Displaying posts from May, 2014

In my next home I want some windows with deep ledges, so the cats can congregate for squirrel watching and have a nap, and I can have a spot for sun-worshipping plants. It is also a great place to create some little vignettes. I love these windows below….

Elle Decoration Sweden

Folkhem

Lonny

Femina

covet garden

Heart Home magazine

Hus & Hem

Hus & Hem

Lonny

Micasa

Bolaget

Folkhem

And sometimes you need nothing at all.

Lonny

I want to live here. Badly. A home (a warehouse in fact) where the architecture is a focal point, and furnishings are a bit sparse. Where space is not an issue, and it’s all about the sunlight. Interior design by Made By Cohen, photos by Shannon McGrath.

With the temperature starting to drop here I’m drawn to the autumnal tones of these vignettes by stylist Meagan Camp. But of course I couldn’t stay all faded leaves and patinaed walls for long. Beautiful white rooms with hints of spring found their way into my favourites file as well. I think it’s the little details in each shot. I want to linger, turning pages of a book, tossing leaves to see how they land, patting cushions.

Timber joinery like a spine down the back of a gut renovation of this Paddington, Sydney terrace house. Providing storage and screening, room definition and warm wooden tones to the stark white shell.  Design by Bennett and Trimble. Photography by Peter Bennetts.

I am not sure how I ended up on the blog Our Gathered Home the other day, but there I was and smitten I became. Our Gathered Home started out of a need to share honest, authentic homes lived in by real people, across the globe. Our aim is to showcase family life in a multifaceted approach to urban living. The homes featured in this absolutely lovely blog are curated by Matt Allison, whose own mid-century ranch in South Africa that he shares with his wife and 2 kids is featured (LOVE!). Here is a snippet from several of the home tours, including the homes of Robert and Judith de Graaff, Anki Wijnen, Maike & Travis McNeill, Tessa and Craig Harding, Kristin & Jonathan Rogers, Emma-Jane & Dylan Harbour and Rebecca & Bruce Meissner.