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Currently coveting: Moody, oversized florals

Eschewing any nanna associations, florals have never looked as stylish as they do this season. And as with most things in design, it’s all about the execution. Large in scale and in moody hues, we’ll admit that we’re pretty smitten with this bold, romantic aesthetic.

Linen House Marselha quilt cover set: Channeling the paintings of the Dutch masters, this quilt cover features oversized blooms on one side and a plain grey reverse allowing you to mix it up. $199.95.

Flowers for Kate hydrangea linen cushion: We featured the botanical photographic work of the talented Katie Clulow recently and this glorious cushion forms part of her collection. $139.

Bonnie & Neil Banksia timber screen: Great for the demarcation of spaces (particularly in small apartments), this timber screen is even more beautiful in the flesh. $2400.

Heatherly Design Portobello bedhead in Bloom linen: Immerse yourself in a field of flowers before drifting off to sleep. From $850.

Urban Road Rosewater canvas print with black shadow box: Simple and stunning. From $215.

Ellie Cashman ‘Dark Floral II’ black desaturated wallpaper: Blooming beautiful, it’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of this Dutch artist’s work as that’s my bedroom below! From $125 plus shipping.

Art Club Concept ‘Into The Night’ framed print: Part of a collaboration with interior stylist Kerrie-Ann Jones, this affordable art print makes quite the statement. From $199.95.

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Affordable art: The top ten places to buy it in 2016

Given that the affordable art stories are some of the most popular on our site, we thought it was nigh time to bring you a 2016 (well, almost 2017!) update. Incredibly, all of these options come in under $500!

Art Club Concept
With its strong fashion focus, Art Club Concept is the perfect spot to find an on-trend print for that lonely, bare wall of yours. Many of the prints come with optional frames too.

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Urban Road
We’re big fans of the box framed canvas option at Urban Road – it really does take an inexpensive print to the next level. Urban Road’s collaborations with Shaynna Blaze are a highlight of the range too.

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Greenhouse Interiors
Featuring the work of popular Australian artists Prudence Caroline, Lisa Laponte, and Ali McNabney-Stevens to name just a few, Julia Green’s Greenhouse Interiors sells a covetable range of original Australian originals and affordable prints.

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Quercus & Co
From art prints to wall stamps, wallpaper tiles and wall hangings, Sydney design studio Quercus & Co make a fabulous array of original and affordable wall art.

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Rachel Castle
It’s no secret that we’re massive fans of Rachel Castle – we’ve written about her fabulous tea towels before. Limited edition, they look fabulous framed up and priced at just $68, they’re a serious bargain!

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Temple & Webster
With a rotating roster of contemporary Australian artists featured, Temple & Webster offer a range of original, high quality affordable art including original paintings, limited edition prints and photography.

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IXXI
Whether you use your own image or choose something from the IXXI image bank (we love the Dutch masters’ work), this innovative art solution is not only affordable but super effective too. Each print comes as a series of individual squares that connect to create a whole.

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Art Pharmacy
An online store and gallery space in one, Art Pharmacy is the place to find affordable, unique and high quality artworks by Australian artists, both new and emerging.

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Blacklist
An enduring favourite of ours, from typography to photography, Blacklist can always be relied upon for a bold, affordable print.

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Hunting for George
Responsible for the popular ‘Oh the Places You’ll Go’ minimalist typeset poster back in 2012, Hunting for George’s print offering continues to go from strength to strength. From typography to abstracts and photographic works, there’s plenty of choice too.

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Where do you shop for affordable art? Is there a website we need to know about? Please comment below!

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Furniture Kitchens

This week, Jen’s loving… 27.01.16

I hope you enjoy this week’s roundup of my favourites!

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Clockwise from top left: I’m swooning over this 2016 calendar by Melbourne illustrator Sarah Hankinson, chock full of seasonal botanicals ($40) | Now I have a crawling baby pulling himself up on everything, I can’t have things with sharp corners, which is no doubt why I keep falling in love with pieces like this Max Sparrow French Symmetry Side Table (on sale at $795). NOT FAIR! | This The Rise Vase from Art Club Concept is fresh and different ($59.95) | This Dekton in Aura is one of my top choices for our new kitchen benchtop (we’re moving on Friday, yay!).

