I’ve been looking forward to getting this project up on my website and blog. This is a design that I started through covid in 2020 and the renovation started mid year 2020. With delays on materials and furnishings it’s taking longer than usual to finish everything but...
It’s been a year of challenge, change and adjustment. Everyone has experienced 2020 with a different lens and no one story is the same. I am however noticing consistency around how people are feeling and thinking about their homes. More than ever these spaces have...
It’s become a bit of a niche for me over the years to work on smaller spaces, apartments, terraces, and just one off rooms. I’ve talked a lot in the past about how to plan for furniture, colours and lighting in smaller spaces but I haven’t really talked much on...
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. Moving to a very green suburb, surrounded by a native garden and it just so happens that many trends in Australia at the moment are sitting around that native colour palette, I feel compelled to be super sympathetic to my...
As promised last week The Designers Boys new 2019 catalogue has now been released, and their new collections are available through SmartSpace Interiors. This collection has diversified from last year. Not only have the boys added to their beautiful collections with...
As many of you know I have a real interest in art. My original degree was both design and fine art. So I both practiced my own style of painting and sculpting whilst studying many of the masters. I have my favourites, but I never really got that into modern art until...
I know the Christmas tree is seen as the focal point of any home at Christmas. But I have to admit, when we’re having a big gathering on Christmas day for lunch it’s the table decorations that I enjoy the most. Christmas is about coming together with friends and...
I talk about decorating mistakes all the time I know, here are a few that I've seen recently when working for clients on their homes. These are all such easy fixes but make a big impact when done right. Painting everything white We all want light and bright homes...
Hi All. In my last post I talked about the best design tips I could possibly give you when decorating your own home, you can see that post here. Today I wanted to talk about what not to do, the trends that have been and gone or are on the way out. How do you tell if...
There are definitely some key things to think about when pulling a room or whole home together. Things that I always think about when starting a new project. And to be honest with my own renovation coming up these are at the forefront of my mind. So I thought I’d...