Displaying posts from February, 2007

The powder room, the wc, the cloakroom,the little boys/girls room, the 0.5 of the 2.5 bathrooms, the toilet. An oft neglected space just ripe for decorating. Thinking of something a little “risky” elsewhere in the house, try it out first in the smallest room.

Hotel des Arts	Ken Hayden
Domino	BNO
John Barman	Robyn Karp
Jay Jeffers	Domino

I cannot begin to express how much I love black and white colour palettes. It is just so classic and modern, and easy to switch out accent colours if you tire of things easily like I do. So here are some photos of black and white living rooms.

Bernstein & Andriulli	Riehl Designs, Inc.
Domino	Ghislaine Viñas
Studioilse	Tocar Design

Pappas Miron Design mixes antiques, vintage textiles, flea market finds and modern pieces to produce a relaxed and liveable modern interior. Tatyana and Alexandra aren’t married to one style and feel free to improvise, finding the potential in second hand pieces. See more on their website.

Regarded by many as the founder of Australian interior design, Marion Hall Best was the local arbiter of the latest style in the 60s. Her interiors showcased the best of what the world had to offer as well as providing a platform for promoting Australian design. In a post war world of “porridge” colours Marion is probably best known for her vivid glazed walls, colourful undercoats with contrasting translucent glazes; yellow over red,pink, black, blue or green producing intriguing tangerines, olives, aquamarines and chartreuses. Her Woollahra, Sydney shop became known internationally as an authoritative index of the latest modern trends in interior design. But perhaps her best work was in supporting promising young local talent including Gordon Andrews and Grant Featherston.

All images from “The Best Style. Marion Hall Best and Australian Interior Design 1935-1975” by Michaela Richards. These are original photos from the time and the quality is not the best but the design is first class.

I just found this picture and had to laugh – and then had to post it. It seems everyone (except Jo and Anna, the aussies) has been suffering through horrible weather lately and after weeks of FREEZING cold temperatures up here, I thought this picture accurately portrayed how I feel (and look?? – this cow has more hair than I do FOR SURE).