Enjoy!

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Art Homewares

7 showstopping clocks for your home

Gone are the days when clocks were simply a way to tell the time. Now they can also be beautiful, functional pieces of art. Below are seven of the best.

Hunting for George’s beautiful bamboo clocks are very popular and really, it’s no wonder! Stylish, handmade and elegant, they are the perfect piece for a Scandi-inspired home. The Lola Clock ($179) is a particular favourite, in pastel lilac and yellow.

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The unique Sparrow Clock designed by Haoshi Studio is a piece of modern, functional wall art. Inspired by the company’s Taiwanese origins — where sparrows symbolise the good things in life — it is available for $229 from Design For Use. The clock also ships with a pattern for easy installation and all parts have an easy stick on application.sparrow-clock-main2The concrete Slab Mini Table Clock made from Swedish marble is extremely grand. Standing at 54cm tall, it comes in natural, black and white. Sure to make a statement it retails for $695 from Slab Homewares.

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With a printed face and hand painted bamboo frame, the Unbound Heart Clock from Art Club Concept is more than a clock, but an artwork. Unbound from structure, it will appeal to your free spirit, your straight edge and your wallet — retailing for just $79.95. Available for pre-order now.

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A blackboard clock with chalk, you can hang the Tablita Clock on the wall or with its magnetic back, stick it to the fridge. Simply write the clock numbers, leave a message or give it a face… and then take it all off with the included felt eraser. Made in Italy by Diamantini & Domeniconi, it is available from Plyroom for $110.

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Simple yet so very elegant, the Karlsson Alarm Clock with its copper-plated case is designed in the ever fashionable, classic station style. A beautiful combination of solid metalwork and modern Dutch design, it is available from Lifestyle Lane for just $29.90!

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A classic, the Umbra Rimwood Wooden Wall Clock ($139.95) from Hard to Find can either be propped on its stand or mounted to a wall. Featuring a natural wood frame and a perforated painted white face, this is a clock that will never go out of fashion.

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Homewares

Our pick of the season’s best vases

Flowers can truly transform an interior, but when they’re placed in an ordinary, old or just plain ugly vase, well it can be a huge waste of money and nature! Here are our favourite seven vases, which are easily as beautiful as the flowers you will put in them.

Made from a concrete base with a wire frame, the unique Ghost Concrete Vase ($49) from Zakkia may not be the most practical. But what it lacks in functionality it makes up for in beauty!

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I’m a big fan of the geometric vases from Art Club Concept and actually own one myself. Beautiful — with or without flowers –the limited release Daybreak Vase ($59.95) is made from hand painted ceramic and textured granite.

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Nothing can beat the beauty of Dinosaur Designs’ resin homewares, and I am particularly in love with The Resin Slate Vase in Black & Snow Swirl ($170). Handmade in Australia, each piece is unique with no colours or swirls ever exactly the same.

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Showing Scandi design at its best the Scanda Marble & Leather Vase (available in black and white) is both contemporary and functional. Designed by Curious Grace, prices start from $95.curious graceAvailable from Country Road for $129, the Bevel Copper Large Vase (middle) is minimal and contemporary. Both decorative and functional, cluster the different sizes and finishes together for a statement centrepiece.

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The limited edition Vases with Gold Wings ($122) from Mari Bray consist of two little vases with handpainted faces, carved eyes and mouths, a vintage floral ceramic decal and wings painted in pure gold. However, that’s not the best part. Rather, the vases can be personalised with you and your partner’s face. Now how cute is that?!

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On sale for $29.95 each, these Ceramic Wall Bud Vases from West Elm turn botanicals and flowers into works of art. Arrange several in a group to create a beautiful hanging garden.

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New Dreamland homewares collection from Art Club Concept

Fashion forward interiors brand Art Club Concept has released their new collection titled Dreamland. The range combines clashing monochromatic black and white patterns with pastel flashes for a cool, modern vibe.

