Issue 3 of the quintessential MAGAZINE, brought to us by the people behind the divine store of the same name in Balmain, is out next week and it’s a visual treat, as usual.
Photo by Sam McAdam Cooper
It’s not just beautiful images, although there are many, it’s always a great read too. This month Dinosaur Designs’ Louise Olsen talks about the inspiration behind her new collection (look out for it on Interiors Addict next week), globestrotting stylist Glen Proebstel reports back from New York, and a variety of people talk about their collections, from breadboards (pictured) to bobbins, potato mashers and more!
This Balmain terrace belongs to cushion designer Ellie Bradley, the woman behind Xavier&Me.
Ellie, her husband and young son Xavier (now you see where she got the business name!) moved into this newly renovated Victorian terrace in Sydney’s Balmain in October. They quickly added some colour to the blank canvas. As a huge cushion and rug addict I’m thinking it must be seriously useful to create these things for a living when it comes to furnishing your own home, and changing it whenever you get a bit fickle!
An expansive open plan lounge and dining area and a Caesarstone galley kitchen lead through 3.6 metre doors to a sunny garden.
The second issue of the digital magazine from the folks at Quintessential duckeggBLUE in Balmain, is out today.
An exciting new regular feature sees globetrotting Australian stylist Glen Proebstel (former Inside Out magazine) reporting on his favourite things from New York and San Francisco.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting the two lovely ladies behind a new and very gorgeous online publication, The quintessential Magazine.
Leanne (left) and Tracy
Leanne Carter-Taylor is the woman behind quintessential duckeggBLUE, the shop packed with gorgeous found industrial and antique furniture and objects in Sydney’s Balmain. Tracy Lines is ex creative director of Inside Out magazine and lifestyle publisher at Murdoch Books. When you meet them and feel their wonderful enthusiasm for this project, you quickly realise why the magazine is as impressive as it is. Because it isn’t just another online magazine, or a well disguised catalogue, it is much more that. Its functionality, although web-based, is much more like an app, and feels like one on iPad. And it is full of quality content (written by people like Inside Out founding editor Karen McCartney) and beautiful photos by Dan Himbrechts (styled by John Mangila), unbelieveably, all shot in the store (or the garage). It’s amazing it has all come together since August.
Leanne is a self-confessed furniture nerd and makes no apologies for it. She travels the world four times a year, sourcing the covetable finds her shop is full of. Each piece carries a handwritten label with an astonishing amount of information about its history, story and where she discovered it. She has a photographic memory for the finer details of everything she collects but when it comes to the everyday stuff, not so much! The daughter of a furniture maker, she grew up in England being taught to respect furniture and never to sit on the arms of the lounge. Her love for old, pre-loved things and their unique history is seriously infectious.
quintessential duckeggBLUE, the home of found industrial and antique objects, is (virtually) going to press with the launch of its very own online magazine.
“The quintessential Magazine is exciting and original, offering the reader an engaging, authentic and interactive visual experience,” says owner Leanne Carter-Taylor. “Exploring all things quintessential, the reader has a fresh insight into the home of found industrial and antique objects. The quintessential Magazine shares the inspiring stories, the people, the collectors and the makers, the essence of who we are and what we believe.”
