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Lux Aestiva launch small batch homewares and they’re divine!

Lux Aestiva may be known for their beauty products, but it’s their new lifestyle offering we can’t get enough of. Just like their natural artisan hair and skincare products, their homewares are handmade, small batch products, created using only the finest, ethically sourced raw ingredients. Thanks to their Abode Homewares Collection it’s so easy to add a touch of luxury – at affordable prices – to your home! Below are our top picks:

Lux Aestiva’s Brazilian Agate Coaster: Made from the naturally occurring stone Agate in a range of show-stopping colours, these coasters will compliment a wide range of interiors. Hand selected to ensure the highest quality, each coaster is unique, cut from natural crystal and varying slightly in shape and size. A set of four retails for $90 and a set of six for $120. 

Lux Aestiva’s Agate Bookends: Guaranteed to enhance any bookshelf in your home, these bookends are also made from hand selected Agate, in a variety of whimsical colours. Agate is a popular stone long remarked for its beauty and healing properties. Said to help balance and direct energies, whilst providing a calm and uplifting feeling, it’s the perfect stone to keep close when reading. Prices start from $99.

Lux Aestiva’s Ceramic Hand Crafted Incense Holder: Made for the purpose of holding and burning incense sticks (also available from Lux Aestiva), each ceramic piece is lovingly hand thrown, trimmed, buffed, high fired, sanded, glazed and high fired again, all by hand. A functional piece of art, no two pieces will ever be the same. Available in four colours for $39.

Lux Aestiva’s Ceramic Palo Santo Smudge Bowl: Made for the purpose of burning palo santo, which is a fragrant wood derived from the palo santo tree (also available from Lux Aestiva), each piece is made by hand, from scratch. One of a kind, the bowl is also food and dishwasher safe, so it can easily be used as a stylish serving platter. $42.

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Millie Archer offering aspirational homewares for under $100

Following 18 months of research Laura O’Keeffe and her partner Paul Jager pooled together their skills in business and marketing and their love of design to create beautiful, minimalist wares under their business, Millie Archer.

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All with a vintage, scandi edge, the products are aspirational in style yet affordable, with pricing kept to under $100. “Every design is and will only be produced in limited production runs and all our pieces are modestly priced,” explains Laura. “A combination of uniquely designed feature pieces as well as tailored catalogue items form each collection. We hope the introduction of a single Millie Archer design will assist in changing the look and feel of every home or office.”

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Designing cushions, throws, baskets, wall prints, drinkware (mugs and glasses), jugs, vases, terrariums, hanging planters and coasters, you can expect to find a new collection on the website with the turn of each season. Launching their first range just a few short months ago, it includes four distinct styles, Laura’s favourite being the Bear + Flamingo design, which involved a collaboration with Swedish artist Linda Otton. “After discovering Linda on Instagram in 2014 I immediately fell in love with her style and the ethereal aesthetic that came through her watercolours and composition. The Bear + Flamingo illustrations within the pieces in this collection were created exclusively for Millie Archer. Applied across cushions, mugs, coasters and on fine art wall prints, their simple nature and soft, feminine style add a scandi touch to the room.”

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Also with a Geometric, Metallic and Arrow range, their debut collection is extremely expansive, but that doesn’t mean there’s not more designs in the works. “We’ll be releasing new pieces or a new range every four months or so and have our designs in place for the next few drops,” explains Laura. “This summer you’ll see citrus really come to the forefront of Millie Archer. We love lemons and lemon colouring, it just makes you feel all summery! We’re also investigating some pretty special glassware but that’s in the very early research and development phase.”

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With the name Millie Archer signifying the coming together of the couple’s two favourite names, for them, it was very much like naming a child — proving just how much love they’ve put into the business. “Each design is given as much care and attention as we could possibly dedicate,” says Laura. “We hope you fall in love with them as much as we have.”

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Copper&Co’s bright and beautiful timber homewares

Working as a makeup artist by day and a homewares designer by night, Ashlea Cooney often jokes about how different her two gigs are. “One moment my canvas is a beautiful face and it’s all very glamorous and the next, I’m covered in sawdust and paint!” But that said, she wouldn’t have it any other way.

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With her own homewares brand, Copper&Co, Ashlea creates timber coasters, placemats, serving planks and wall art; an idea she arrived at after brainstorming ideas on what had never been done before. “When I started Copper&Co, painted pots were all the rage and I thought, I want to do that! I wanted to recreate something that most people had in their homes but weren’t that excited by. I knew I wanted to work with wood and the first pieces I made were the coasters. I hadn’t seen anything like them out there and there’s nothing like that feeling of creating something original and unique. Such a buzz!”

