New photographer crush! I love every image in self taught Nicole Franzen‘s portfolio. Delicious. Richly layered, beautifully considered lighting, evocative and inspirational. A visual feast. Brooklyn based Franzen may be an amazingly gifted snapper but she is even more obsessed with food, cooking it, styling it, capturing it on film. You can see more on her blog La Buena Vida – the good life. Yum.

A contemporary home of plywood, fibre cement and polished concrete by Sydney architects Watershed Design. Multiple living areas which continue out to poolside while bedrooms are on the upper level with leafy views. Passive solar design and consideration of cross ventilation aid cooling and heating but for all its green credentials it is the stunning modern design that impresses. Stalking moments from many Beach in Sydney. Link here while it lasts.

Got a problem? Need some help? Just standing there shaking your head? Don’t know what to do? You’re not alone. Send us a link to photos of your design quandary and let the Desire to Inspire design crew help you …. that’s you lot… the readers! This week’s email is from Scott.

I like many of your readers, am in dire need of you and your readers expertise. I have recently removed a wall between two bedrooms to create an all-in-one bedroom setup, with the desired goal of a bedroom, living room and a little bit of a office workplace. I kicked off in one direction, but I have been stuck in a rut. I painted some walls (very badly might I add), and tested out a few ideas, but nothing has really come together. So, now I call upon desire to inspire to do what it does best.

Here are a few photos of the room. The first photo is an aspiration…

(Inspiration from Florence Lopez)

… and the rest is the room. All the furniture in the room (apart from the bed) will be removed, especially all the tacky white furniture, as it was left over from before. But now, I’am ready for a whole new direction.

Do what you do best and thank you. Oh and the dog on the chair is called Max 🙂

Once upon a time in the French city of Dieppe there was a house. The house of a collector, a traveller, an artist. A house of exposed brick, dusty pinks and blues, of quirky collections, imperfection, the souvenirs of life and a dash of fantasy. A house decorated by Elodie Sire of d.mesure. Can’t make up my mind if I like the kitchen better than the bathroom. Maybe both?

Hello Lina Ikse! Love your work. Genuine rooms with genuine people. Real, inspiring, beautiful and everyday. No artifice. Just creative, almost peaceful. Swedish and fab!