What a great way to finish off the week and our summer season - it has been a gorgeous sunny day today as it was yesterday when a surprise visit of 100+ dolphins turned up in the Wellington harbour. Love it - this is my amazing city!The video is by the fabulous Ro Tierney who did a beautiful video when it snowed in Wellington last year. You can see it her...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
52 Suburbs in Wellington
I love these Wellington photos taken by Louise Hawson from 52 Suburbs.Hawson, in 2009/2010, realised that she was a stranger in her own home city of Sydney, Australia so she visited a different suburb each weekend and recorded what she saw for one year (hence '52 suburbs'). This was expanded into 52 Suburbs Around the World for 2012/13, which is how Hawson ended up on our shores. She focused on the suburb of Te Aro, which is just down the hill from my home, and with her great eye, she totally captured it - check out her website...
A Breather...
Life's a bit mad at the moment - lots of great things going on. So for a little breather, here's a beautiful pool made from lava stone found in a London home.Photograph by Henry Bourne via T Magazin...
Monday, February 25, 2013
Toast SS13
As usual, Toast has pulled off another gorgeous catalogue - they do it so damn well. Here are some stills from their latest SS13 House & Home range.All photographs via Toas...
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Staircase from The Bourne Legacy
The original Federal interior of the Dr Oliver Bronson House - does it look familiar to you? It should be ifyou've seen The Bourne Legacy.The three storey elliptical staircaseI'm so relieved as a mystery has finally been solved for me - all thanks to Remodelista.I first saw the film, The Bourne Legacy last year and was intrigued by the house that Rachel Weisz's scientist character lived in - which, to my disbelief, got destroyed. The part of this house that blew me away was the three storey elliptical staircase. It was stunning...
Monday, February 18, 2013
Londontown by Citta Design
Citta Design had their Winter 2013 media launch last week and it looks great. The new range is called Londontown and it became available to the public this week. Watch the inspiration video to meet the design team, hear about their London-inspired characters (Vintage, Eccentric, English Rose, Sloane and Proper Gent) and how the whole range came abou...
Sunday, February 17, 2013
More from the Desktop
A minimal moment by Norm Architects when they visited the Stockholm Furniture fair last week.A school style portrait of dogs by photographer Michael Wee for Country StyleNew collections and products at AsplundA stunning photograph of a man feeding swans in the snow by photographer Marcin Ryczek that has goneviral around the world.Some more images that have made their way onto my desktop over the last wee...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Inspiration Profile - Natalie Sorensen
Hello all - here we are again at the end of another week.Enjoy this week's Inspiration Profile - her name is Natalie Sorensen and she is a super busy Wellingtonian who runs an online store alongside her full time job. Phew! Check her out.Natalie Sorensen of LET LIV. Love the striped rug on the right? Yep, it's available from LET LIV.Name: Natalie Sorensen What do you do: I am the Director of almost everything at LET LIV. We opened our virtual doors in August 2012 however I had been working on the LET LIV concept for some time.....
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Happy Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day all - have a great day with your loved ones.I've already posted this photo on my FB page, however, it seemed most appropriate to have it appear here for today's occasion. This is Australian stylist, Vanessa Colyer Tay doing a retail window display, using alphabet notebooks to get the message across. It looks great.Photograph via Vanessa Colyer Ta...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Joy of Books
If you're like me, who loves to read and visiting cool bookstores - then you're going to love this video. My flatmate showed me this the other day and I think it's fantastic. Imagine the time it took to move all the books around and there is some cool colour coding too. Enjoy.Video via youtu...
Monday, February 11, 2013
Home of Lotta Agaton
Making the rounds on blogsphere is the home of popular Swedish interior stylist, Lotta Agaton. She has carried her signature black and white throughout - I love the dining room (it's those Thonet chairs in black - nice) and all the little details.Photographs by Pia Ulin via Agent Baue...
Thursday, February 7, 2013
PREFAB Eatery, Wellington
A new eatery has opened it doors in Wellington and it has everyone excited. It's called PREFAB and is located in a great building with a cool interior space. It's big (seats 130), stylish (the refurbished building by done by Studio of Pacific Architecture) and has a fresh, clean and seasonal menu. PREFAB was created by a team of Wellington's hospitality stalwarts and in the pipeline, there is an events space opening in May as well as other side projects. Sounds pre(tty) fab(ulous) to me.Photographs by Michael Hobbs via ACM...
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