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Cosby did not attend the Los Angeles trial. He has repeatedly denied Ms Huth’s allegations that he forced her to perform a sex act at the mansion.

Jurors found that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Ms Huth, that he reasonably believed she was under 18, and that his conduct was driven by unnatural or abnormal sexual interest in a minor.Cosby did not attend the Los Angeles trial. He has repeatedly denied Ms Huth’s allegations that he forced her to perform a sex act at the mansion.

Geometrical Wonder Home

February 22nd, 2019admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Quirky, clean, angular, bright and citrus. The Mondrain style angular shapes are the overriding take from this home. The Magis Chair Ones are a good choice for more quirk. Great blocks of colour against tidy white space. Hallo ccccccitrus! The home office refuses to play the game and eschews bright colour. Kind of surprising. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Architect: by Rustern Urazmetov

Wonderland Guest House

February 22nd, 2019admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This is guesthouse is brave and clever. Of course it’s like an Alice In Wonderland dream space and there is no one who is going to stay here that would not take a ton of pictures and spread the word about this daring creation. Inspired by the works of MC Esher the architect has used luscious colours and optical illusions to keep intrigue and kiss the eyeball. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Architect: stunning build by Studio 10 Photographer Chao Zhang

Negev Desert Penthouse

December 31st, 2018admin0 Comments

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is a home of relentless chic and great ideas. The long chain mail ceiling pendant above the kitchen is neat and perfect for this borderless space. The great little cut-out at the end of the cooking island allows much gossip and story exchange whilst chef rustles up the dinner. The slate kitchen work top and floor tiles…all excellent choices…plus is it weird to be turned on by a door? The beautiful ash grey door lends style, solid protection and serenity to the mix. The back drop of the eating space is ridonculous. Good ridonculous. Drawing the …

Industrial Apartment

December 31st, 2018admin0 Comments

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A wonderful cacophany of industrial meets heady masculine overtones. Maybe it’s the unmade bed? Maybe it’s the blue that once upon a time was allowed to be associated with male-dom. It reminds me of the potential new boyfriend’s apartment, where post first date one enters with wide eyes checking out the purposeful choices like the caged lighting, the slightly eiffel-esque bar stools and the mesh staircase. You peek the exposed brick work and nod in silent approval, the tile wall behind the bed…okaaayy…different….kinda cool though? Then you see the 2 dogeths…perched upon the teardrop stool…SOLD! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ …

Wood & Minimal

September 7th, 2018admin0 Comments

Shokan Home

February 23rd, 2016admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This is Shokan House. It is one of those homes that you Instagram the sh*t out of it…right in front of the owner too! You just don’t care. It’s that good. Shokan House spacious private residence is situated at the edge of the Ashokan reservoir, in New York. The house stands at the edge of the Ashokan reservoir, just below the summit of a Catskill mountain, with views extending south across and beyond the reservoir to the horizon. Oak, fir, spruce, and an occasional birch surround the house. Here you can expect hawks, turkey, fox, deer and …

Single Storey Home

February 12th, 2016admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: So the owners wanted a single storey home with plenty of sunlight and good integration with nature…Boom! There it is! Beautiful, simple yet sophisticated. The flooring is well considered, absolutely lush. The gorgeous smokey wood panels screeeeeeam taste and style. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detail is everything. Sleek, white corian surfaces, uber stylish minimalist spec, recessed lighting against a white backdrop. Chunky rug. This little masterpiece is made up of well thought out details, simplicity is key; the flooring, the wood panelling, the Barcelona chairs, window walls. The colour sketch is sublime. Smokey grey and white with isolated bursts of …

The Stair Home

July 20th, 2015admin0 Comments

“Our aim was to compose a homogenous continuous ribbon, which was achieved by using the painted fibreboards (MDF) on a steel supporting structure. Breaking up the monochromatic whiteness of the living room, the red orange loft complememted by the built in lighting became a vivid nuance in the simple apartment fitting the young style of our clients.” batlab. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This home style was basically imagined by a young couple and actualised by their chosen architects. They placed the bed right above the door with a male and female vibe attributed to the set of stairs flowing from …

Writer’s Home

February 21st, 2015admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This rendered home clearly has a sparse industrial stamp on it, punctuated by the assorted colours from the African masks and books on display. The Flos Ray floor lamp below only furthers this agenda as 80% of it’s grand body is Eiffel Tower-esque metal. This is Hollywoods idea of a home for a their resolutely single, obsessively minimal and neat, alluringly mysterious and sexual lead male loner character. The raw recessed shelving in the kitchen, the buff, tough concrete flooring and the wood and metallic sink do not suggest raucous kids or grandparents coming to stay. But then …

The Observatory

January 28th, 2015admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: From South Africa’s Leobo Private Reserve we bring you The Observatory. An incredibly beautiful stone and glass living space that profits from it’s stunning location and the vision of it’s architects Silvio Rech and Lesley Carsten. It luxuriates in traditional African flavour with lots of wood and soft furnishings. Raw and powerful, soft and welcoming. To re-create some semblance of this stunning home we can’t guarantee you the sunshine of South Africa but we can point you to it’s use of simple unadorned walls, the aforementioned wood, rugs and large, soft c-shape seating area. We would add very …