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Loving timber for the fact, “you never know what you might get,” Ashlea uses all types, depending on what’s on hand at the time. “It’s lovely working with such a beautiful and natural product. I use many different types of wood, but I must say I do love pine for its light colour, which helps the colours of the paint pop!”

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Having always enjoyed painting, Ashlea uses bright colours and graphic designs to transform bare timber into original pieces of art that you can put to good use. All handmade, the design process may seem simple, but a lot of time and effort goes into each ware. “Once the wood is picked out, it’s then cut into the different sizes depending on the product. After that, each piece gets sanded by hand and sealed. I then come up with my designs and paint them by hand. Once that’s complete, each piece is signed and sealed for the final time and ready for sale. I take a lot of pride in creating quality items!”

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Concrete and crystal homewares by the sisters of Middle Road

In 2014, after travelling to the opposite side of the country to visit their grandparents in Perth, sisters Samantha, Marnie and Gabrielle Jervis, couldn’t help but reflect on their lives, their dreams and doing what they loved.

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“What did we want to do with our lives? It was the question of the moment,” says Gabrielle. “We always knew our aesthetics and tastes were individual yet complementary, and a voice rang in our heads urging us to go into business together.” So, after many a conversation and quite the ‘aha’ moment, the sisters joined forces to borne online homewares boutique, Middle Road.

MQ_Q_0257The culmination of their combined backgrounds in interior design, marketing and media, and a united passion for creativity and originality, saw their recently released debut collection feature an innovative assortment of abstract and striking homewares.

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Made from a fusion of raw materials and some of nature’s most beautiful elements, the collection includes bowls, cups and coasters. “Middle Road’s collection includes elegant multipurpose cement and polished marble presentation bowls and cups used to house succulents, candles or fruit,” explains Gabrielle. “We also have handmade ceramic bowls and coasters, with high gloss white top finishes and rich gold and copper leafing. Finally, semi-precious crystals hand selected for their healing properties also feature throughout the collection, available as individual premium clusters or adorned upon polished cement presentation bowls and cups.”

Each piece is made to order and available online.

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Art

Stone tile coasters: we’ve found the coolest ones online

Having worked at one of Australia’s largest sports betting agencies, it’s safe to say Leonie Psillis’ life took a huge change of pace when she had her daughter Elle, two and a half years ago. Becoming a stay at home mum, Leonie was on the hunt for a project to launch herself into, and so her business Stone Inspired, was born.

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In the words of Leonie, Stone Inspired is, “basically artwork on marble.” Taking an image she sources from anywhere around the world, she uses a self-taught technique to transfer it onto the stone. The end result is art perfect for the table (be it decorative or as coasters) or the wall as tiles. Her latest addition are hexagonal tiles/coasters made of carrara marble.

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Handcrafted in Sydney using the highest quality marble sourced predominantly from Italy, they are finished with Australian made eco-friendly products. “There are many mass-produced ceramic tiles on the market and my mission is to educate clients on the vast differences between my product and these substitutes. There are zero nasties in the materials I use and I’m very proud of that.”

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As well as making individual marble tiles/coasters, Leonie is very excited about her latest project: marble murals. “I really haven’t seen them in the market before. I use rustic natural tumbled marble and the beauty in the stone’s texture really makes the finished piece a standout. You can run your hand along the surface of the artwork and feel every crack and crescent, giving it a truly authentic look and feel. I’m also working on murals with smoother marble for a more streamlined effect.”

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Her latest large stone artwork saw Leonie partner with Australian photographer Louisa Seton, whose stunning African Turkana Girl photograph graces the finished piece (above). For 2015, Leonie hopes to partner with more artists and designers like Louisa, as well as get some more stockists, expand her portfolio and the big dream… hold her own exhibition.

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Jen’s 10 Christmas gifts for the home under $50

Brown Trading Co’s cushions are bang on trend and great value at $29.95. My pick is this gold confetti design. 

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These agate coasters would brighten up any coffee table. They’re also great for putting under candles. I have one on my desk because it makes my glass of water feel a little bit more exciting! Buy 4 for $36.50 from Zakkia. Available in pink, blue and purple. 

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Why not start someone’s Dinosaur Designs collection for them with this Flow salt dish, available in a wide range of colours, for $45? 

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