Displaying posts from January, 2013

Blog favourites of late

Posted on Sun, 20 Jan 2013 by KiM

A little bit of pretty

Posted on Sat, 19 Jan 2013 by midcenturyjo

Just because. Photography by Julia Hoersh, styling by Andreas Lichtenstein.

Dion Seminara Architecture

Posted on Sat, 19 Jan 2013 by midcenturyjo

I love a Queensland home. History and grace and a sense of place. Whether the typical timber and tin Queenslander, a gingerbread Federation style or the local version of the California Bungalow (it appears California colonised large tracts of between wars Australia… who would have thought?), these homes are sort after by families in my part of the world. Lovely as they are they do not lend themselves to modern family life though. Faced with a warren of small rooms and generations of unsympathetic renos, home owners want open plan family living, dining and kitchen, extra bathrooms, car parking and swimming pools, decks for al fresco living. What to do? Often our inner city homes are demolished and a contemporary house constructed that bulges over the site and dwarfs the neighbours, changing the streetscape, imposing its “newness”. Today I thought I’d share two homes that have been extended and renovated by Brisbane based Dion Seminara Architecture. Charming old homes now just right for modern family living still with a sense of history and place.

 

I love this kitchen!

Posted on Fri, 18 Jan 2013 by KiM

A perfect combination of modern and rustic. Old wooden crates, baskets and metal bins for upper cabinets with simple white base cabinets. I LOVE this. It would make for a very inexpensive kitchen makeover. Via Katarina Grundströmer

Katarina Grundstomer

Posted on Fri, 18 Jan 2013 by KiM

Katarina Grundströmer is an interior designer and stylist from Sweden whose portfolio knocked my socks off when I stumbled upon it recently – especially when I discoovered she designed one of my favourite bedrooms (it’s in this post!). Her spaces are dreamy and creative, rustic yet modern. One of my favourite of Katarina’s spaces is coming up later so stay tuned!