April 2012
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March 2012
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Steve Cordony on editing the look
In the next installment of what I learned at Steve Cordony’s Coco Republic Design School talk, I’m going to share his tips on editing. When I say editing I don’t mean like magazine editing, I mean deciding what makes the final cut (and and this could apply to a magazine shoot or a room in your home) from the many beautiful things you think you want. As Steve says, you have to be cruel to be...
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Lampshade sale at Dearwood this Saturday
Dearwood don’t just create gorgeous hand printed wallpaper, they also make some fab lampshades. There’s 31% off all of them this Saturday only. I highly recommend a visit to Vicki’s gorgeous Paddington store at 70 William Street. And why not pop into one of my favourites, I Like Birds, for a look at their vintage and new homewares while you’re there?
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Great Dane Furniture tenth birthday party
Great Dane’s Sydney showroom was packed out tonight for its tenth birthday celebrations.
I took a shine to this pink chair and lusted after many other cool Scandinavian pieces…
And bumped into the lovely Mr Jason Grant
I love the Great Dane brand. Congratulations on your first of many decades! I’ve heard the new Melbourne showroom is stunning and can’t wait to...
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Entries closing soon for the Belle/Coco Republic...
What do you mean you haven’t entered yet?! Don’t panic! You still have three days to work on that application. Entries close this Friday 30 March.
Celebrating and rewarding excellence in Australian interior design and decoration by individuals, partnerships and design practices at residential, commercial and corporate levels, these prestigious awards are committed to supporting the...
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Steve Cordony at Coco Design School
I was so excited to attend Steve Cordony’s session at Coco Republic Design School last week and he didn’t disappoint.
Steve is interior design editor at belle magazine and responsible for the styling behind those incredible, dramatic, often fantastical photos we devour on its pages each issue. He’s also in great demand as an event stylist, working with glamorous fashion brands, on private...
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Just hanging out with four of the country's top...
(L-R) Greg Natale, Jason Grant, Interiors Addict Jen, Thomas Hamel and Darren Palmer.
I’ll tell you the story behind this shoot next month…
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Home envy: Abigail Ahern
Abigail Ahern, as you well know, is one of my favourite interior designers AND she’s a fellow Brit. I have been drooling over these photos of her home in this blog post by Mix & Chic for far too long and need to get on with some work now. Want to take over?
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Have you visited the Yankee Trader pop-up store in Sydney’s Paddington yet? It’s only there for another couple of weeks, closing after trading on 7 April.
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Check out Concrete Blonde for amazing food and a...
I love great food but my resturant choices are often swayed by the decor too. For me, a great meal has as much to do with atmosphere (the interior, the service, the lighting etc) as the food. My girlfriends and I ate at Concrete Blonde on Friday night and had a wonderful time. We started with a drink at the newly opened adjoining bar Montague (an amazing selection of wines by the glass including a...
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Interiors Addict is moving to Wordpress
Sadly (well, kinda!) Interiors Addict has outgrown its Tumblr home and will be moving across to Wordpress in about a week. The URL will remain the same (www.theinteriorsaddict.com). Please bookmark me, RSS me or join me on Facebook or Twitter so you don’t miss out. I would hate to lose you, Tumblr fans! Jen x
PS. If you’re interested in advertising on the new blog, please email...
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Loving the new colour from Have You Met Miss Jones
Have You Met Miss Jones is best known for its white bone china homewares but the latest collection contains some great colourful pieces. I love these vases and I’ll be buying a few of these cute little bowls for keeping rings, salt flakes, and paperclips in! The possibilities are endless!
And don’t worry, Jennifer’s still producing more of the popular bone china too. Buy online...
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Pinterest can no longer sell shared content
Pinterest today notified its members of major changes to its terms of service. It follows weeks of controversy over the latest social media craze, popular with us visual types. Much as everyone’s all over Pinterest lately, its popularity has not come without some questions, especially over fears people’s shared content could be sold.
Today’s statement from Pinterest co-founder...
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Homewares Lust: Peponi Home, Leura
Today was beautiful and sunny so boyfriend and I took the opportunity to jump in the car and take a mini road trip to the Blue Mountains. A visit to Leura is always a pleasure but I’d been meaning to visit the new Peponi Home ever since it opened in February. I’d heard great things from the lovely Jane Frosh, who styled the windows.
