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Designers Interviews Travel

The five-year-old business dominating hospitality interiors

With a high-profile body of Sydney work including The Grounds of Alexandria, Archie Rose Distilling Co. and Merivale venues Charlie Parker’s and Fred’s, the architecture and design firm Acme & Co has certainly raised the interior stakes for Sydney hospitality venues of late. And it’s a pretty impressive effort for a company that isn’t even […]

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House Rules

House Rules judges’ reveal: QLD & TAS garden renovations

While they’ve been a favourite of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen throughout this season of House Rules, Sean and Ella ended up at the bottom of the leaderboard last Sunday after the flamboyant judged deemed their work on Aaron and Daniella’s backyard “awful” and gave  it a 4/10. Meanwhile, it was a three-way tie for the remaining teams. […]

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Recipes

Foodie Friday: Greek San Choy Bow

This Greek take on San Choy Bow is one of the signature dishes at new Sydney CBD Greek restaurant, 1821. Ingredients 6 large ox heart tomatoes 6 medium size green capsicums 2 cups medium grain rice 1 bunch shallots, chopped medium fine 1 bunch parsley, roughly chopped 1 bunch mint, roughly chopped 1 bunch dill, […]

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Designers

2017 interior design fairs: Our top picks

Timed to coincide with peak cocooning (winter!), Australia’s best interior design fairs are mostly staged in our coolest months. And with DENFAIR kicking off at the end of this week, we thought it was about time we did a round-up of the best design events, both trade and consumer, set to hit Australia this season. DENFAIR […]

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Designers Interviews Kitchens

The kitchen is the hero of these new Melbourne apartments

While it’s often said that a kitchen has the power to sell a home, the new Toorak development The Springfield has taken that idea and built an entire block of apartments around it, recognising its pull for potential buyers. “The kitchen is one of the first places that people inspect and need to know functions well. […]

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RENO ADDICT

How to ‘cookie cut’ your way to reno riches

Imagine if every time you cooked a recipe you went out shopping for all the ingredients from scratch. The butter, sugar, eggs, flour, herbs and spices… all the staples you’d realistically expect to find in any cook’s kitchen. You’d not only be wasting a lot of needless time hunting down ingredients, you’d also be wasting […]

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Recipes

Foodie Friday: Award-winning Margherita pizza

Johnny di Francesco is owner of the beloved 400 Gradi restaurant in Melbourne, and winner of the World Pizza Championships in 2014. His dedication to making world-class pizza has earned him the position of Australasian Principal of V.P.N, an international association based in Naples dedicated to protecting authentic Neapolitan pizza. Today, he shares his recipe […]

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Homewares Interviews

Frisky Deer: A fabulous interiors store & cafe in WA

You know what they say about the country air? Well it seems there really does seem to be something in it, in a design sense at least. No longer considered a style backwater, the number of interior design stores popping up in regional and remote Australia is rather heartening for our more far-flung interiors addicts. We […]

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Designers Interviews Kids Rooms

Interior designer creates mini version of her own home!

Many of you may be familiar with Maven Dolls, the whimsical French-ragdoll-inspired handmade dolls that have amassed what can only be described as a cult Insta-following since their launch almost three years ago. Created by interior architect and designer Lee Talbot, many fans follow Lee’s feed to see the latest from her family and gorgeous home too. […]

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Interviews

Bella & Hunt: vintage filament globes with an LED difference

With a background in architectural lighting design, Sara McClintock launched the lighting company Bella & Hunt 18 months ago and it has a particular focus on high-quality filament vintage-style LED lamps. “I worked for over eight years with one of the leading lighting design companies in Australia and was involved in numerous local and international projects, […]

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Designers Interviews Kitchens

Head chef central to the design process of new Merivale venue

Located on Oxford Street in Sydney’s Paddington, Fred’s and Charlie Parker’s are the latest offering from the seemingly inexhaustible Merivale team (seriously, do they ever sleep?), and this time, the venue’s head chef was very involved in the design process. And with a beautiful open kitchen the centrepiece of the space, it’s easy to understand why. […]

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Expert Tips Homewares

Interiors Addict’s 2017 guide to homewares shopping in Bali

By Laura Downie It’s that time of year where we start reflecting on the year almost gone and contemplating the year almost upon us. And quite frankly, if you’re anything like me, high on the agenda for the new year is wondering where in the world (literally) 2017 will take you. Well, interiors addicts, may […]

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Art

‘The Johnson’ Art Series hotel opens in Brisbane

The Art Series Hotel Group expanded into Australia’s east coast last month with the opening of The Johnson in Brisbane, taking its name from the Sydney born abstract artist Michael Johnson, whose work features throughout. “We are pleased to finally unveil The Johnson and all it has to offer to the local community and guests. We have no doubt […]

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Designers Styling

Hunter Valley hotel gets stunning Greg Natale makeover

One of the most historic hotels in the NSW Hunter Valley, The Sebel Kirkton Park has undergone a pretty fabulous refurbishment with interior design maestro Greg Natale at the helm. No longer a quaint country manor, the resort has been transformed into a chic and sophisticated establishment, set to become a favourite for Australian design-lovers, and visitors alike. The […]

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Designers

Art deco gem revealed for Sydney public as luxury Primus Hotel

I have a serious soft spot for heritage buildings reimagined for today and Sydney’s latest five-star hotel, the Primus, is nothing short of a magical transformation. The former Sydney Water Board headquarters in Pitt Street epitomises the expression ‘great bones’ but years of decay had left them needing some serious cosmetic work. And when you […]

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Designers

We’re loving: TomMarkHenry’s Nando’s rebrand

We’ve profiled the Sydney female design trio TomMarkHenry before and, as predicted, the relatively new company is making quite the mark on the interior design scene. Held recently in Sydney, in conjuction with the Design Institute of Australia and Artichoke magazine, the firm took out the the Australian Interior Design Award for the retail sector – […]

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Furniture Interviews

From movie special effects to furniture designer: Rory Unite

After studying architecture, sculpture and set design, Rory Unite found himself working in the movie industry as a special effects artist – not your typical route to furniture design. “I started in Jim Henson’s creature shop on the production of Farscape, then went on to the Matrix, Star Wars episodes 1,2 and 3, Superman, Narnia, […]

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Art Designers Homewares Styling

Alex&Elle’s beautiful wall art offers sound insulation too

After meeting at a Swedish playgroup in Melbourne eight years ago, Alex Frandors and Elle Snell hatched a plan to launch a business together. “When our youngest started school we decided we wanted to work together, doing something we are truly passionate about which lead us to designer fabrics from Scandinavia,” says Elle of the brand’s gorgeous […]