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WINKS – weekend links. Here we list what has come in during the week, things we’ve found and things we think you’ll want to see. If you’d like to see your blog or website featured email us and if we think it fits with our readers we’ll link you. So what’s in this week?

• James Ward illustrates plates. Big bad bears and wee small wrestling mice with a thing for sweets. I can’t make up my mind which one is best for my husband but I’m definitely having the wolf! Etsy store here.

• Loving these pure hemp rugs hand woven in India for cloth. Julie Paterson’s pared back landscapes, simple abstract shapes in bold earthy colours. Want to rub my toes on these.

• • Gorgeous furniture by Town & Country Style.  French provincial to industrial and based in Armadale, Victoria. For those Aussies craving that townhouse/country house vibe.

•  Lunch on the grass anyone? Fun pieces for everyday by Déjeuner sur l’Herbe.

• Where are the blogs? Where are the reading guides? I have dozens of wonderful new blogs saved up ready to go but when? I’m moving in the next couple of months so winks will become reading guides 🙂 and I can stress out over packing and moving and you can chill with lots of lovely blogs. Just a little longer dear readers. But I couldn’t wait to share these two. Click on the banners above and enjoy!

Flights of fancy or is that fantasy? Hand drawn birds fly across a ceiling, carved feet peep from a bathroom vanity, rosy hearts spring from grass. Fun and joy as well as style and substance. Designer John James is a man of many hats though. Not only interiors both quirky and sophisticated by wedding and events design. We don’t usually post weddings on Desire to Inspire (so much interior design goodness and not enough time for anything more!) but I just had to include some shots from John’s portfolio that he kindly shared with us. So elegant yet relaxed. A perfect California vibe!

Since starting this blog with Jo almost 4 years ago and browsing through hundreds of portfolios (no, make that thousands) of interior designers, I continue to be baffled by the amount of designers who do not utilize the expertise of a professional photographer. Because someone like photographer Michael Robinson could make the ugliest of rooms absolutely beautiful, and appear as art. Now, none of the spaces I found in Michael’s portfolio are by any means ugly, but he is so talented I had to devour each and every photo included in this post – particularly the kitchens. Gorg!!!

Oh! Ah! Yum! Yes! Love these looks created by Dutch interiors and photo stylist Anoukb. The dark almost velvety flat black contrasting with the bright white. The rustic elements, the natural wood tones and raw linen loveliness. What can I say about the stools though? I love them and more legs the merrier. It’s a wonderful young, fresh take on the more traditional Dutch/Belgian greige style. P.S. The kitchen cabinets are going straight into my inspiration files.

Ruben Gutierrez of ERREZ Design sent us some shots of a couple of his latest projects. The first is a highrise apartment in Miami. Black walls, bold contemporary art, a mix of new and old.  A great city pad for a young couple. That balcony and the view is too cool. The second project he has just finished up and snapped a couple of quick photos (the professional shots are being done as we speak). The kitchen reno in a 90 year old house in Coral Gables features a patchwork of vintage Cuban tiles and a floor to ceiling chalkboard wall. It’s a great mix of historical references and young boho vibe. Please send us more shots Ruben when you get them. Love to see it in all its glory.