Hands up who hasn’t seen Sisley cosmetics Christine d’Ornano’s London home. Hands up who hasn’t drooled over the blue velvet doors and yellow chairs of “that” dining room/library. Hands up those who missed the m,any interiors magazine features including Elle Decor. The paintings, the OTT 70s floral fabric bedroom walls, the overstuffed sofas and modernist chairs. I love that house. So I was overjoyed to see Joanna Henderson‘s interpretation of the rooms. I think this talented British photographer’s images truly capture the everyday beauty, the family style, the livability of this fabulous home. Relaxed and casual but very, very special.

Speechless. No words. These photos. Amazing. Wait. Let me try. The soft light, the rich colours, the wonderful, casual vibe. It’s an interpretation, an understanding, an appreciation of beauty. British photographer Joanna Henderson. Considered and enchanted, captured through a lens.

Brit photographer Mark Bolton understands what makes his subject tick and captures that illusive essence with ease. His subject matter? Interiors, lifestyle and gardens. Just what we love on Desire to Inspire. Lucky for us then that his portfolio is full of inspiring images. Find out more about Bolton’s creative process on his blog and peruse his online shop for prints.

Inside Out‘s Summer Entertaining issue has hit the news stands and managing editor Lee Tran Lam has once again sent Desire to Inspire big juicy photos of one of the features. “A weekend with Nikki Gemmell” not only takes us into the celebrated author’s home on the NSW coast but follows Nikki as she hits some of her favourite Sydney haunts. I spy Kitchen by Mike and Doug up on Bourke. Nikki’s home is fun and fresh with wonderful vintage finds. Love the mismatched chairs and the bedroom wall collage.

Nikki Gemmell has written five novels, Shiver, Cleave (or Alice Springs in the U.S.), Lovesong, The Book of Rapture, The Bride Stripped Bare and its follow-up, With My Body. “Every time a new book comes out, I celebrate by buying a piece of furniture,” she says. So that armchair is from Liberty, an Art Deco reading chair with “a little table built into it for a left-handed person – it’s my perfect chair”.

The stylist on the story was Jason Grant and Felix Forest the photographer. I snapped up a copy of the magazine today and it’s great. Full of summer decorating colour and brilliant seasonal entertaining ideas.

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STUFF is a monograph presenting and detailing M(Group)’s interiors and architecture. 

Sound a little “stuffy”? How about this…. STUFF, a clever interactive book exploring the inspiration behind the richly layered design work by Carey Maloney and his team at M(Group). The book takes readers through 40 wide ranging “topics” from designers like Eugene Printz and Billy Haines, to Greek marbles and Maoist art and more.  A free Digimarc Discover app means you can point your smart phone or tablet at any topics page and disappear down the rabbit hole of design discovery. But you’ll have to wait just a little longer. STUFF is due for release in December. In the meantime explore the STUFF website for just a little taste of what awaits.