Modern Melbourne Home

Robson Rak Architects is fast becoming another Australian architecture firm that I am regularly admiring (see this previous post of another stunning Melbourne house they worked on).
This time, they collaborated on this residential renovation and extension with interior designer, Susie Cohen of Made by Cohen. This modern home is in the line up for Houses Award 2014 and was in the  Residential Design short list for Australian Interior Design Awards 2014. It is not hard to see why. Read and see more here.

Photographs by Shannon McGrath via yellowtrace.

Stockholm Stitch by Laura Thomas Linens

Stockholm Stitch bed linen from Laura Thomas Linens

 

When I received an email from Laura Thomas Linens about their new bed linen called Stockholm Stitch, I knew I had to share (as well as add to my 'to buy' list).

This new range is in crisp white organic cotton with a smart pin stitched detailing along all the edges (and such a good price too!), it's so simple and lovely - this linen would look great in any bedroom.

Laura Thomas is an expat Scot, who on her move to New Zealand, found a lack of mid-priced good quality bed linen, compared to the UK where white bed linen could be easily found. Hence Laura Thomas Linens was created and their mission is to be leading online New Zealand bedding brand. Sounds good to me.





LTL also have 100% soy wax candles that are handmade in New Zealand.

Photographs provided by Laura Thomas Linens.

Bedroom - To Head Board or Not...

 

I have been thinking about a bedroom set up for clients of mine. We were looking at head board options a while ago - which I usually like as it brings a focus to the room. However, after doing some research, I was drawn to these visuals. So now think interesting side tables, cool lights, textured blankets and some simple pieces of art can bring focus to the bed - all without a head board. I'm liking this direction.
I found these great images on Milo and Mitzy's Pinterest bedroom board - check out more of them here.

 

Photographs via Milo and Mitzy's Pinterest.

Fabric Head-Board

Last week I was looking at fabric head-boards for a client of mine. We have a fantastic patterned fabric that we like and if we go ahead with this option, we would keep the head-board style simple so to let the fabric shine.

I'm liking this bedroom with its own unique fabric head-board - the room has an overall grand style yet is still simple. Love the colours too.

Photograph by Petra Bindel for Elle.

Pink and Picasso

Recognise the bed head-board in this bedroom?  You may remember seeing it here as the former occupants of this room, artist Julian Schanbel and his wife, Olatz are no longer together. While the bed head-board has moved to a more simpler (but still grand) turquoise space, it held its own in this vibrant and baroque-style pink room with Picasso's Femme au Chapeau hanging nearby. Impressive.
Photograph via Vanity Fair.

Colour and Vintage in the Bedroom

I like the mix of colour and vintage in this charming bedroom.
Photograph from Interiormagasinet via Nordic Design.

Bedroom in a Barn

Spotted On Remodelista - this lovely barn bedroom scene with a divine cow blanket! This is a range of bedlinen designed by stylish actress, Diane Keaton called K by Keaton and sold in the USA through Bed Bath and Beyond.

Read Keaton's Q&A here about her design choices and ideas for the bedroom.
Photograph via Remodelista.

Resene Habitat Magazine - Summer 2011/12.

This weekend I received the latest Habitat magazine from Resene in my mailbox. And in this issue, there was a section that I worked on several months ago. It is called Alternative Solutions (I'm on page 22 & 23), where they ask two designers to re-create a chosen room from a house that is featured in the magazine, using Resene colours and products that are available to the New Zealand market. The chosen room was a bedroom so I proposed a modern Scandi inspired room and recommended several products from Father Rabbit, Country Road, Thonet, Simon James Design, Etsy and ECC. The finished result is the above - all pulled together by a computer! What do you think?
Photographs via Habitat.

A Great Bed Head-Board with Shelving.

Here is a cool example of an effective and useful head board around the bed.
This is from the Sydney home of stylist Megan Morton and she says this “Can you imagine what it’s like to wake up knowing all these amazing books are behind me?!” Yep, she's pretty happy with this. See the rest of her interesting home here.
Photographs via The Design Files.

TGIF - A Slice of Zen

It's Friday and I'm in a somewhat Zen mood. So this room hits the spot for me today as well as yoga class later. Have a lovely weekend.
Photograph - source unknown.