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It’s like I say time and again. If you have to drag your sorry self into work on a Saturday then it certainly helps if it’s somewhere stylish. Like this light and bright workplace in Melbourne’s CBD, Melcorp Property by Studio Tate.

Photo: Dean J. Birinyi

Happy weekend folks!

The A’ Design Award & Competition has ended for another year and the winners have been announced. Here are the interior design related winners for 2015-2016.

A’ Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award 2015 – 2016 Period Winners

The Urban Foundry Restaurant And Bar by Ketan Jawdekar

Adda Multifunctional Cafe by Ketan Jawdekar

Samba Elite Brazilian BBQ Steakhouse Industrial Rustic Design by Matthew Lim & Team

Mini Punjab Restaurant by Ketan Jawdekar

A’ Lighting Products and Projects Design Award 2015 – 2016 Period Winners

Baggy Lamp by Elnur Babayev

ShelfLamp Lamp and shelf. by Giorgi Maghradze

Spiral Floor lamp by Marco (yongge) Wu

A’ Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware Design Award 2015 – 2016 Period Winners

Tri Sgabello by Ascanio Zocchi

Metro Highway Bookshelf by Yongwook Seong

A’ Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award 2015 – 2016 Period Winners

BSG Residential Villa by MURAT GEDIK

A’ Design Award and Competitions are organized and awarded annually and internationally in a wide range of categories. Every year, projects that focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity are awarded with the A’ Award. While realized projects find opportunities to get published, reach new markets and meet a wide range of buyers for their existing products, the organization also helps the creative minds and startups to meet with the business people to realize their product ideas. If you’d like to register for 2016-2017 you can do so here. 

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This post is brought to you in collaboration with A’ Design Award and Competition

A dear reader of ours named Erin was talked into setting up a real estate staging and styling business in Perth, Western Australia after nailing it on a couple of homes she staged for friends and neighbours of friends. This townhouse in West Perth is one of them – and it’s already under offer (if not sold by now).

There are more than enough 1 bed new to newish apartments in this suburb and surrounding suburbs where the balcony’s overlook each other plus there are 50 to 150 of them in each block. This one’s saving grace is it’s in a group of 8 that allows pets unlike the apartments. Pets are like plants in my eyes.  They make a house a home. Ideally I would have loved to wack art on the walls but as the whole place was freshly painted inside and out the owner wanted to leave the walls clear so the new owners can hammer away til their hearts content.  I also would have loved to put another rug or two in but I need more rugs like a hole in the head as with the owner.  I am though still trying to source a well priced rug to possibly put underneath the wee dining table. we did this using mine and the owners furniture with all linen, cushions, vases, plants, basically every accessory you can see coming from me. I did get the owner to spring for the rug in the upstairs sitting area which we sourced from gumtree which is similar to craigslist as she was happy to keep this after the sale. The owner wasn’t keen on hiring furniture and admittedly I would rather purchase second hand to keep costs down and sell furniture on after the sale to save costs for the owner. Plus she had a few sofas and coffee tables in her main residence, borrowed a spare bed from her mum and luckily owned the eames and expedit. I’m a big believer, in beg, borrow and steal, purchase what you need and store anything downright ugly and not suited to the target buyer. But will hire furniture if need be.

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