It all started with this photo way back at the beginning of the year. I’d found the work of photographer Trevor Dixon. A more complete post followed but I’m never satisfied. I lurk around my favourite photographers’ websites. I virtually stalk their work. I can’t get enough of great shots of inspiring interiors and Trevor takes great shots! Even better Trevor has new work and I’m a very, very happy stalker. Enjoy!

Once upon a time two wealthy “princesses” in two different cities decided to see what they could buy with millions of dollars. Let’s say in Sydney and Melbourne in Australia. They were a little disappointed because the property bubble never burst in Australia. House prices are still stratospheric but a princess must make do with just a fine house instead of a castle if she must. Here’s what our princesses found. The Sydney princess likes Woollahra (our first house) while her Melbourne rival likes the slightly more laid back (if you could even call it that) Prahran cottage. If you were a princess with a few mill to splash out which one would you choose?

The Prahran princess….

What Jo looks like at last!

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 very mixed group is the answer!

• Loving these pieces at Beclau, a family owned and operated business, a high-end custom timber furniture manufacturer. Homewares too.

• Bus roll and leather journals from davidmetnicole. Sigh. These are perfect. Vintage 1950 British destination blinds. Please Santa, please.

• For the bookworm. The Lampada Poltrona by Luigi Caccia Dominioni, perfect for your chair or bedhead. Leather and chrome plated brass. At Suite NY. Love this, so want this.

• Charlotte Waters from Brooklyn, NY emailed to introduce Handcrafted Coops, what every stylish chicken needs in their christmas stocking (my words not her’s). Portable chicken coops for backyard and urban farmers. Architecture for the birds! “Our coop is based on the ‘chicken ark’ that has been used by British hen keepers for decades. Our coops are made with plantation-grown, sustainable materials. They provide a healthy, predator-proof home for 4 hens or 6 bantams.” Put some wheels on them and we call them chicken tractors here in Australia. When I finally get my house I’m getting a couple of chickens. Maybe they’d like a swanky home like this!

So much to do this weekend but I’m hoping to make time to explore homelife. It’s the new online home for Australian magazines Notebook:, Inside Out, Country Style and Parents. AND there are galleries!! And it’s where Inside Out magazine’s blog has moved to…. AND there are galleries. I love Inside Out, Notebook: is fab too and now there are galleries. I plan to scour every one this weekend for inspiration. Here’s a taste of what you can expect. Modern rustic featured in Notebook:Magazine with photography by Polly Eltes.

Not hard to see why Mikael Beckman is one of Sweden’s leading stylists. It’s great to see a masculine take on the Swedish vibe but still the core ingrtedients are there – white, bright, comfortable and stylish, a touch of vintage, lashings of midcentury classic pieces, an easy confidence. How about that red kitchen? Not for the shrinking violets! Love the recessed display with lighting. Might have to steal that idea.