Surprise Dolphin Visit in Wellington

What a great way to finish off the week and our summer season - it has been a gorgeous sunny day today as it was yesterday when a surprise visit of 100+ dolphins turned up in the Wellington harbour. Love it - this is my amazing city!The video is by the fabulous Ro Tierney who did a beautiful video when it snowed in Wellington last year. You can see it he...

52 Suburbs in Wellington

I love these Wellington photos taken by Louise Hawson from 52 Suburbs.Hawson, in 2009/2010, realised that she was a stranger in her own home city of Sydney, Australia so she visited a different suburb each weekend and recorded what she saw for one year (hence '52 suburbs'). This was expanded into 52 Suburbs Around the World for...

A Breather...

 Life's a bit mad at the moment - lots of great things going on. So for a little breather, here's a beautiful pool made from lava stone found in a London home.Photograph by Henry Bourne via T Magazi...

Toast SS13

As usual, Toast has pulled off another gorgeous catalogue - they do it so damn well. Here are some stills from their latest SS13 House & Home range.All photographs via Toa...

Staircase from The Bourne Legacy

The original Federal interior of the Dr Oliver Bronson House - does it look familiar to you?  It should be ifyou've seen The Bourne Legacy.The three storey elliptical staircaseI'm so relieved as a mystery has finally been solved for me - all thanks to Remodelista.I first saw the film, The Bourne Legacy last year and was...

Londontown by Citta Design

Citta Design had their Winter 2013 media launch last week and it looks great. The new range is called Londontown and it became available to the public this week. Watch the inspiration video to meet the design team, hear about their London-inspired characters (Vintage, Eccentric, English Rose, Sloane and Proper Gent) and how...

More from the Desktop

A minimal moment by Norm Architects when they visited the Stockholm Furniture fair last week.A school style portrait of dogs by photographer Michael Wee for Country StyleNew collections and products at AsplundA stunning photograph of a man feeding swans in the snow by photographer Marcin Ryczek that has goneviral around the...

Inspiration Profile - Natalie Sorensen

Hello all - here we are again at the end of another week.Enjoy this week's Inspiration Profile - her name is Natalie Sorensen and she is a super busy Wellingtonian who runs an online store alongside her full time job. Phew! Check her out.Natalie Sorensen of LET LIV. Love the striped rug on the right? Yep, it's available from...

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day all - have a great day with your loved ones.I've already posted this photo on my FB page, however, it seemed most appropriate to have it appear here for today's occasion. This is Australian stylist, Vanessa Colyer Tay doing a retail window display, using alphabet notebooks to get the message across. It...

The Joy of Books

If you're like me, who loves to read and visiting cool bookstores - then you're going to love this video. My flatmate showed me this the other day and I think it's fantastic. Imagine the time it took to move all the books around and there is some cool colour coding too. Enjoy.Video via yout...

Home of Lotta Agaton

Making the rounds on blogsphere is the home of popular Swedish interior stylist, Lotta Agaton. She has carried her signature black and white throughout - I love the dining room (it's those Thonet chairs in black - nice) and all the little details.Photographs by Pia Ulin via Agent Bau...

PREFAB Eatery, Wellington

A new eatery has opened it doors in Wellington and it has everyone excited. It's called PREFAB and is located in a great building with a cool interior space. It's big (seats 130), stylish (the refurbished building by done by Studio of Pacific Architecture) and has a fresh, clean and seasonal menu. PREFAB was created...