This amazing meadow in the centre of the city is the roof top garden of a New York penthouse. Designed by Andrew Berman, a barren tar rooftop was transformed into a city oasis while the top floor became the family’s living quarters. Home to a bee colony the rooftop garden is planted with meadow grasses and wildflowers. Magic with midtown views!

Time for your weekly dose of retro images. Scanned once again from House & Garden Guide to Interior Decorating, The Conde Nast Publications London, 1967. I can’t believe how many books I’ve accumulated since starting this little exercise! So don’t worry there is plenty more retro inspiration to come.

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?

• Andrey emailed us to introduce Espasso and whoa! when I clicked on the links I realised how glad I was that this email landed in my inbox. “I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce you to Espasso, our showroom located in New York and Los Angeles dedicated to modern and contemporary design from Brazil. We are excelling in the market for Brazilian furniture designers, ranging from mid-century masters such as Oscar Niemeyer, Sergio Rodrigues and Joaquim Tenreiro to today’s names like Isay Weinfeld, Carlos Motta and Arthur Casas. I believe our diverse blend of periods would greatly pique the interest of the readers of your blog.” And after you’ve finished drooling over their website click over to their 1stdibs site. I covert just about every piece.



• Make up the wall has during the summer moved their creativity from the homes to the public space.
  Flower tags on walls, flower tape on bus sheds, flower stickers on cars; pure blossom!



• Where does Rachel Mallon find the time? Busy interior designer and blogger she’s started a second blog over at WOW women’s world. Check out dwellings and decor. Eye candy, sources and lots of great design advice!



• Andrea Heimer has a new website. Love her work like we do? Then you’re in for a treat!



• We’ve winked Diane Bronstein’s art before but she emailed us a link to her blog Inspiration By Design. Drop over and say hi!



• Tareq Abu Ghazaleh is a talented furniture designer from Jordan. Until recently you could only view his work at his showroom in Amman. Now he has a blog qerat where he showcases his beautiful pieces as well as his inspirations. I love discovering wonderful things from far flung spaces. Isn’t the web (and Tareq’s furniture) amazing?



• Cool products and trends in art, architecture, home, fashion, transportation and more. Always the weird and unusual… and sometimes a little idle rambling. That’s how Wendy Presseisen describes her blog Just Cool. Check out her Etsy store Pop Art Cafe too.

Will you forgive me if I stop now? I have so many more to share but I’ve run out of time. Lots more next week!

Australian photographer Steve Back believes there is beauty in everything. It’s just a matter of finding it. He is gifted with a wonderful talent for lighting, composition and finding just the right angle so of course he nails that beauty thing every time! Don’t miss his personal work. Some truly wonderful shots.

To round out a week of real estate stalking I present to you…. another house I’m stalking. This 19th century terrace house is in stunning Sydney in ever trendy Paddington. It’s a wonderful mix of traditional exterior and modern reworking of internal space. Very typical of renovations of narrow properties at the moment is the separate bedroom pavilion at the rear of the long narrow block.