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Duncan Meerding Releases New Designs at World’s Largest Decorative Light Show
Duncan Meerding, one of my favourite Australian designers, credited with the wonderful Cracked Log and Stump lights, has launched a new range of handmade, sustainable lighting, at the Euroluce decorative light trade exposition, in Milan. The new designs include a wall mounted Log Light and an 85 cm diameter Propeller Light. The new Propeller light,…
Read MoreRecreating Old Furniture with 100% Australian Chalk Paint
We have a great post from Annie at Mclaren Unvaled showing you how you can take tired old furniture and give it a new lease of life, just with a lick of paint. It is one of my favourite ways to recycle any type of furniture and there are now many paint options on the…
Read MoreRetro House Tour: Carolyn O’Neill, Visual Artist
Carolyn O’Neill is a visual artist, working in oil on canvas, and mixed media. Married with three sons, she began painting in 2003, after being inspired by a mural painted by some of the parents at her son’s kindergarten in Melbourne. Over time her work has developed into an abstract expressionist style and is largely…
Read MoreA Recycled Victorian Weatherboard House Tour, With Tansley & Co
I have some fabulous vintage decorating inspiration for you, with a house tour of this gorgeous 1883, double fronted Victorian weatherboard home, in Thornbury, in Melbourne’s Inner North. With layers of the owner’s personal style across the home, it has 4 bedrooms and sits on around 850sq metres of land. Living here since 2005, Valentina…
Read MoreWhy Going Your Own Way is Good For You
Are you overwhelmed with clutter, to do lists, or mess and chaos at home? Are you trying to live up to a particular expectation or standard in your life? Do you constantly feel like your home is unfinished, but can’t afford to create the beautiful home you crave? You are not alone. Developing your own…
Read MoreGingerfinch – Homewares Made By Hands
Gingerfinch is an online store, specialising in rare-find homewares and lifestyle goods which are made by hands, not mass-produced in factories. Owner Peita, says that sustainability is at their core, and that they only stock products which are kind to the planet, and will last you for years to come. “We never want Gingerfinch products…
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