Displaying posts from October, 2010

Graham Moss

Posted on Fri, 8 Oct 2010 by midcenturyjo

  

Colour, colour, colour! Away with the white, let’s overdose on saturated hues. The perfect way top end the week is with green and red and pink and blue. Vignettes, rooms, real and staged, shop and home. Welcome to the fabulous portfolio of interior stylist Graham Moss. I have an unhealthy obsession with that stairway gallery of mid century prints. Fun!

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Reader request – built-in home office

Posted on Thu, 7 Oct 2010 by KiM

It’s reader request time, and today’s post comes from Melissa: “I’ve stalked your blog for years, and now that my husband and I are in the throes of renovating a funky garage/apartment into our future house, I was hoping you might be able to help. The home is 1600 sq. ft, so every sq. ft is in contention. I am a writer/photographer and need to have a home office that, unfortunately, will be placed just off of our living area. I was hoping you might be able to point out some built in home offices or some unusual alternatives to computer/bookshelf storage?” I scoured my workspace photos and found some that are small/built-in/in or nearby living rooms. Hope this helps you Melissa and anyone else looking to carve out a home office out of a small area.

Caroline Paterson The London Magazine
Country Living Coburn Architecture
Hus & Hem Altitude Lofts
design*sponge Canadian House & Home
design*sponge Sköna hem
Lucy Interior Design Canadian House & Home
Robert Kaner Caroline Beaupère
Sköna hem Apartment Therapy

FCI
Insight Design Inc.
Robert Kaner
Jacqueline Glass
Jacqueline Glass
Marie Claire Maison
design*sponge
Barbara Weiss

I know this one! I know this one! I lusted after it when I saw it in Inside Out quite some time ago. I want this one! I want this one! Sold unfortunately. (Who am I kidding? I could never afford Paddington, Sydney prices!) The house is just fab but I’m really in a splash about that pool in the courtyard. Find it here while the link lasts.

Laura’s café project

Posted on Wed, 6 Oct 2010 by KiM

Laura Fulmine, a London-based interior stylist and design consultant and have just finished a project in a cafe in East London called Tina We Salute You and emailed us to share some details and photos. “The installation was to coincide with London Design Week. It was only supposed to stay for one week however, it has proved so popular, the lovely people at Tina’s have agreed to keep it on for one more week! I wanted to do something small this year for Design Week and so approached this great cafe in East London who use their cafe as a part gallery, allowing artists to display their work for 6 weeks at a time. Instead of using the walls as a gallery I chose to do an interiors project and so painted all the cafe in South African wall murals.” The colours and patterns are so much fun. I love how this turned out Laura! Thanks for giving us a peek!

  

Oksana needs your help

Posted on Wed, 6 Oct 2010 by KiM

We received a request for help recently from Oksana: “I’m struggling in decorating living area in my townhouse. Basically, my living room is a loft type/open space with the kitchen area at the end. I have a sofa (contemporary) and would like to buy a chair (or chairs) or something else that will provide more seating space, look interesting, and feel comfortable. I’d appreciate any ideas and suggestions.” Photos of Oksana’s space are below, and my suggestions are after the jump.

I would suggest something low and not too big to keep the open feel of the room. Here are a few I love from Ikea and DWR (click the photo to find out more):

Consider checking eBay or thrift shops like Jo and I love to do because you can find some great stuff for CHEAP! Here are 2 chairs Jo found recently on eBay (I think) that I think would be perfect:

  

If anyone has any suggestions for Oksana please leave a comment!