It’s Wednesday. The middle of a long working week. Hump day. Need a little daydream to make it through the day, the week? Time to take a virtual holiday to the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. To a simple stone house, to Kuća Kamena in Novigrad (of Croatia’s four Novigrads this one is the one that is famous for not being famous). To the home of artist and designer Boris Kajmak and, if you like, yours for a little while. Rustic beauty in a beautiful part of the world.

The renovation of this late 50s modernist house in Auckland by Strachan Group Architects emphasizes the horizontal, playing with lines of light and shade. Sympathetic and subtle linking the original house to its surrounding site.

Minimal contemporary luxury within an old shell. Modern within traditional. Subtle, sober, stylishly simple. Mansion in The Hague by Dutch interior architect Remy Meijers.

If life was fair you’d find me here. Relaxing. Reading perhaps or just deep in conversation with a friend. Instead you find me staring at my computer green with envy. That’s what a great photo can do. Image by Richard Powers.

I’m stalking in one of my favourite inner city Sydney suburbs. I’m stalking the streets of Paddington. That part of Paddington that spills into Woollahra. A pristine white terrace house with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a pool. A stylish family home in a stylish part of town with extensions and renovations by celebrated architect Luigi Rosselli. Let’s start in the back yard and work our way up the 3 levels. There’s lots of lovely distractions on the way. It may take some time.

P.S. Link here while it lasts.