Displaying posts from May, 2014

One day, when I no longer work downtown and have to worry about commuting (which is why my current house is a 30 minute walk to work), I would love to live in a home in the middle of nowhere. A home with trees and mountain views, with massive windows and soaring cielings. Idealy, a modernized barn. Many of the homes designed by New York-based architecture and design firm BarlisWedlick are essentially my dream homes. Rustic and country on the outside (with hints of modernism) and contemporary on the inside. This talented team has created lofts, penthouses, cottages, rural compounds, barns and everything else in between into gorgeous residences which I imagine are dream homes to the owners.   

Just one more I promise. An end of row corner terrace house, small in size, big on style. The kitchen/breakfast seating/courtyard is wonderful. So much light and sense of space from such a tiny footprint. The icing on the cake is the location in Surry Hills, my favourite part of Sydney. Link here while it lasts.

Give me any type of loft, any day of the week and I am on cloud nine. Include a kitchen with exposed brick wall, concrete countertops, reclaimed wood cabinets and Jieldé lights and I am drooling all over my computer. This loft is gorgeous. Via Istanbul-based Vimana Design.

Deborah Rhein is an artist and designer, and is known as the Zhush doctor. Why (or HUH) you ask? I have this uncanny ability to walk into a room and begin the transformation process in my head. It begins as something as simple as painting and re-covering an old chair to tearing down walls to create a dream kitchen. When people started calling me the Zhush doctor, I was flattered to be referred to as someone who can ‘primp and fluff’ almost anything. Deborah is certainly talented, and I am impressed with the way she blends traditional and modern furnishings to create eclectic spaces that really work. Her multi-talents lead her to open 2 successful shops in Los Angeles (and online). Here are some of her spaces that I really enjoy. I’ll take the tile floor in photo #4 – FAB! 

The second of today’s stalking targets. Just moments from the other house but so different. A worn patina to its facade and a country meets artist meets historical meets faded charm feel. Favourite rooms? I’d love to sit and gossip with friends over a large pot of tea in the kitchen and my inner crafter is coveting the craft room. So which one could you live in? I’m leaning towards… hum… this one. Link here while it lasts.