Sibella Court, Australias queen of disheveled chic, teamed up with Anthropologie a while back on a line of handmade hardware for the home inspired by her own collection of aged wood and tarnished met...
When Sydney-native Melissa Bombardeire isnt working her day job as a graphic designer, renovating her home, or raising her two adorable girls, she spends her free time designing custom fabrics. Inspi...
Can a blue tomato help you live forever? No promises. But it cant hurt to try a bite. At Oregon State University, Prof. Jim Myers wondered if it was possible to create a tomato that was as irresistib...
A modern-day Greek taverna is the newest arrival on a bustling inner Sydney block, with award-winning design by interior architect George Livissianis. Located in Potts Point, The Apollo is a new vent...
Weve long admired French company Tse Tses Cornet clip lamp (but not the $200 price tag); create something similar at a fraction of the price with a hardware store clip lamp and a can of spray paint. ...
Tucked away in tony Knightsbridge, a new shop introduces London to the exotica of the South Pacific. Native New Zealander Laura Myers spent her childhood summers in Tahiti; her shop, Atea Oceanie, re...
Not your mothers macrame plant hangers: Authentics Urban Garden Plant Bags offer a decidedly modern means to create an indoor garden when space is tight. Above: Made of black coated polyester fabric,...
Take one shell of an old warehouse in a suburb on the outskirts of Sydney. Add a lush, rambling kitchen garden—yes, chicken coops too—and a sunny patio, and baristas who elevate coffee to...
Weve been admiring the Dickebusch cottage, designed by the husband and wife behind Koskela, for a while now. Recreate the outback look with the following elements. N.B.: See more from our post on Hot...
A Victorian terraced house with rabbit-warren rooms in the middle of Surry Hills, Sydney is opened up to take advantage of the lush garden. Australian architect Hannah Tribe of Tribe Studio Architect...
What do you get when a father with a penchant for making furniture teams up with a daughter with a fine arts degree and a keen eye for design? In the case of Douglas and Rebecca Snelling, the result ...
From Australia, eco-designer Joost Bakker offers home gardeners small-scale versions of the massive steel and terracotta vertical gardens that cover the facades of his popup Greenhouse restaurants an...
Ive long admired the free-form designs of Pamela Tang. An Australian native, Tang worked for 10 years as a professional interior designer in Singapore before returning to pursue her own signature sty...
Discovered via Decor8: the work of Melbourne-based furniture maker and landscaper Greg Hatton, who goes by the name "Twiggy." His work is admired (and collected) by Aussie taste maker Sibel...
If everything were recyclable, our problems would be solved, says eco-designer Joost Bakker. And by "everything," he means everything. In Australia, where hes a first-name-only celebrity, J...
Sania Pell, the UK queen of the homemade, invited us for tea recently. Heres the story: Pell started posting on DIY matters about a year ago; ever since, weve been checking in on her creative genius....
My friend Susan and I were discussing our gardens the other day—shes heavily into ground covers this spring, and Im fantasizing about how to rehabilitate a backyard blitzed during a remodel&mda...
After several years in the business, coffee connoisseur Fleur Studd opened her own cafe and roasting house; Market Lane Coffee, located in the Prahran Market of Melbourne, Australia, with a view to c...
To celebrate the launch of Gardenista, were inviting readers to submit pinboards of favorite urban gardens (fire escape, rooftop, balcony) on Pinterest. The prize? A Cedar Bed-on-Legs (valued at $299...
Brisbane-based architects Owen and Vokes maintain a remarkably rigorous aesthetic in all their projects, using a palette of natural wood, vertically laid white tile, and louvered windows. According t...
Normally I try not to publicly discuss how adorable and smart cats are—my dogs get terribly jealous—but our friends at Catster have vital information to share with balcony gardeners: 10 C...
Urban living is all about the creative maximization of available space; especially outdoor space. This week, Melissa Baker and Jon Handley of Pulltab Design (members of the Remodelista Architect/Desi...
Weve been coveting a sofa from Clarke & Reilly for a while now (see Design Visit: Clark & Reilly), so we took note when we saw that Anthropologie was offering pieces from the London-based des...
I have had an unhealthy obsession with the A Détacher black bedspread since I first saw it (I keep imagining how the blanket would look layered over my white duvet cover). Then yesterday Julie...
Spotted in the bath at Babylonstoren, an herbacious tussie-mussie bouquet displayed in a glass vase. What is a tussie-mussie, you ask? The tussie-mussie is the modern posy, an heir to the sixteenth-c...
Our only complaint about The Balcony Gardener has been that the UK-based garden retailer didnt ship its stylish small-space vertical gardens and window boxes abroad, where we greedy urban gardeners i...
Weve been prowling around the Marin Country Mart since Jim Rosenfield took it on as a project (hes the force behind the Brentwood Country Mart in Los Angeles). Among the many spaces we admire? Rosenf...
Ive been having a thing with roses of late, popping petals into glasses of champagne for a hint of color and floral aroma. So when Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks gave me a jar of freshly made rhubarb...
The Victorians cataloged their botanical (and romantic) obsessions by pressing flowers; our friend Rebecca Willis continues the tradition for similar reasons; creating memories from cataloged flowers...
As spring transitions into summer, Im reminded of a scene in one of my favorite Yasujirō Ozu films, Late Spring, where characters Noriko and Hattori are riding their bikes through the strong coastal ...
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