Sep 20, 2012
Sep 7, 2012
Floral Fantasy :: on the student runway at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week
My very favourite bit of the melbourne spring fashion week
is the student showing.
These are the clever fashion design students at RMIT,
who are busily completing their 4th year.
(They are also the people who compete in the floral fashion event
at the Garden Festival.)
Sep 6, 2012
Same Room :: Different Looks :: Nothing subtle here...
If there is any doubt as to the power of styling,
I think these two rooms perfectly illustrate
how influential it can be in creating atmosphere in an interior.
Recognise the kitchen at the bottom?
It's from the house featured on my last post.
And the top kitchen?
It's the same room,
as it looked in 2010.
as it looked in 2010.
There are horses for courses, and neither is "wrong" or "right", of course,
with each appealing to different people.
But for me,
the bottom kitchen is the dramatically glamorous one.
It makes me want to be in that space
and start chopping up lemons for a margarita.
Sep 3, 2012
Fabulous Front Entrances :: a touch of Red...
Utterly, utterly different in era, style & architectural detail,
these two houses show just how fabulous a little touch of red
can be in commanding attention at the front door.
The top image is a mid century modern house at Palm Springs, California,
with crisp black and white colourings defining the drama;
all the lines of which draw the eye to that incredibly happy red front door.
It's bold and zingy.
The bottom image is a Victorian terrace in South Yarra, Melbourne,
with deep skirtings, corbels, antique furniture and an adage of
"more is better than less is more".
It's warm and cosy.
The two homes could not be more different,
and yet
the red door & the red fanlight glass
achieve exactly the same thing:
they attract the eye, add a punch of drama
and help to clarify exactly where the entrance lies.
Which all adds up to a Fabulous Front Entrance, I reckon.
Would you bravely go for a red front entrance,
or is too much?
image :: top :: mid century modern house at palm springs
bottom :: terrace house sold at south yarra
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