… yes that’s Ali McGraw in her late 70s pad
The scanner is fixed and my stock of retro design books replenished. At long long last it is the return of the retrolicious, the retro revolting and the retro just might be redeemable. Make up your own mind as I present for your delight and mortification scans from The Apartment Book, by the editors of Apartment Life magazine, Meredith Corporation, 1980. Who would have thought? Build your own 3 mannequin arm table (I have the instructions if you need them), corrugated cardboard as a blind and a hammock that never looked less appealing! (If you are new to Desire to Inspire and have never immersed yourself in my retro obsession click here to see all my previous posts… if your dare.)
… and I spent all day running around oblivious to it
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?
A stylist’s work is never done.! Room after room, set after set for magazines, catalogues, advertisements, photo shoots of all types. No time for anything else… except perhaps a blog, a stylish blog. This is the portfolio of Emily Henderson, stylist and flea market addict. Gorgeous don’t you think? And the blog? The Brass Petal. So much to explore and enjoy.
Take a New Zealander. Wind his career path through Australia, the States, Singapore and land him in Sweden after training with some of the best photographers around and who do you get? Karl Anderson. Love the vibe of these photos. As you can imagine there are influences from all around the world but with his present base that bright white Swedish light shines through in many of these. As for the iconic furniture pieces in a number of these shots, well what can a blogger do but sigh! Great shots, great talent. Images from Karl’s website and from his rep’s.
There’s a grittiness yet a softness to stylist Stella Nicolaisen’s work. The shots come across as so real and everyday but each room is so special and beautiful. Stella’s work was featured here almost a year ago but she has changed rep agency and that means more lovely photos for us to “ooh” and “aah” over. I love the soft washed out feel of these images. Drowsy, blowsy, cozy and comforting.