Something about restaurant and retail design has been pulling me in lately. Inspiration can be found everywhere. It seems I’m still not over the recycled, chippy paint boards trend. The Crab Shack (New Zealand) by HBO+EMTB via the Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.

Is it possible to fall in love with a powder room? A bedroom yes. A kitchen definitely but a small room with a toilet and a sink? You bet! Hawthorne House by AM Architecture.

Stalking inner city Paddington in Sydney and what do I find? A  funky hipster redo of a classic terrace house. It should be cool. It’s the home of an interior designer or at least that’s what the listing says. Go on. Tell me who they are if you know. Did I just type that? Oh now I’m worried. Stalking just got a little creepier. No, no. I just want to know who designed this hip pad. I swear. Link here while it lasts.

“Amara Wellness Centre is unique in Australia for its wellness-based, organic and authentic Hammam bathing facilities and rituals. Directly inspired by the traditional Turkish bath house, the evocative series of consultation, therapy and steam rooms are linked by a series of black oak corridors connecting circular marble-clad chambers. The Hamman ritual spaces feature meticulously crafted domed and vaulted ceilings with custom made copper bathing vessels ensuing that every aspect of the ritual experience is imbued with design.”

My apologies for taking that directly from the interior designers’ site. The mere thought of indulging in the pleasure of such a centre has me relaxed, chilled out, sloth-like with pure pleasure that I couldn’t find my own words. Design by Melbourne based CoLAB, a collaboration between Anna Drummond and Trish Turner.

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Retrouve – to find again, to recapture, to rediscover, to meet again. Retrouve – a small design studio creating interiors, designing courtyards, sourcing furniture. A creative space and a family home for the owner Trudy Gould. A perfect example of her creativity.