0 edition x

gem goodness from photo media artist liesl pfeffer featured at 'edition x'

described as 'limited edition works of beauty and wonderment' edition x is a new concept store in Melbourne's Fitzroy featuring works on paper, sculpture, furniture, jewellry, textiles and books. i am especially enamored with these 'wooden gem stools' from faraway house (reminds me of my moon rock)

click here to have a browse - be prepared to spend a bit of time (and coin)

xxx c

1 magnolia/update

the lovely PR for Magnolia Interiors, Alice emailed me the pictures of the cushions i couldn't find after seeing my post. thanks Alice, so pleased i can share these with everyone!

xxx c

5 drawing room theory/brian hoy

finally! i am so pleased to share these photos from my visit to Brian Hoy's 'Drawing Room Theory' shop in the Mitchell Road Antique Centre. he was also gracious enough to answer some questions for me (and you!)

What is your profession and how long have you been doing it? i studied interior design at Enmore Design Centre and i also have a graduate diploma from the Australian Film, TV and Radio school. i have been working in the industry around 10 years.

When and why did you open Drawing Room Theory? i opened DRT 4 months ago and it is simply a creative project and a creative outlet for me.

How do you decide what to buy for the shop? when buying items i just go with what feels right, it's an instinctive process.

If you could click your fingers and have your ultimate find for the shop what would it be? the ultimate item in my shop would be something 18th century in gold leaf like a daybed or chair, i am lucky to have a selection of early 18th century books in the shop presently.

What is your favourite piece in the shop? my favourite piece in the shop is the 3.6m 19th century kitchen/dining table.

What was your vision for the shops aesthetic? the shops aesthetic has also been an instinctive one, the shop opened using a lot of colour and is presently a monotone array of gold, black, gray and white.

What inspires you most? my friends inspire me the most, followed by antiques from different periods and travel.

How did you come up with the name Drawing Room Theory? a drawing room is a room to withdraw to and be recieved, i would hope DRT has the intimacy and visual texture of a traditional drawing room.

Is your own home's style reflected in the shop? my own home is a soft palate of black, gray, gold and white as is very much along the lines of DRT.

What do you hope people will walk away saying when they leave your shop? i would hope people would enjoy the DRT experience and want to come back to experience more.

i adored these place mats that come in sets of 6 for only $15

i was completely enamored with this little painting, fortunately the artist is not far, check out flutter lyon's blog here and buy her work here at her store.

one of Hoy's favourite pieces in the shop - a book dated back to the 1700's.

go visit this shop - you will not be let down, it is a complete visual feast! thanks so much for having me brian, i can't wait to keep building my crystal cluster collection through DRT

xxx c

6 got 'em!

just as winter is on the horizon (judging from all the knitwear in stores you would think it was already here) my dream boots come into store, snapped those bad boys up immediately

xxx c

1 madison blog

thankyou Jess at Madison magazine for blogging about my blog! thrilled to be a part of your world!

xxx c

1 the society inc.

i had my first visit to stylist sibella court's shop the society inc. in paddington. it is an absolute beauty - a total treasure trove filled with hardware and haberdashery delights. 

thanks bec for taking me, i will be heading back for a longer visit soon, want to come again?

xxx c 

0 the professionals: paul raeside/photographer

pic: paul raeside

I am completely loving the interior style photographs of Paul Raeside, a London and New York based photographer.

pic: paul raeside

pic: paul raeside

click here to peep the rest of his HUGE portfolio

xxx c

3 life instyle adventure

yesterday i went to the life instyle trade fair at moore park which was my first ever experience of this kind. i went with a girlfriend of mine Bec and her beautiful baby girl Evie...

evie wore her new zara neon blue sandals and attracted a lot of attention! since we were avec bebe we went to the kids instyle section first and i found these brilliant cardboard robots from a german company called calafant...

and from momot at monster threads i found these little paper guys...

one of the first stalls inside i saw was angle diamond who make the most exquisite raw stone jewellry...

i was also rather taken with these sweet little wing necklaces from pigeonhole

then came the influx of neon goodness, firstly floor cushions from phoebe langdon...

next was aztec goodness from pony rider...

and in the same theme these gorgeous feather cushions from blacklist studio prints. i also fell in love with their screen prints which, founder jaynie said are all the results of her and her partner's gifts to each other - so cute!

and i couldn't resist these floral skull cushions!

i had been lusting after a bonnie and neil table cloth for a while  and finally saw it today, my favourite was the natural cloth with neon pink paint splatters, SPECTACULAR in person

a stripy version...

and then there was the always up lifting ada and darcy collection with fresh neon botanical prints

and finally, these gorgeous little woven baskets from lumiere art and co

i was so pleased to finally see my favourite lights in the flesh - coming into stores (and hopefully my house!) soon...

 they are made by design house stockholm and can be be bought through vincent2

all the stalls were styled so beautifully, especially these from mud australia...

myrtle & moss...

  and g.lalo

i hope you enjoyed my round up of life instyle, there was so much to see and so much i wanted to take home right there and then but alas, we will have to wait a few months for it all to hit stores. thanks for having me and i can't wait for next year!

xxx c