I wish I could live in this New York apartment. I wish I could be clean and tidy. I wish my fat labrador didn’t shed hair, that my blind husband didn’t drag dirty fingers along walls as he walks through the space, that I always manage to spill a drop or two of my coffee as I traverse the kitchen. I wish I could live in this white wonderland. White walls, white floors, white and light furniture. I wish that powder room was mine. I could live happily just in that powder room. I wish I didn’t shed hair like my dog. I wish I had a cleaning lady. I wish I lived in this New York apartment.  Sigh… I wish. By Resolution: 4 Architecture.

Let’s end the week with a trip back to Brazil and the portfolio of interior designers Karina Salgado, Andréa Bugarib and Betina Barcellos of In House. Whether a bright and airy house or a a chic apartment high in the sky their work builds from a neutral base layering with colour and texture to create warm inviting spaces that are casually elegant and fresh. Love their treatment of balconies in the high rise apartments they have designed. Wonderful use of often overlooked, valuable space creating enticing outdoor rooms.

All I can think of is living large in this apartment in São Paulo, Brazil. Areas for lounging with family and friends, a dining table that seems to stretch forever and a gorgeous now you see it now you don’t office. Super stylish living up in a tower block by Livia Ribas.

We have featured the work of photographer Paul Raeside on the blog so many times that I have lost count. Not hard to see why. The man is a genius with a lens. Love the natural light, the shadows, composition. Definite photographer crush!

There’s a saying – “When it rains it pours.” I’m finding too many great homes real estate stalking. It seems to be either feast or famine when I’m pounding the “virtual” pavements, stalking all the good homes on my local real estate site. I promise this is my last for the week. Promise 😉 I just thought it was so cute. Teeny, tiny, two storey in Surry Hills, Sydney. An old home with a lot of life in her yet. Link here while it lasts.