It was totally worth the trip. Owner Lisa Wright...
As you all keep asking, yes I’ll be sharing more from Steve Cordony’s session at Coco Republic Design School (lots more!) but I’m just waiting to get my hands on his notes. Coming soon, promise!
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Belle's Steve Cordony at Coco Republic Design...
I had the best time at Steve’s session at Coco Republic Design School last night. I’ve got so much to share with you over the new few days but for now, here’s a photo of us in the Coco showroom. For those of you who don’t know, Steve is the uber talented interior design editor for belle.
Here’s Steve’s top ten styling essentials:
flowers
ornaments
found...
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Sale time at Lisa Madigan's store
If you ask me, it’s a good enough reason to leave Sydney for the weekend and I’m seriously considering it! There’s 20% off everything at artist Lisa Madigan’s gorgeous shop The Store, in Berry, NSW. One transaction per customer, just mention the offer in store. And if you can’t make it in person, visit the e-store, give them a call with your credit card details and...
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Chelsea Hing: the reality of running your own...
Chelsea Hing had a strong grounding within top interior design firms before starting her own Melbourne practice five years ago. “It was fantastic as I got to see all the working parts of a design business up close. I loved learning on the job and quickly moved onto bigger things.”
Starting her own business was, she says, another massive learning curve. “As any creative knows, there’s a tremendous...
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Megan Morton’s much anticipated website has finally gone live! It’s soooo full of gorgeous photos. Check it out!
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Buy one get one half price at Dare Gallery
On all their Australian made upholstery, until 31 March. Find out more here.
KAS outlet sale alert!
This Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 5pm at the KAS Outlet, 78 O’Riordan Street, Alexandria, NSW.
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My picks from the new Etsy look book
Etsy Australia has produced its first look book and why not? The contents would all look comfortable on the pages of the best interiors and lifestyle magazines.
I have long been an Etsy-holic. What I like best about the stuff you can buy on Etsy is it’s great value (especially when considering most of it’s handmade), you get your hands on something everyone else doesn’t have and...
The new Real Living is out in shops today. You can find me and my blog on page 40! :)
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Craft Queen Makes Bunting Cool
English rose that I am, I’ve always loved the traditional fabric bunting with florals and polkadots. That said, it doesn’t exactly complement the look I’ve got going on in my Sydney apartment these days! But Tamara Maynes, whose handiwork you may know from the pages of Inside Out magazine, has put a very cool modern twist on bunting with her gold leather version. LOVE! You can...
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Win an original artwork by Julie Paterson
You all loved the pictures of Julie Paterson’s latest collection for Designer Rugs in her Blue Mountains cottage earlier this week. Now she’s giving you the chance to win a little bit of the design process in the form of an original painting for your own home.
Julie has taken four of her best rug designs and overlaid them with four of her key fabric designs, playing about with...
Shaynna announced as third judge on The Block
Block fever is back. Can you feel it? I’m delighted to hear Shaynna Blaze is going to be the third judge alongside John McGrath and belle magazine’s Neale Whitaker this series. Interiors Addict loves Shaynna for being talented and glamorous while at the same time fun and very down to earth. No doubt she’ll be a hit.
Shaynna’s back on our screens with Andrew Winter and...
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Dalani breakfast at Kitchen By Mike
Discount homewares and furniture site Dalani held a gorgeous breakfast for bloggers at the fabulous Kitchen by Mike earlier this week. We were blessed by sunshine, good company and great goodie bags! And did I mention how fantastic the food and coffee was? Thanks Dalani!
While I was there I had my first look around the amazing new Koskela showroom next door and a sneak peek at Megan...
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Cloth's Julie Paterson creates third collection...
Good design improves with time and attention, which is how Julie Paterson of cloth fabric created her new collection with Designer Rugs.
“It’s not always about what is new, the question is what can we re-imagine from what we’ve already created?”
Julie has taken four of her best rug designs and overlaid them with four of her key fabric designs, playing about with composition and colour to...
Best Australian Blogs Competition
Interiors Addict is a nominee in the Best Australian Blogs 2012 competition under the Personal/Lifestyle category. The competition is judged by a panel but there is also a People’s Choice category and when voting opens I’ll be ask for you to kindly support me by voting if you so wish!
