Displaying posts from October, 2013

You may recognize the first few photos from an issue of Lonny – one of the most memorable IMHO thanks to the designs of fashion stylist and interior designer Estee Stanley. Well known for her chic, effortless and eclectic style, she is a designer without a signature look as she can knock out any style her clients are after. I love her mostly neutral palettes with drama added through graphic artwork, bits of black, funky lighting and other cool accents.

The original home is comforting to me. It resembles the Queenslander homes I have grown up with. But move through its original rooms, cross the “bridge” oven the ponds and what opens before you is a sleek, contemporary home. Modern, stylish, open plan. I’m stalking a Longueville, Sydney home by architects Marsh Cashman Koolloos that certainly is hiding a secret behind its old timber and tin facade. Old and new, open and enclosed, positive and negative space. I would love to see more photos or perhaps attend an open for inspection to make more sense of the space although you’ll be able to understand a little better from the floor plan. Link here while it lasts.

Down a narrow street in Surry Hills Sydney you will find this monochrome conversion of a former grocery warehouse by Ian Moore Architects. If you were a real life stalker you would find a melange of old bricks, new steel and glass but if you stalk the pages of online real estate sites you will see behind this intriguing facade. The award winning, one bedroom home unfolds over a number of staggered levels. Anything existing is white. Anything new is black. Austere yet refined, controlled yet creative. 19th century meets 21st, industrial becomes residential. Could you live here? Yes? Then follow the link while it lasts and perhaps you’ll be the new owner.

There was just too much goodness in Angie Hranowsky‘s portfolio so I had to do another post…featuring all of my favourite spaces. Brace yourselves!

It has been a few years since I featured Charleston, SC interior designer Angie Hranowsky, and it looks like she’s been rocking out more fabulously bold projects. I love that she designs the complete opposite of the traditional rooms you would expect from her location. Her bold colour palettes and use of funky patterns and furniture all from different periods results in totally unexpected and exciting spaces.