What home and interior stylist Kate Alexander of Places & Graces has been liking lately...
National radio! It sounds geeky but I love my mornings with Kim Hill and afternoons with Jim Mora. I learn so many things about the world. Plus, when you work alone it's nice to have the chatter of voices in the background.
Magazines, magazines, magazines. I have a total addiction. From near and far, if it's got interiors in it I'll have it! My favorites are Australian Home Beautiful and British Vogue. And to balance the visual overload I read theskimm.
A Frenchie. I feel ready for a dog and my partner loves French bulldogs, who can blame him, they're super cute!
Lunch with Linda Halinan at her home and garden in Hunua with Lyn from
Finding Flavour tours (discovery tours for foodies). And the NZ Home and Garden tours because I have two friends whose homes are featured.
We have a new local bar in Devonport, Tiny Triumphs. It's a place where you feel at home, get comfortable and stay a while. My recipe of the moment is: Mexican Corn Salad - courtesy of
BITE magazine and Warren Elwin. I serve it with barbecued pork steaks. Oh, and my favourite afternoon tea right now is a piccolo and a scoop of salted caramel ice-cream from my local dairy… add them together and you have a super naughty and delicious affogato!
My locals. My day starts with a visit to Vauxhall Cafe for a flat white. Next door to Cheltenham Dairy for a fresh juice. Across the road to Chateaubriant for a pastry. Then a meandering chat with the uber knowledgeable Lindon at Cheltenham Curiosity shop who always has something new and interesting. They're people that I meet when I'm walking down the street. They are the people in my neighborhood...
Having a career doing what I truly love and being surrounded by choice, happy people!
Fantasticfrank. The future of real estate and home styling is happening in Stockholm and Berlin. I could quite possibly pass out from excitement if I got the chance to style a home for them!
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