Dear readers gather round. Time for the third installment in our holiday reading guide. I hope you’re not too exhausted from your blog hopping. No! If you’re anything like me you can’t get enough of new blogs.  It’s like chocolate coated almonds at Christmas time. Too many is never enough. Here we go……

Day two of our blog-a-rama. I hope you’ve saved room. (If I see one more chocolate or ham sandwich I’ll be sick. I love Christmas but it’s hard going at times!) Once more dear readers settle in for a trip across the world and back. Enjoy and see you for more tomorrow.

Welcome welcome welcome! How did your Christmas go? Too much food and watching great aunt Minnie’ dentures travel down her chest as she snores quietly at the end of the table? (True story only the name has been changed!) Well it’s time to pour a cup of nice hot tea, sink into your chair and join in a Desire to Inspire Christmas tradition…. the holiday reading guide to blogs big and small, home design, other design, in English or not, new or new to me. I spend my spare time jumping from link to link and lurking on lots of blogs. Warning though. Take your time, savour them all and save room for more guides over the coming days.

It’s easy to see why Stiff + Trevillion are leading U.K. architects. Theirs is not a definable “style”. It’s modern, clean lined and addresses the connection between heritage and the future, preservation and everyday use. It’s about light and volume, the client’s needs and beautiful spaces. More than inspiring.

Could you do it? Could you live so minimally? I’m both fascinated and frightened by this recently renovated worker’s cottage in Woollahra, Sydney that I stumbled across in my stalking. Such a beautiful and serene house but where do I put my things? Lots of storage I’m sure but could I have maybe just one or two (or in my case several dozen) retro vases? Stunning simplicity for sale here while the link lasts.