Hot hot hot! Photographer, images and rooms. We’ve been crushing on Douglas Friedman (via) for years and it’s time again to go weak at the knees. Wallpaper, Domino and Elle Décor. Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, and Vanity Fair. You’ll see his name everywhere. Master of his game. Top dog or is that top Doug? OK I’m done 🙂

Minimalist and modern, carefully curated and contemporary. Not just the homes but the photography. Love it when a photographer matches their style to the subject’s aesthetic. Imagine these beautiful minimalist spaces photographed with fussy mood lighting, overly clever angles, composition and depth of field. Clean lined is clean lined and fabulous for it. From the portfolio of Australian photographer Justin Alexander.

If you are a regular reader of Emma Reddington‘s blog The Marion House Book (and if you are not you really, really should be) you will know the work of photographer Kristin Sjaarda. Kristin photographs the “Hello! Neighbor” series. Her photos are so personal and intimate. The life of a house is the family within and Kristin’s photos are brimming with this life. It’s like you are standing at the door of a room and watching the daily ebb and flow of its inhabitants. “A picture paints a thousand words” may be an old cliche but with Kristin Sjaarda‘s work it’s true. Not an easy thing to do.

Behind a very unassuming facade, behind the door of a slightly tired timber and tin worker’s cottage, behind what you might not give a second glance is a vibrant, modern home of polished concrete, walls of glass and white, white and more white. It’s fresh and young and bright and inner city funky and it all hides behind that simple facade in Newtown, Sydney. Never judge a book by its cover. Here while the link lasts.

An amazing set of images by an amazing photographer of an amazing house by an amazing architect. What more can I say but amazing. A Richard Neutra home in LA captured through the lens of photographer Jason Madara.