Fancy SPACES
I love odd, unexpected little spaces...... and doors painted black, with floors painted white (and bench seats inside. and festoon lights.)and restaurants that look like a dream dining room......and...
View ArticleWin! GRACE & JAMES candles (they're awesome) -
Grace and James candles are my current faves. The brand was started by Melbourne babe Emma Davenport, who has collaborated with a bunch of Australian designers on the packaging. The candles are a soy...
View ArticleGood Goods - new NZ artisan food
images via Neat PlacesSooooo many awesome artisan food brands popping up in New Zealand! eeeeeeeexciting! First up - Fix & Fogg, from Wellington husbo and wife Roman and Andrea Jewel. They thought...
View ArticleDesign Diary - Rose & Sarah of NZ new brand, Crushes
Rose Hope and Sarah Firmston are the very funny and lovely babes behind The Bread & Butter Letter boutique (specialising in NZ made homeware and goodies)... and now, they're also the designers and...
View ArticleNZ Interiors in the reno edn of Your Home & Garden -
Styling by LeeAnn Yare, photography by Larnie NicholsonThe September Your Home & Garden is a Renovation issue (part one of a three part-er), and there's a BIG bunch of NZ home renos to inspire,...
View ArticleC U R R E N T L Y... with NZ's childrensware brand Pop Factory Shop
Sis and bro Bridget (Lee) and Christopher (Hope) work together on NZ's coolest little children's ware brand, Pop Factory Shop. Inspired by Bridget's littlies - 3.5 year old Harper and 1.5 year old...
View ArticleFancy S P A C E S
Haaaaaaaalelujah!Woah, I LOVE THIS. Love the heavy use of black (still looks really fresh though, right?), the blonde bench seat, the over-sized vase with foliage. Foliage is the new flowers.All black...
View ArticleNice work from NZ's Josh Thompson:
Reeeeeally digging the work of Christchurch-based design studio Thompson Co (Josh Thompson) for Neat Places' city guides. Here's a little more Thompson Co. work...
View ArticleThis home/interior in Inside Out is giving me palpitations...
This is the cover shot - which is very sneaky/clever, because WHO is going to walk past THIS and not pick up the issue?Hans Wegner rocker, will you be mine?Styling by Marsha Golemac, photography by...
View Articleendemicworld have just moved into a new space, but they can move out again...
Ah, yeah... don't get too comfy in your new space, endemicworld. I've decided I'm gunna live here.
View ArticleFancy SPACES
This little beauty is OSLO, a new vegetarian restaurant in Valencia, Spain. I'm in love with the soft, simple modernity alongside crumbling old 1850's bones.Black on bedroom walls is surprisingly...
View ArticleWell played, SImon James
Yes, it's that sexy, you need to see it from alllll angles. The new Passenger sofa by Simon James.
View ArticleHappy Friday, here's a little Pick n Mix for you:
Happy Friday! Let's look at some things!I'ma let you finish, but this is my new favourite chair of all time... the Saddle chair (in leather or wool), with pockets at the sides. Designed by ones to...
View ArticleFancy SPACES!
I'm totally all for unique pieces and patina and not having a cookie-cutter show home, and I love this little dining space, but those candlesticks had to be hidden or your eyes would have jumped out of...
View ArticleThe Oyster Inn... again (but if any piece of NZ design deserves a double...
I first shared Waiheke Island's The Oyster Inn when the boutique hotel first opened. But it's been ages since, and these new images really wanted sharing.Kudos for the identity goes to Special Group,...
View ArticleHey, Klay
I'm digging this new collection of handmade totes by emerging NZ brand, Klay. (Auckland designer Kirsty McLay). Especially that all white one with the fat drawstring closure. You can see the whole...
View ArticlePick n Mix time!
Here comes some brand new flava in ya ear...Online store (representing indie makers) Koromiko has a bunch of super nice, one-off, pretty-painterly ceramics. This confetti bowl needs to come hang out in...
View ArticleFancy SPACES
This space has all I need in life. High ceilings and wooden floors, huge factory windows, a cosy bed, and a cuddly dog. I'm serious… that's all I've ever needed, right there. This is the bedroom...
View ArticleAND - two nice NZ-designed things
Superette x Evie Kemp linen blanket (neon trim loves gold hand-painted gold splodges)Hand-painted to order polka-dotty duvet from NZ maker Lauren Butler
View ArticleAPLUS design - Choice Taste...
Hand-painted sign by Ben Maitland / Fitch & FerruleFortune coasters!I always keep one little eyeball on what NZ design studio APLUS are up to. And what they're up to, generally, is creating killer...
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