Real Bathrooms

$15000 Winner 2008 $1000 Winner 2007 I really enjoy looking over Reece's Inspirational Bathrooms. It's well worth spending some time looking through all the different designs. These are real bathrooms. There is a gap between real bathrooms and displays shown in magazines and product shots. Take a look and see what I mean. Each design shows additional images, a floor plan and links to the products. Reece run a bathroom competition rewarding the best bathrooms with cash. The grand prize is $15000. Reece Your Bathroom. Your Life. So if you’ve recently created a bathroom you’re proud of, you could be in the running to win up to $15,000 in cash and one of two monthly $1,000 Reece vouchers.

All you have to do is send Reece some photos of your new bathroom and tell us in 50 words or less why your bathroom is special to you. Entries for the monthly prizes close on the 1st of each month in April and May 2009 and the grand prize on the 1st June 2009.

Sculptures by Ken Sealey

My very talented other half created these amazing garden sculptures. Each piece is created from one piece of Alucobond and weigh less than 25kg making them easier to move than most sculptures of a comparable size. Each piece starts as a Marquette made from a postcard folded and cut to form a 3D shape. The design is then reinterpreted into larger size. Click here to see more of his work.

Chair Make-Over

I finally got around to re-covering this old office chair we have had for years. You can get a glimpse of it's original look from the first picture. Yep, ugly! It was a little tricky without a pattern but not impossible. I picked up the fabric from Spotlight for $25 p/m and with my trusty staple gun completed the project over a few days. Now I am on the hunt for some trim to cover the staples on the back rest.

Mozi

Mad about Mozi! Whenever I see anything from Mozi I am overcome with feelings of calmness , beauty and femininity. It's all so lovely, the colours, the designs and it's on sale! Click here for great buys.

ID Interior Designers

Wow...I adore these bathroom designs by Helena Farrell of ID Interior Designers. So glamorous, so stylish, so elegant. Marble tiles and Bisazza glass mosaic feature walls appear to be her trademark. She has selected high quality fittings and it has paid off beautifully. The divine venetian mirrors over the vanity are from Baker & Shuhandler and the gilt bevelled mirror is from Scurrs Antiques. Her home is featured in the Autumn 2009 issue of Perth Habitat & Lifestyle magazine.

Franke Planar

I really like this new kitchen mixer from Franke ... the Planar TA7800 with 'light'. There are a few kitchen mixers on the market with lights. Such as KWC , Newform and Gessi. These models have the light in the aerator section. So when you turn the water on a blue (cold water) or red light (hot water) is visible. There are no coloured lights with the Planar, just a good clear light which lights up your sink area. Want to see one? Sea of White in Osborne Park is the place to go.

Mad About Pink

Mmm, yes a fabulous hot pink front door. Mmm, not enough pink though. I need more pink. I think I'll update my wardrobe.

Mmm, lovely.

Yes, much better. Now let's see, I think just a little more pink. But where? I know the bathroom of course! I been drooling over these 'pink' rooms in Casa Idea magazine for ages. I fall in love with them each time I look at them. I often overlook pink or seem to stereotype it as 'kids' colour. Well not anymore. Pink is now on my radar.

Wall Hung Vanity

Basins can make a big difference to the overall look of a bathroom. I love these images, they demonstrate clearly what goes through your mind when trying to choose bathroom fittings. "What would this one look like? What about this one? Does this one look better than that?" As you can see all three vessels work. Problem, well I love all three! Still can't choose. Images from Casa Idea magazine. 1. Vessel - Woodline by Agape Design 2. Vessel - Halley di Regia 3. Vessel - Thermae by Inda

Modern Morocco

I was looking through my archives earlier today and came across this pic I put together on Polyvore last year sometime. It has a contemporary Moroccan flavour. Most of the items can be sourced from somewhere where you live and of course online. However, I can't say I have seen anything like that lovely black and white rug from CB2 in Australia. It's funky and affordable.

Home Office?

I'm loving this home office featured in Inside Out (magazine) this month. Fabulous bit of styling and how groovy is that carousel storage unit. It's from Quintessential DuckeggBlue. I am in the middle of decorating and organising what is known to most people as the 'home office'. But, for me it's a shrine, a place of worship, a place where everything I love and want is gathered in the one place. It is a place where I receive inspiration and I place where I believe dreams can come true. Phew...now that was a bit heady. But I must admit I do treat it as shrine, I don't even sort the mail, pay bills and sort all the household paper work from my shrine. I have another desk where all that stuff gets sorted. I will post some pics of my little shrine as it comes together.

