Just when I thought that the simple life was for me along comes a big, bold kaleidoscope of colour and pattern and puts me in a spin. A riot of references from Hollywood Regency to old world Europe to sleek moderne with colour splashes more Gaudí than gaudy. A seriously sexy inner Sydney apartment by POCO Designs.

Bold without being brash. Casual without being careless. Bright and fresh with fun colour choices, a mix of styles and high meets low. I love this family home by Charleston-based interior designer Angie Hranowsky.

Hate is not a strong enough word. Fear and loathing spring to mind and to me are associated with two things in the world… clowns and dentists. Urgh!!! What I always say on my Working on a Saturday posts “If you have to drag yourself into work on a Saturday it better be somewhere stylish” can equally apply to visiting a dentist. “If you have to drag yourself kicking and screaming into the gaping maw of dental terror…” This seriously stylish dental practice by Surroundings would actually have me overcoming my fears.

I don’t know what I like better, the view through the back door or the kitchen itself. Doesn’t matter. It’s a definite case of kitchen love. By Sydney-based interior architect Sally Rhys-Jones.

I have had a long love affair with the Spanish Revival style. I think it has to do with the Old Hollywood glamour that I associate with these distinctive houses. Brown Design Group‘s renovation of 1920s Inverness is beautifully sympathetic but still with more than a nod to contemporary tastes. A perfect marriage between the heavy oak pieces of the era and modern overstuffed linen and leather sofas and statement modern art pieces. Still it’s always the wrought iron work, the terracotta and the intricate ceilings that get me as well as the pool side entertaining. Speaking of ceilings what about that original tiled ceiling in the kitchen!