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Blacklist couple’s love of love makes great art
Jaynie and Nathan Johnson are husband and wife and co-creators of Blacklist Studio Prints. Regular readers of this blog will know I’m just a little bit obsessed with typography and nearly everything on my walls contains words in one way or another. So it’s quite clear I’m a big fan of their work, not only because it’s very heavily typographical but because I’m also a big softie at heart and just...
I met Real Living editor Deborah Bibby at an event today and yes, she is as lovely as everyone says!
Terrace on sale!
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As seen in Real Living magazine!
I am just a little bit STOKED today because the blog is featured in Real Living magazine. I believe it’s on news stands from Monday but subscribers have their copies from today. Here’s a preview! Thanks Real Living!
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Take the stress out of choosing cushion combos...
I don’t know about you, but whenever I look at Bandhini’s catalogue or website I get OVERWHELMED by all the beautiful choices. But did you know if you tell them what you’re after and your budget they’ll give you suggestions and help you choose free of charge? The service was set up for interior designers and decorators but they’re also happy to help consumers drowning in choices and colour...
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Design-your-own-flatpack company wants to take on...
From the same factory turning out high end furniture for Herman Miller and Living Edge comes a new design-your-own flatpack range with grand designs on taking a chunk of Ikea’s market.
Young entrepreneur Priyanka Rao has furniture in her blood. Her dad Sudhindra owns furniture manufacturer Luxmy and runs her new venture with her. But the idea for Evolvex actually came while shopping for...
Interior designer Chelsea Hing has started a blog, DesignLife. Check it out!
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An afternoon of Danish silver style
What a delight to be invited by Corporate Culture and Georg Jensen to the first ever showing of the Silver Ambassador Collection in Sydney yesterday. It was quite magical to be surrounded by countless bowls, goblets, trays and pieces of cutlery, all made of solid silver and paintakingly made by hand in Copenhagen. Set against a backdrop of Corporate Culture’s wonderful furniture, flowers by...
Maison InStyle announces impressive advisor...
Maison Instyle, Australia’s first and only boutique trade event dedicated to the interiors market, has announced its Advisory Council, “a select group of distinguished individuals with a shared passion for design”.
They are:
• Richard Waller, editor of Inside Out
• Sibella Court, interior stylist and author
• Nick...
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Megan Morton: "Going to work's like being in...
Megan Morton’s been a busy lady of late. She’s got a second book in the works and she’s opening a prop room and design school.
She’s one of Australia’s best known female stylists, but she doesn’t exactly go in for self promotion, hoping instead that her work speaks for itself. “I have been head down, working hard for over ten years now,” she says. “I am someone...
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Sustainable Building Means Interiors Too
Daphna Tal is the in-house interiors specialist for Australian Living, a leading sustainable building consultancy which focuses on upping the ante in the residential market. Interiors Addict speaks to her and takes a look around this stylish sustainable home (inside and out) in Sydney’s Rose Bay.
“Why aren’t there more interior specialists focused on sustainability? What is stopping or...
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Pure and General on sale!
The divine Pure and General store in Potts Point launched a sale today and it’s on until 18 March. Make sure you pop in, especially if you’ve never visited before. You’re in for a treat!
Below are just a few of the items which have been marked down.
And there’s 20% off ALL John Robshaw cushions
Pure and General | 114 Brougham Street | Potts Point NSW 2011...
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Xavier&Me's Cushion Queen Branches Out
Cushion creator extraordinaire Ellie Bradley of Xavier&Me is branching out into rugs which can only be a good thing if you ask me! And of course, Interiors Addict has the first look at the upcoming collection.
The Xavier&Me brand became extremely well known last year despite Ellie being super busy being mum to Xavier (now you know where the name came from) and completing a fine art...
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New winter furniture and homewares from Freedom
Freedom’s new winter 2012 collection launched today and I’m impressed. What do you think? Whether you’re after this season’s grey or a more colourful, eclectic look, there really is something for everyone with some great prices too. As always, there are some great finds within the homewares department and the best thing is you can order them online. I have my eye on the...
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Sydney stylist's bid to get to London catches...
Sydney stylist Jane Frosh and I have a design idol in common. If you haven’t heard of Abigail Ahern, rest assured the British interior designer is big news in the UK (and internationally) and happens to be one of my favourites (read my interview with her from last year here).
When busy mum and stylist Jane heard about Abigail’s uber popular one-day workshops, which she runs in her...