Wall Candy Wallpaper

Tranquil Celadon

I'm am really excited about this beautiful wallpaper which I am hoping to use in a new house we are building. It's a Graham Brown paper designed by Linda Barker. It is described as a "pretty floral pattern characterised with playful birds and butterflies". Yes, yes it is, but what about the colour combination, that's what drew me in first. The background colour is a soft dreamy mint and the floral pattern is a satin silver foil (computer images does not do it justice). It radiates a calming cool feeling. I can't stop looking at it. Wall Candy Wallpaper are opening a new store in Highgate (Beaufort Street, just down the road from the Brisbane Hotel) and I have just been told that they are throwing open their doors tomorrow with a little sale to get things going. Of course there will be an official opening later down the track but for those of you like me that can't wait and don't mind that the store is not quite finished there are rewards of 20% off!

Lounge Releaf

Need a little lounge releaf?? This was a fun lounge room concept I designed inspired by a wonderful wallpaper from Wall Candy Wallper in North Fremantle. They stock a large range of Graham and Brown wallpapers.

Crosby Tiles Competition

Recently I submitted this bathroom design into the Crosby Tiles 'Student' Competition. It was quite interesting to submit work and be prepared to be judged. My theme was "I Love New York"and I drew my colour inspiration from the New York yellow cabs. The whole bathroom is tiled in glittering black Murano Glass mosaics. I adore black bathrooms, there is something mysterious and glamorous about them. The feature wall has a Tuxedo colour theme over the bathtub and appears to flow into the bath and over the edge. I chose a fabulous chandelier from Beacon Lighting, the Pinnacle to sit over the bath. I like the idea of blurring the line between bathroom and bedroom. Behind the wall is the business side of the bathroom with his and hers vanity and double shower cubicle. The wall hung vanity provides a burst of colour and showcases the counter top vanity design from Laufen's Alessi range and amazing tap ware from Newform all available from Sea of White in Perth.

Alessi Counter Top Vanity, Laufen

Morpho Shower & Wall Mixer, Newform

Morpho Basin Mixer, Newform

The Pinnacle, Beacon Lighting

Duckcloth

Classic Animals Aqua

Buds Black on Taupe Hemp

Classic Animals Purple & Aqua

Nesting Black on Birch Linen/Cotton

Hummingbird Blue

Oooo I wish, I wish I could sew!!! Anytime and every time I see amazing fabric designs I have an overwhelming desire to learn to sew. I did have a few lessons in high school and today I could manage a table runner or tablecloth. Even though I do find just cutting straight a challenge. But for all you sewers out there check out these super prints from Duckcloth.

Essey Waste Paper

Wow, I want one of these! The Essey Waste Paper from Top3 looks like crushed paper. It's designed by John Brauer. The bin is made of hard polyethylene.

Magnetic Curtain

Feeling artistic? Do you feel the need to sculpt something? Want to change the way your window treatment looks everyday? Well check out this amazing magentic curtain I first saw on Designer's Block's blog. The curtain is designed by Florian Kräutli. He said the Magnetic Curtain is "a curtain which you can shape to any form". He has embedded magnets in the curtain fabric allowing the user to shape the curtain. Love it.

Marshmallow Hearts

What did I do on Valentines Day? Well, the little people in my life requested 'love heart' shaped marshmallows. So we made them! It's sticky business in the kitchen but almost fool proof. Of course you can cut them in the traditional square shapes (no waste) but the heart shapes are much prettier.

Eva Solo Teamaker Set

Attention all tea drinkers ... it's time to put that teapot into the very back of your cupboard. This has got to be one of the coolest tea sets around. The Eva Solo’s tea maker has been designed to allow all types of tea to be made in the same flask. The flask comes with its own neoprene cover and is also fitted with a drip-free pouring lip. Two tea tumblers included. AUD190. Need/want one now? Visit Aboutstyle.

Mozi

I came across Mozi via Decor 8 a few weeks ago. I'm loving everything blue and white and the moment and had to buy this gorgeous apron for a friend of mine (4?st birthday). It was the most fun I've had shopping in a long time. After dropping off her present I received this sms from her. "Gorgeous! 2 good 2 get choc icing on... might have 2 save it 4 the bedroom! Thanx so much. I love it."