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In honour of Apartment Therapy’s Maxwell and family’s appearance on Oprah today (which I just finished watching – it was awesome!), I thought it was a good time to publish this post.

We all know Nate Berkus – Oprah’s designer buddy. He is a cutie-patootie and turns out he has some pretty amazing photos of his work on his website. Here are some of my favourites.

Pappas Miron Design mixes antiques, vintage textiles, flea market finds and modern pieces to produce a relaxed and liveable modern interior. Tatyana and Alexandra aren’t married to one style and feel free to improvise, finding the potential in second hand pieces. See more on their website.

Regarded by many as the founder of Australian interior design, Marion Hall Best was the local arbiter of the latest style in the 60s. Her interiors showcased the best of what the world had to offer as well as providing a platform for promoting Australian design. In a post war world of “porridge” colours Marion is probably best known for her vivid glazed walls, colourful undercoats with contrasting translucent glazes; yellow over red,pink, black, blue or green producing intriguing tangerines, olives, aquamarines and chartreuses. Her Woollahra, Sydney shop became known internationally as an authoritative index of the latest modern trends in interior design. But perhaps her best work was in supporting promising young local talent including Gordon Andrews and Grant Featherston.

All images from “The Best Style. Marion Hall Best and Australian Interior Design 1935-1975” by Michaela Richards. These are original photos from the time and the quality is not the best but the design is first class.

I just found this picture and had to laugh – and then had to post it. It seems everyone (except Jo and Anna, the aussies) has been suffering through horrible weather lately and after weeks of FREEZING cold temperatures up here, I thought this picture accurately portrayed how I feel (and look?? – this cow has more hair than I do FOR SURE).

I stumbled upon photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes’ portfolio recently and discovered some fantastic photos of interiors. The following is my favourite – I am sure the paint technique was done for the purposes of this photo but the more I look at this photo, the more I think this might actually work in the real world. You just better make sure you like the table and accessories!

All photos by Graham Atkins-Hughes