We’re all guilty of it. File away our favourite images and promptly forget about them as we flit from the current new favourite to the next new favourite. I went drifting in a most delightful daze through my files looking for inspiration for a new project I’m working on when I came upon these spaces by Sara Ruffin Costello. Perfect!

And nothing to do with my project this set of stairs. Just because I love plants huddling in groups on steps.

“… a love of all things traditional, vintage, ambiguous and unusual – the studio excels in the unconventional juxtaposition…” Personality, a touch of whimsy, old with new. Bold colour plays against warm wood floors and bright light floods in through windows. Welcome to the Newtown, Victoria home of interior designer Rebecca Jansma of Space Grace & Style.

Photography by Nikole Ramsay and styling by Stephanie Somebody.

More contemporay Australian living. This Carlton, Melbourne home with interiors by Larritt-Evans has an easy going modern aesthetic. A black and white palette warmed by wood has dashes of colour breaking through. Love the wine storage, that little spot just under the stairs, the courtyard with beer garden table and benches and of course the rusted reinforcing bar vertical garden.

A monochromatic palette punctuated with dusty pastels. New modern apartment living in Hampton, Melbourne. Living large in a small space with beautiful finishes and a casual elegance. All is crisp and contemporary at the Crisp Street Apartment with interiors by Mim Design. (Architecture by NRA.)

A ritual. A habit. An obsession. Saturday morning coffee. Do you jostle for a seat or grab a takeaway? Place your order. Flick through a well thumbed newspaper while you wait.  A quick pit stop or a more of a linger? You tell yourself it’s all about the coffee but the coffee bar is important too. It’s got to be cool, a little edgy, small because it’s your little secret. A serious case of coffee bar love when it comes to the work of Melbourne based design studio Larritt-Evans.