Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta

This is a scheme I designed for the son of a friend of mine, he is just six but the brief was to choose furnishings that he would grow in to rather than outgrow. The print is a perfect artwork for a boys room - it has both the NATO and nautical flag alphabets and is very reasonably priced from my long time favourite Keep Calm Gallery in London (who will mail prints to Australia)

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Images: Keep Calm Gallery, La Maison, Sheridan

Sixhands Passionflower

I have now finished my interior design studies and am thoroughly enjoying having no projects and deadlines. A downside is that I am missing the ideas 15 other design fans brought to class each week. The credit for this fabric find goes to my friend Jo. This is passionflower by Sydney based studio Sixhands. I love the Sixhands website - it is Versace-esque with intense colours and patterns making you want to buy it all !!

Penny for your thoughts . .

Old chairs and shades of blue - two of my favourite things. These refurbished chairs are available through Penny Farthing Design House. You can read their story here. Love this little gem of a chair and the styling below.

Images: Penny Farthing Design House

Northern lights

My most recent assignment was a living dining room in a small terrace - we could choose the style so I decided to go nordic and choose things that are either designed in Scandinavia or (in my view) reflect the style and quality of the region's designs. My main inspiration was the stunning Coco Pendant from Coco Flip, fabrics are from Funkis and the accessories are from Ferm Living. The chairs are from the Family chairs designed by Lina Nordqvist.

Images: Funkis, Coco Flip, Ferm Living

Tres Tintas Nimbus

I spent a serene half hour looking at fabrics in Funkis store Miljo in Bondi this morning and flicked through the latest book of wallpapers from Tres Tintas - stunning patterns and colours. Nimbus has loads of movement and is really elegant in the petrol blue colourway.

Image: Tres Tintas

Colours of The High Line

These shots are from The High Line in NYC the relatively new urban park constructed on a disused railway. The colours used in this glass installation in this old rail building are so subtly varied and effective and hard to photograph ! You can get an idea of the size from the little man in the second photo.

Images: Folder of Ideas

Bright lights

I have been travelling since I was here last. My husband and I were in Washington DC and New York for a while in September and had such a blast and (for me) inspiring time. So the massive gaps in the posting schedule are mostly due the fact that the only part of the globe I have not traversed in an aircraft in the last two months is the ( relatively if you live in Australia ) short hop from NYC to Dublin. Many firsts - saw the Hollywood sign from the sky as I took off from LA for the first time, visited Anthropologie, first heard of Restoration Hardware ( where had I been ? ) and had the best stay at the Bowery Hotel in NYC. Some serious firsts too - visiting the Holocaust Museum in DC which was incredibly powerful and the person to person tour of Ground Zero which was unforgettable also. Happy to be home and hoping to get blogging.

Image: Raven & Lamb