Displaying posts labeled "Black"

Design Lab

Posted on Fri, 8 Jul 2016 by midcenturyjo

Hello colour. Hello stripes. Hello vintage and hello new. San Francisco interior designer Alison Damonte calls it a “design lab” but she also calls it home. Design lab? No it’s design fab.

Photography by Bruce Damonte

Melissa Rufty (again)

Posted on Wed, 22 Jun 2016 by KiM

Melissa Rufty‘s designs are rooted in the traditional, where colours and/or patterns take centre stage with a slight modern influence and the resulting spaces are elegant, sohisticated and have plenty of charm. Looking for an excuse to paint something glossy black? Look no further. Yum!

Working on a Saturday

Posted on Sat, 4 Jun 2016 by midcenturyjo

It’s like I say week after week. If you have to drag your sorry self into work on a Saturday then it certainly helps if it’s somewhere stylish. No problems if I worked in Melbourne-based Breathe Architecture‘s own offices. Just park my bicycle and head on up.

Photography by Peter Clarke

Take another look

Posted on Wed, 1 Jun 2016 by midcenturyjo

We’ve had a sneak peek into this house before (Inside Out is out) but it’s time to see some more. Contemporary open plan with excellent transitions between inside and out, interesting use of materials, meticulous attention to detail and that dramatic black kitchen. A sophisticated, modern Australian home, Mosh House in Elwood, Melbourne by architectural studio Foong + Sormann.

Photography by Derek Swawell

Still Monday and I need more coffee

Posted on Mon, 23 May 2016 by midcenturyjo

If you’d rather start (or in my case continue) your Monday with a hit of caffeine in a dark, albeit stylish cave then perhaps Abbots & Kinney by Adelaide-based architects studio-gram will help you ease into the week. If I was drinking a cappuccino in the last cafe then it’s definitely short blacks here. The added bonus is that if good coffee and great surrounds aren’t enough to cure your Mondayitis I hear the pastry is to die for.