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Interiors Addict

And the winner of our 3rd birthday $2,000 homewares giveaway is…

We knew there’d be hundreds of entries for our biggest competition yet and the chance to win a combined $2000 to spend with some of our favourite homewares brands. Heck, Olivia and I wish we could win!

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But the very lucky winner is Maria Angus, whose entry really made us giggle! We thought we’d let you read her winning answer for yourself. To enter, you had to say why you were the ultimate interiors addict…

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Congratulations, Maria. I’ll be emailing you your prize details this week. I’m so envious of your imminent online shopping spree and hope you’ll share your purchases with us!

Thanks to everyone else who entered and wished us a happy blog birthday! The biggest thank you must go to our generous prize sponsors Dinosaur Designs, Temple & Webster, Kate & Kate, Lumiere Art + Co, Billy Heckenberg, Urban Road, I Love Linen, Alisa & Lysandra Collections, The Block Shop and Bonnie and Neil.

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Win a $2,000 homewares shopping spree!

As I wrote yesterday, last week Interiors Addict turned three, and if that isn’t an excuse for a celebration, I don’t know what is! I wouldn’t be here without my readers, so I want to give one of you the chance to go on a MAJOR spending spree with some of my favourite homewares brands. Interested?

HOW TO ENTER

1. Head on over to Instagram and regram (or screen grab and re-post, depending on your apps and technical know-how!) this image from our feed:

2. Use the hashtag #interiorsaddict3rdbirthday and in your caption/comment, tell us why YOU are the ultimate interiors addict!

3. To complete your entry, if you’re not already, make sure you’re signed up to our newsletter (the winning entry will be checked against our database so if your full name isn’t in your insta profile, make sure it’s in your caption/comment).

4. You have a week to enter, until midnight on Tuesday 29 April 2014. The winner (the answer Jen finds most creative, convincing and/or amusing) will be announced the following week).

WHAT YOU COULD WIN

One lucky winner will receive $200 credit for each and every one of the 10 brands pictured to spend online, a massive total of $2,000 worth of gorgeous new things for your home! Thanks to our prize sponsors Bonnie and Neil, I Love Linen, Temple & Webster, Dinosaur Designs, Urban Road, Billy Heckenberg, Alisa & Lysandra Collections, The Block Shop, Kate & Kate and Lumiere Art + Co.

What are you waiting for? If you’re not on Instagram yet, it’s time you joined up!

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Homewares

New Billy Heckenberg cushions get my vote

Sydney cushion brand Billy Heckenberg keep coming up with the goods and I’m really glad creator Maddy Duggan has kept her signature exposed zip.

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The photographic Cockatoo Island collection has to be my favourite. Maddy says: “I have always been fascinated by Cockatoo Island, such a beautiful historical place surrounded by the scenic waters of Sydney harbour. So with my obsession towards all things industrial, this was the perfect inspiration for the third collection.

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“The prints are photographs taken of the mixed variety of concretes, textures and eroded surfaces found all over the island. I also played around with the colours to enhance the natural tones and complex textures.”

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Billy Heckenberg: a great new cushion brand from Sydney’s Northern Beaches

I love discovering new, independent, local brands, and Billy Heckenberg is certainly one of those! How great are these zippered cushions? They’re designed to look like they’re drawn with texta that’s not quite filled in between the lines!

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Maddy Duggan is the woman behind them, and she told me how the brand is in fact named after her great grandfather, William Heckenberg. Family’s important to her and she grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, surrounded by creativity and encouragement. “An obsession with art, design and photography throughout my life led me to complete a degree in Fine Arts at UNSW College of Fine Arts. From this point on, you could be sure to find me sitting at a sewing machine or with a paintbrush in hand, in a constant quest for creative fulfilment.”

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