A limited palette of whites and greys and dark wood tones is spiced up with rich colour underfoot. Magenta and marigold yellow add dynamic riffs to this elegant yet retrained renovation, Grove Residence Two by Melbourne-based interior designers Doherty Lynch. Fabulous, fun and functional.

Sometimes I hate real estate stalking. Sometimes it just makes me mad. Mad with jealousy. I want a barn with blue shutters. Old timber and quaint doors and soaring ceilings and a big fire place. I want a claw foot bath and an old vintage sink. I want to live in a quaint country town in a street called Wombat. I want this barn…. full of all my things. Lend me some money please? I’ll let you stay in the “guest wing”. Link here while it lasts.

She’s a shining star of the U.S. interior design scene and we haven’t featured her work in years. Mea culpa. Time to atone. Sophisticated, multi-layered rooms, sometimes moody, at others glitzy, always inspiring. Modern mixed with traditional, fashion with art. Kara Mann… pure drama.

Close your eyes. Relax. Sleep will come. Like floating softly in a sea of green. Beautiful photography by Brie Williams.

P.S. To see the alternative view of this room (featured a couple of times on this blog) go to my original post here.

There is a connection. A physical tug at my heart strings. There is an acknowledgement, an empathy, an understanding. There is also envy. These rooms speak to me in calm, steady but persistent whispers. Enter. Be still. Dream. Interiors by Wick Design.