Displaying posts from December, 2008

Diane Bergeron

Posted on Mon, 1 Dec 2008 by midcenturyjo


Many of you may already be familiar with Diane Bergeron. Interior design services and fabric showroom are labels that don’t do justice to her fab, eclectic, high meets low, flea market with glam style. It’s colourful, fun and always cheeky just like all the best things Australian. Her website is a treat and her blog gives you an insight into the hectic but stylish day to day of her firm. As rep for some of the most innovative fabric collections coming out of the States (think Rubie Green, Madeline Weinrib, Of the Young and the Restless, John Robshaw and Carolina Irving) her Melbourne showroom is a mecca for designers and style mavens in the know. Here is just a taste of her work. Please Santa can I have that wall of books for Christmas?

Lighting completed

Posted on Mon, 1 Dec 2008 by KiM

This blog chronicles my entire kitchen renovation from start to finish. Greentea Design has provided me with their solid wood kitchen cabinets, and I’m taking care of the rest.

If you’d like to be brought up to date, check out my kitchen remodel blog for an archive of previous posts. I posted recently about the arrival of the appliances and some other odds and ends, and now for the completed lighting.

The lighting and wiring in my new kitchen is FINALLY completed. Everyone always says how key lighting is in a space and guess what? They’re RIGHT!! The kitchen looked great once the cabinets were in but now that it’s properly lit, WOW – the cabinets look even more fabulous. What a difference from the old kitchen, with one ceiling fan with 3 lights, and a lamp on the counter. Now I have 9 potlights, 3 pendants, 2 wall lamps and under-cabinet light strips. Funny thing is now that the kitchen is so well lit, all the other rooms have such crappy lighting in comparison.

Here are a few photos of the kitchen taken right after the electrician finished up (hood fan was mid-installation).



The pendants I bought at Crawford Alexander turned out to be a perfect fit with the look I was going for. They are industrial and fun and quirky…and since I have no dining table yet, everyone is cursing them because we’ve all bashed our heads on them numerous times. I have regular bulbs in them but because of the shape of them they give off hardly any light so I have to pick up some floodlights to use instead.


To see the rest of the lighting in place, including my Tolomeos which I am totally in love with, click HERE.

Phyllis Asher

Posted on Mon, 1 Dec 2008 by midcenturyjo


The look is a little more traditional than we’ve been featuring lately but New York prop stylist Phyllis Asher has a portfolio that is rich and lush. Whether the grandeur of traditional homes or a clean and contemporary feel her styling adds that something extra to these rooms. And yes like all my favourite stylists her food portfolio is delicious. Enjoy!