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“The dynamic mix of pastel tones, contrasting prints and summer vibes will welcome the warmer weather into your space,” says Art Club Concept director, Ben Lawry.

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Self-confessed arbiters of home style, Art Club Concept see their wares as fashion for the home. Just as our wardrobes are updated seasonally, the increasingly affordable interiors scene means we can update our homes with the same frequency.

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And what of the collection’s name? “As a team, one of our core values is to create our dreams and this is what inspired our new Dreamland collection,” says Ben.

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A team of creative collaborators, Art Club Concept has a holistic approach to interior design with a particular interest in its effect on our headspace. “Studies conducted by the Queensland University of Technology have found that thoughtfully designed interiors have a direct influence on overall health,” says Ben.

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Art Club Concept: homewares meets interior fashion

As anyone in the fashion industry will attest, fashion is a way of saying who you are without having to speak. And now, more than ever, the home has become a further extension of this. A means of expressing yourself, being creative and representing your personal identity.

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Taking this concept and running with it, is new label Art Club Concept. Referring to themselves as a brand that merges homewares with interior fashion, founder Ben Lawry was inspired by his fashion background. “After being heavily involved within the fashion industry for almost a decade I was ready for my next challenge. I wanted to create amazing interior art that is inspiring, accessible and offered across a range of categories.”

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With a collection that includes wall art, cushions, vases and clocks, Art Club Concept focuses on uplifting spaces through a bold use of colour and statement prints. All pieces are unique and dynamic, perfect for disrupting the average and adding some va-va-voom to your home!

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Created for art lovers by Melbourne artists, Art Club Concept is passionate about engaging with local and innovative individuals. “Behind the scenes, Art Club Concept is a team of creative people who love nothing more than fuelling inspiration in others,” says Ben. “They understand the home is a reflection of your own unique personality, therefore wanting to inspire and assist in creating beautiful spaces. Their mission is to inspire passion, creativity and happiness in life.”

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— Disclosure: Art Club Concept gifted me a $300 voucher, however positive coverage was not guaranteed.

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A peak inside Olivia’s new home

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Rental decorating is hard! Especially when you’re as obsessed as I am with putting art up on your walls. Bare walls, with the addition of stains and a poor paint job, ah it makes me shudder!

So after living in my new house share for five months and spending a good $50 on 3M hooks (that would either cause my art to plummet to the ground or damage the already declining paint job!), my art is up and my room is done.

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Space is at a premium and when I spend a decent amount of time working from home it’s important that I don’t feel claustrophobic. So I’ve attempted to make my bedroom as spacious as possible and zoned it: the sleeping area and the working area.

[contextly_sidebar id=”nXtxb4siwOE4foai1g7UgAgTohLr9hn5″]The main focal point of my sleeping area is my Sonno double bed base in wheat. I was keen to have a fabric headboard, and this ticks the boxes for both comfort and colour. I’m a neutral lover through and through! It also lets the accessories do the talking and means I can switch up the theme of my room with much more ease and affordability. I am particularly in love with my lamp from Freedom, my artwork of Copenhagen by Kortkartellet (brought back after my 6-month stint in Copenhagen last year) and my cushions from Art Club Concept.

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Into the working area and I would be remiss not to mention my favourite piece straight away, the portrait of myself and my cat Kimby (yes to some that may be hugely embarrassingly but I can assure you I have no shame!). I am also a huge fan of my vintage desk, which I got a few years back at a reclaimed furniture store in Avalon.

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Next to my desk is my storage unit, which I have tried to keep as clutter free as possible. My artwork from Brainspiration, my vase from Art Club Concept and my O light from Typo are all particular favourites!

While my room is done for now, I know I’ll be switching it up very soon. But after all that’s the good thing about rental decorating, nothing’s permanent!

— Disclosure: The Sonno bed, Brainspiration artwork and Art Club Concept homewares were gifted to me, however positive coverage was not guaranteed.