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Sunday Snippets: The best of the week in interiors

I started this week with my interview with interior designer Stacey Kouros, who trained under Greg Natale and later appeared on reality TV show homeMADE. I really enjoyed my interview with Jason Minty of the fabulous homewares and fashion store Becker Minty in Potts Point, which I published this week. Seems you love Becker Minty […]

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Designers

The interior designers on Facebook

Want to know where to get your interior inspiration on Facebook? Here’s my pick of the designers with their own pages. What are you waiting for? Go like! Abigail Ahern: One of my favourite UK interiors people, Abigail has a great blog, full of inspiration, gorgeous images and plenty of humour. She links to the […]

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One-of-a-kind throws, made with love (and giant knitting needles), by Little Dandelion

Her throws are beautiful, SERIOUSLY chunky and texture-full works of art. “I love a bit of sensory feedback,” says extreme knitter Jacqui Fink of Little Dandelion. “Always have.” Made from the finest, locally sourced wool and linen, these mega throws and blankets weigh up to 15 kilos and are really something else. But it is […]

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What Steve Cordony’s loving right now…

Steve Cordony is interior design editor for belle magazine and event stylist for some of the flashiest parties in town. Right now he’s loving… The Apollo restaurant and the Roosevelt bar in Sydney’s Potts Point The colour mint PAD Interiors in Sydney’s Waterloo and Japanese design studio Nendo The trend for black, dark, sexy glamour […]

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Maison InStyle postponed

The much-anticipated inaugural Maison Instyle trade event has been postponed until next year, it was announced today. The event had received great support with over 1,000 interior designers, retail buyers, wholesalers and stylists signing up to attend. Feedback, however, from the Maison Instyle Advisory Council and other industry leaders has been that to enable as many brands […]

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Come and hear me speak about social media

I’ll be on the panel of the latest She Inspires event in The Rocks, Sydney, on Thursday night. Come along and learn from me and others how to make social media work for your small business. I’ll draw on my experience as editor of Dynamic Business Magazine and as a blogger here! Tickets are $45. […]

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Interiors porn with Greg Natale

I’m a huge fan of Greg Natale‘s work, you probably all know that by now. And I’ve interviewed Greg and know him well, but I was still keen to attend his session at Coco Republic Design School, especially when I heard he’d be sharing photos of never-before-seen projects. What a treat. And I wasn’t disappointed. Friday […]

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Two new Sibella Court workshops

Get in quick! Stylist Sibella has announced a couple of new Sydney workshops. The first is a three-hour walking tour of some of the spots she has designed the interiors of, including my personal favourite Ms G’s, as well as Upstairs at the Beresford, El Loco and her latest, The Fish Shop. Drinks included. Sounds […]

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Learn how to be a successful seller when Etsy boss visits Australia. 3 tickets to give away!

Etsy is hosting a special summit on 2 June as part of Vivid Sydney 2012. Etsy Success Sydney will inspire, inform and connect local creative entrepreneurs who wish to learn new skills, understand the need for change in the new economy, and make their businesses sustainable and viable. Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will outline his […]

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Greg Natale at Zanui.com.au launch

It was great to catch up with Australian interior designer of the year Greg Natale, who was guest of honour at a Zanui media event today. The Australian online homewares and furniture destination has grown to 130 staff since launching in October. And while Greg says he was at first nervous about aligning himself with […]

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Guest post: My Milan Roundup

Priyanka Rao, the founder of design-your-own flatpack furniture company, Evolvex, travelled to Italy for her first Milan Furniture Fair this year. Here she reports back for Interiors Addict. This year’s Milan Furniture Fair saw designers push the boundaries of colour, technology and form. There was a mix of vintage inspired to minimalist to futuristic to […]

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Furniture

The perspex boxes that are like tapas for furniture

When I first saw Georgia Ezra’s perspex, customisable furniture, I fell in love with it immediately and had to find out more. Little did I know the young designer behind the CAJA brand would also turn out to be a trapeze artist! Seriously cool, no? Georgia, 25, studied at UNSW and graduated with a Bachelor […]

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A great week to look forward to!

Half the reason I’ve been hibernating on the couch this weekend trying to kick my long-running cold and wisdom tooth infection is because I NEED to be better for this coming week! I’ve been invited to so many fun events and  I’m going to be on the pages of two of my favoutite mags. Tomorrow […]

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Friday online bargains!

Not that I’m suggesting any of my conscientious readers slack off at work on a Friday afternoon, but here is a little retail therapy for you in the homewares department! First, Georg Jensen is having a three-day online sale. I’m seriously tempted by this award-winning Quack water jug at $69.95. It also comes in black. […]

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Vintage Schmintage

i tend to believe that by the time ‘everybody’  catches on to something, it is well and truly over… you know? as well as styling interiors, i also design, style and implement events.  corporate. PR. product launches. and, yes…weddings. hmmm.  and herein lies the problem. go back for a second to statement number one. ‘i […]

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Happy birthday to Interiors Addict!

Wow. One year ago today I made my first post! It was about using milk bottles, jam jars and the like to displays flowers instead of the same old boring vases! How far it has come! I almost can’t remember life before blogging! Interiors Addict has allowed me to realise my true passion and to […]

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The beginnings of my own interiors addiction

My name’s Jen and I like rearranging furniture. It’s a problem. I’ve been trying to work out why. Is it my inner perfectionist, never quite happy with the finished result? Or is it that I’m chronically indecisive? Or maybe I’m just addicted to the thrill of coming up with a new furniture arrangement? Regardless, I […]

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Authentic Eames on sale at Temple & Webster

Temple & Webster have some authentic Eames chairs from Living Edge, including my favourite Plywood DCW, on sale today. Check it out before they all go! More here.