Displaying posts from March, 2014

Don’t you love it when the next issue of your favourite magazine is about to hit the shelves? I guess what’s even better is when it pops up early! Lee Tran Lam, Managing editor ofInside Out magazine emailed with a tasty tidbit from the April issue.

Love Jenny’s home! Love the two covers! I’ve seen inside the latest issue and I love it all! a kaleidoscope of colour! Aussie readers can pick up their copy of the April Inside Out now. Don’t fret if you aren’t in Australia though because you can read along on  Zinio, Google Play and the Apple Newsstand.

I adore this London home featured on The Socialite Family. It belongs to jewelry designer Emma Cassi and her family. There is nothing more cozy and inviting than a home filled with well-worn treasures. And in this case they’re so well-curated that the result is pure eye candy. (Photos by Constance Gennari)

Please forgive me while I honk my nose, cough and splutter, moan and whine and tetchily demand copious cups of herbal tea. I’m in bed with a head cold or the flu or some life threatening disease… my husband’s life if he takes much longer with that lemon tea. I’m such a sad and sorry invalid. I may feel like I’m on death’s door but I can still stalk and when I’m sick I’m extra fussy. Not quite right, bad photos, I need more photos please, house is amazing furniture is deplorable or no furniture at all! Can’t quite put my finger on it listings with something that has me nodding “yes”. This week’s leftovers include a couple of 50s/60s gem, one in particular that is in a sorry state but oh the potential and some bookshelves up under the eaves crying out for books. All via realestate.com.au.

I love this house in the Mission district of San Francisco, home to architect Andrew Dunbar of Interstice Architects and his family. Typical SF Edwardian architectural details on the exterior front but then a really cool lower level facade (constructed from salvaged double-insulated window glass panels arranged in a shingle pattern) for the commercial level, with residential space on the second floor). It’s 3700 sq ft and was a sort of laboratory for the homeowners – experiments range from floors of expansive steel plates, walls of thermal plastics, and magnetic closet/display walls, to integrated passive energy strategies, ingenious waste-stream material reclamation, and high-tech thermal and solar power collection. I think that’s why I like it so much…there’s so much creativity and interesting details throughout. I am especially fond of their massive kitchen cabinet wall – about $12K worth of Ikea cabinets. Says Andrew: Small Ikea kitchens drive me crazy, but six kitchens’ worth of Ikea cabinets can be made into something beautiful. AMEN!

I am so fed up with cold weather. I just want to sit out on a deck in a Bertoia diamond chair with a cocktail while wearing a tshirt and flip flops and breath in warm air. Is that really too much to ask?!?!

Via Interstice Architects