… getting the measure of things

WINKS – weekend links. Here we list what has come in during the week, things we’ve found and things we think you’ll want to see. If you’d like to see your blog or website featured email us and if we think it fits with our readers we’ll link you. So what’s in this week?

• Carolina Fontoura Alzaga makes elegant, victorian inspired chandeliers out of recycled bike parts. Steampunk beauties to make a statement.  I would kill for one of these!

• Über talented photographer Richard Powers has a new book – Living Modern: the sourcebook of contemporary interiors – just out and packed with pictures taken over the last 5 years with texts by Phyliss Richardson and translated into five languages: french, german, dutch, spanish and italian. You can order your copy here.

• FDV Collection has teamed up with the premier Italian textile manufacturer Rubelli to create these oh so glam pendants and floor lamps,  Alexandria and Damasco. Very different from the bicycle pendants above but referencing the same past with a modern take. Available through Leucos.

• How wonderfully wild and whimsical are these?!! OTT 😉 Sally Bridge, a former fashion designer is now designing and making rustic modern, wrought iron furniture. See more at Sally Bridge Metal.

• Have you been to see the new Australian based online magazine Adore Home yet? If you haven’t then grab a cup of coffee and settle in for a treat. (Great for Aussie sources too when it comes to getting the look.)

You’ve seen this house before in magazines, product shoots and here on Desire to Inspire. It’s location78, the East London photographic location house of photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes and stylist Jo Atkins-Hughes. Their design, their styling, their business. Look more closely and you’ll see them, the subtle changes that have taken this house to the next level. A few well chosen pieces of furniture and new accessories, touches of new colour (including a black living room), warm timber tones have added a life and a warmth to an already amazing house. To cap it all are these fabulous new photos by Graham. A new look at old favourites, a peek at spaces we haven’t seen before and an exuberant garden that is the perfect foil for the moody maturity of the interiors. I couldn’t make up my mind which photos to leave in or out. I’m guilty, I’m afraid Graham, of using almost all of them. Available for location hire… maybe I could hire it permanently and move on in.

P.S. Launching soon an online shop at their website sevenandeight.com and they have started a blog. I’m sure they’ll let us know when they have all the content ready.

“Tighe Architecture is committed to creating an authentic, contemporary Architecture informed by technology, sustainability and building innovation. The work is not of style but of process – a process driven by influences such as site, environment, budget, society, and culture.” Hell yeah it may be driven by process but it sure is stylish! Venice Beach house anyone? Or the cutest little black box?

Malcolm Patterson designer, stylist, producer and owner of this fab pad! You may know him from photo shoots he has styled for magazines such as Style at Home but more likely you’ve seen his work on HGTV where he was Senior Stylist of Pure Design starring Samantha Pynn. This is the home he shares with his partner that appeared in Style at Home earlier this year. Your can find out more about what he did and why he did it on his blog where you’ll find a walk through he did for Cityline.

Two tiny terraces in Sydney today. Both with a masculine touch, both with a traditional hint of luxury but both with a contemporary edge. Both with teeny tiny courtyards. You’ll find the first one here but you will have to wait till after the jump (and scroll to the bottom) to see a stylish garden no bigger than most living room rugs.

Did you like the sleek white lines of the first home?Or perhaps the next terrace is a bit more to your liking. You’ll have to scroll to the bottom for the teeny, tiny garden but in the meantime you can find the link here.