Here, now, with a coffee, music wafting in from the room next door and my daily search for design inspiration. Mark Lewis Interior Design.

The library, the spare bedroom, the stairs and the walk in wardrobe. Take your pick. This Barcelona apartment was pared back, painted white and reworked by architect Eva Coteman. With a small space clever use of space is paramount.

Restful. Peaceful. Enveloping. Blue. From the portfolio of Brit photographer (and talented designer himself) Paul Massey.

Sunlight and shadow. Open and private. Solid and pierced. Black and white. Inside and out.  A matter of contrasts making a whole. A family holiday home by Melbourne based Simon Couchman Architects.

If you have to go to work on a Saturday then it should be to somewhere as cool as this. Another first on the blog – a doctor’s office or more precisely a paediatrician’s practice. If I was a child you’d never get me out of that green cubby hole. Flourish Paediatrics by Melbourne based design firm Molecule.