Yay! The latest issue of Est is live. Its pages are jam-packed with colour and Christmas. Indigo reigns, the holiday season is green and bold, artists and writers and models and style mavens provide effortless inspiration. Around the world and back to its Australian base Est never disappoints. Here’s a little sneak peek. Head on over to drink it all in.

Photography by Toby Scott for Est

Photography by Dana van Leeuwen for Est

Photography by Toby Scott for Est

Photography by Toby Scott for Est

Photography by Toby Scott for Est

Photography by Marjon Hoogervorst for Est

I’m stalking a little weatherboard cottage in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond. Cute and colourful with a youthful vibe. Wish the photos were better and there were a lot more! I spy a few treasures from Fenton & Fenton I do believe. One of my favourite shops. Link here while it lasts.

P.S. Speaking of lots of lovely photos I had the super talented Elizabeth from Walk among the homes shooting at my house today. Great fun! I’ll let you know when she posts the story. In the meantime pop over and see inside some of Brisbane’s real homes by real people.

Look here’s another home in Richmond. A warehouse apartment this time. Rug seems familiar? Link here for this one.

How cool are the offices of Penson, a London based firm of architects, interior designers and engineers! White, bright with just a touch of the bizarre. That’s Regina Phalange, their mascot. Don’t ask me why!

Brisbane based interior design firm Wrightson Stewart is on a roll this year. Amazing work and amazing recognition for their innovative, contemporary, masculine designs. Now they have been shortlisted in four categories at the Interior Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for 2013,  Event Design, Workplace Under 1000m2 (both can be seen here), Single Residential and  Designer of the Year Award (first time a Queensland firm has been shortlisted for the big gong). It’s easy to see why. Here is the warehouse apartment that has been garnering all the attention. So cool, so urban, with a minimal colour palette and clean lines with just a riff of retro. Congratulations WS!

Go on in. I know you want to. By L’Atelier d’Archi.