Displaying posts from March, 2008

Happy long Easter weekend everyone. May you enjoy tons of chocolate and family get-togethers. Thanks to Angie for emailing with a link to this great photo she took at her inlaws house, a house filled with cutesy grandma kitsch. I love me some kitsch. What kitsch has to do with Easter I don’t know, but Jo already posted chocolate bunnies.

Dan Duchars is a London-based photographer who has shot for all sorts of magazines – Living Etc., Image Interiors and Homes & Gardens to name a few, and for clients such as Cath Kidston, IKEA and Harrods. He is so talented in his ability to capture the essence of a space, using natural light to give them a soft look. And the dark magenta wall colour in the photo above? FAB!

With a base in gritty urban Collingwood in Melbourne, Australia Wolveridge Architects design a broad range of project types but are especially well known for their work in coastal and rural areas. Core to their designs is exploring the relationship of the site and its environs and the role of ecologically sustainable designing using passive design techniques and sustainable building systems and recycled materials. Green never looked so urban.

Joe Serrins Studio does it all – architecture, interior design, furniture design, accessories and art curatorial services. A master at modern residential design, Joe Serrins’ portfolio is absolutely stunning…lots of white with pops of colour, gorgeous furnishings, and I adore the forest wallpaper.

Warning the following post is devoid of taste and should be taken in the light hearted manner in which it is offered.

We’ve had some wonderful posts this week. Kim’s white houses were just amazing. I thought I would counter all the good taste with these shock offerings from Decorating with Crochet, Anne Halliday, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1975. Yes it’s true I spent my valuable time scanning and editing these dreadful projects from this retro treasury of bad DIY. If you continue now and take some time to soak the details you have been warned!! (If anyone wants the instructions to make one of these, perhaps the crocheted director’s chair or the grandfather clock wall hanging let me know. Actually some of these aren’t that bad. Maybe I’ll get my crochet hook out…. just kidding.)