Bold and brash and fun and funky. Colour bouncing off the white walls. Soaring ceilings and solid stone. Inside outside bright side white side. What fun! Perfect summer party house? Maybe 😉 Honiton house by Sydney based MCK (Marsh Cashman Koolloos) Architects.

I close my eyes and sweet dreams will come. Dreams of a home just right. Natural materials, a treasure trove of textures. Nothing too precious but everything beautiful. Tactile and heart touching. Memories and possibilities. Work and play. A place to create and a place to rest. Kim has already featured the work of April Tidey but I had to go back to the Gas Town loft she designed. For the dreams. (Photography: Heather Ross)

I feel the need to curl up in this bed and take an afternoon nap. Styling by Stella Nicolaisen.

Three and a half years. Yes three and a half years since I visited Australian photographer Maree Homer‘s website. (The original post is here.) A lot has certainly happened since the least of which is an overflowing portfolio and her work constantly in Australian shelter magazines. The work has matured. Light is still paramount but now the rooms are havens from the harsh bright light outside. Slashes of light don’t cut across spaces. Homes are more appealing because, as most Aussie’s will know, being in the cool cocoon of the inside as opposed to the harsh, hot outside is a cultural dreaming. Still an ode to modern Australian life her work captures the spirit of the rooms, the carefree life we love to lead and the slight larrikin attitude that Aussie’s have.

Dublin based interior designer Gail Morris of Wall Morris Design emailed us with a few photos of the installation of a recently completed ‘new-build’ residential project in Co. Kerry, Ireland for a client who lives in New York. The design focus was on fine interior joinery, tailored and detailed for the family’s needs. I know many of you will be swooning over the custom kitchen but I love the bedrooms tucked up under the roof. A new house just beginning its life with its new family. I can’t wait to see it age beautifully as it gathers the layers of family life.