Martial Interiors

… but then Kim raises the stakes by doing a post on her favourite living rooms and promises a lay down Misère by featuring rooms by category. (See I should be playing card games and drinking wine not posting.) So here I go!! More favourite rooms.

Angus Caravelli	Woodson and Rummerfield
Derek Swalwell	David Hicks (the Australian one)
Malina Pearson via Faucher Artists	Breck Woolsey
Craig Spencer	David Hicks (the original)
Hallie Burton via anyway artists	Laura Resen via Art Rep Team
Beale Lana	David Scott

Annie Schlecter

With almost a year of photos to choose from I thought I’d select my favourite 12 from my posts. Not an easy task as I found myself saving more and more images from the archives. If I’d chosen from Kim’s posts as well I would have had to give up. I love so much of what she found this year.

Beach Studios	Burnham Design
Ken Fulk	Michael Luppino
Greg Natale	Sharyn Cairns
Lotta Agaton and Pia Ulin	Greg Natale
Scott Weston	Tom Scheerer
Tim Young	Spacecraft

OK that’s really 13 and because I just couldn’t make up my mind here’s 4 more.

Kim Cornelison	Dana Gallagher
Sharyn Cairns	M Design

What a week! Work is so busy at this time of the year and Christmas cleaning is just as overwhelming as Christmas shopping. Today I took a little break from putting together the holiday reading guide to work in my little garden. Some of you may know that we’re suffering through a very serious drought in Australia. My home town is under level 6 water restrictions which means no hoses and only bucket watering of gardens 3 days a week for a few hours only. When we moved in the garden was dead.

Now there are signs of life and my biceps are a little bigger with all the bucket carrying. Of course there have to be some thrifted finds in this post. I did manage to find a couple of cute little pots which I planted up today and the sweetest tiny brass watering can. A lot of my garden is potted to conserve water and my garden beds are heavily mulched. Time to go back to sweeping the patio if I can.

Leading London interior designer Hugh Leslie has a quintessential British style. There is a gentleman’s club, country home feel but not quite like any club or fine home you have seen. There is colour and humour and passion for fine living but with more than a nod to an essential comfort factor.

Another fabulous interior stylist another inspiring portfolio. Katie Sellers has a fabulous eye and a gorgeous girly/glam vibe but with a touch of elegant restraint. Styling houses, makeovers, still life, decorating ideas she does it all. So many more beautiful photos on her website so click on over.