on the lookout for new ways to store my ever-increasing collection of hats, so when a storm brought down some branches in the garden last week, I thought...hmmm...this could be useful. A...
Peeking through the timber slats is the beckoning house, and you can just see a glimpse of the extraordinary view behind. With a stunning landscape like this, it must have been tempting to have a vis...
Scroll between these 2 images to see the incredible difference that lighting makes to an interior space. Hard to believe the materials are even the same. By day, the timber ship-lap walls are charcoa...
Wouldnt these roaring leopard napkin holders be fun on the dinner table? Inspired by the decorative soup tureens of the 17th & 18th centuries which featured exotic animals, Amsterdam-based ...
One of the most charming styles of homes, forever loved, is the classic weatherboard cottage. And while the decades have produced much debate as to the merits of a single, central corridor versus ope...
In the chill of the early autumn morning, my husband reached for his faithful trilby hat before striding out the door. But where was the hat? Not where it should have been. Left on the kitchen ...
A new month beckons as the year is marching along, and with May comes one of the most glorious of birthstones, the intensely coloured emerald, one of the group of four precious stones. (The oth...
Yes, I do see there is a horse standing in the entryway. But half close your eyes, and imagine, just for a minute, that this is actually a front door to a rather beautiful home. Fun, isnt it? A...
The Oxford dictionary defines "glamour" as "alluring or exciting beauty or charm". Which is a definition I rather like. Because it isnt just sparkles, or velvet, or high h...
Ok, I need some advice. Im hunting for a new camera, and am wondering what you have, and if you love it. This is the camera I am toying with buying: its the new OM-D from Olympus. Apart from the fact...
I love the ancient tradition of flower meanings. You know, red roses for love, violets for faithfulness and so on. But did you know that rosemary signifies remembrance? So, with Anzac Day tomorrow, I...
Adding a potted plant or two to a front door certainly creates a cheery welcome. But they dont always have to sit on each side of the front door. This house was built in1930 in the Deco Moderne...
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