Belgian Country Home

May 1st, 2014admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: A truly idyllic scene with chickens running freely, stone tiling, antique furniture, heavy old school oak doors, lots of hand made rugged raw furniture, fresh air and a peaceful country vibe. Even the ivy on the side of the home has grown in a dressy manner! If we put the dead animal carcase skins and hideous decapitated deer head well and truly aside this is a gorgeous space. All the elements are there to capture this kind of environment. Flowers, plants and fruit bowls abound, unbuffed wooden flooring, rattan baskets and chairs, handmade throws, roaring fireplace and rolltop …

Portable Home

March 15th, 2014admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: The APH80 portable home is a sustainable mobile dwelling that can be easily adapted to suit different needs and sizes. It is built by Spain based Abaton, a studio fast becoming one of our favourite architects. This particular home above can house two people. It has three discernible living spaces, a living room, a kitchen, bathroom and double bedroom. At 27 square meters it is minimally designed with hypoallergenic wood throughout the building and cement wood board covering the building. It takes about one week to build and one day to set up and will set you back …

Nomadic Homes

February 13th, 2014admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: These beautifully restored vintage trailers and teepees can be found in a rather cool nomadic hotel in Marfa Texas. You can book to spend the night here in El Cosmico for around one hundred dollars, but what we love about it are the colourful accessories, the classic pieces of furniture and the cool creative hippie vibe. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our great thanks to: Source: El Cosmico

Writers Haven

February 4th, 2014admin0 Comments

Inpsire Notes: A treat for those of you who are writers and prefer a little bit of solitude and nature to stir your imagination. This is a writers retreat. Located on San Juan Island, Washington, the intention was to pull the writer into the solace and hum of nature and leave behind all distraction. The cabin is glass walled with wooden slats that are raised by a hydraulic system. The slats can be pulled up at night, or raised for security when the occupant is away. Then there is a 180 degree swivel fireplace that warms you on the …

Boovagen Home

January 10th, 2014admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Light and airy. Skandish and homely. Angles, straight lines, white, black, smokey greys, pink and greenery. It’s a great combination and a great way to use pink which can very often be a bit sickly sweet. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Skandi chic doesn’t mess about does it? To try this home for size, eschew the fluffys and multi-colours for pale hues and smokey darks against crisp pure white. Rebellious features include the artwork and the polite attempt at anarchy in the wash room area. Other than that there is a clean, rustic order to the space. Smokey tiled floors, …

Dutch Mountain Home

November 30th, 2013admin0 Comments

This Dutch mountain home is what sustainable living can look like. The underground building has a large glass facade which allows the sun to heat the concrete slabs for heat in the winter. The thermal mass also keeps the home cool in the summer. The wooden cantilever is the piece of the house that is visible above landscape and is used to regulate sunlight. The rooms underneath have an open format to allow the home to grow and change with it’s family. The furnishing is resolutely Scandinavian and imaginative. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our great thanks to: Architect: denieuwegeneratie Photography: John …

White Cave Home

November 14th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: For those of us for whom enough is sufficient, the white minimalism of this White Cave House will appeal. Perfect sharp lines. Quiet precision. Stark luxury. Takuro Yamammoto Architects have delivered a rock star niche home for peace lovers. The structure has a series of lonesome looking doorways that belie what lies behind. The angular, secretive lead up to the courtyard has been designed to protect the inhabitants from passing prying eyes and with only one isolated window on view, light sources are found via a series of purposeful interconnections between the interior and the natural light exterior. …

Wandana Home

November 11th, 2013admin0 Comments

This home is located in Wandana Heights in the suburbs of Victoria, Australia. Blessed with space and height it is a free flowing space that drifts easily into demarcated areas with the easygoing attitude we associate with Aussie life. Gorgeous slate flooring, dark and classy meets dark and cream skin with floor to ceiling glass windows. Indirect lighting is always such a simple way to add a really classy ambience to a space. The shiny tiled walls are a doozy. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our great thanks to: Architect: James Dean & Associates

The Slide Home

October 28th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This home chimes so many bells with us. It is a home clearly built to the utter desire of it’s inhabitants. It is not the same ol’ same’ol. It’s probably not for everybody – it’s not an eyeball kisser by any stretch of the imagination and stands out from the neighbours homes like an alien warship – but who cares! Plus with this home your children may just love you forever! This three floor building has a perimeter slide that whizzes you down to the second and first floor. Endless fun and great exercise, especially if you are …

Geometric Home

October 25th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: A stunning minimal home geometrically shaped with flowing design that blurs the exterior with the interior. Single floored with lots of little nooks to hide away and enjoy the surrounding nature. The space is incredibly relaxed and open plan with uber large windowed walls. The use of platform beds adds to the relaxed vibe. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our great thanks to: Source: Minimum Arquitectura

Sunset Strip Estate

October 22nd, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: A house with many attributes. Strong angular architecture, great location, stunning weather, much square footage and blessed with height. Beautiful landscaping, swimming pool and wine vault. It boasts a quite masculine dressing room with surprisingly traditional decor and accessories. Yours for a lively price of circa $30mill. Designed by Hagy Belzburg this is the stuff of Hollywood soaked dreams. Even the weather is more expensive. Located a stone’s throw from the famous boulevard, equipped with the craziness, glamour, richness, shopping, restaurants, nightlife and the endless buckets of botox on tap that we know that area for. Imposing angular …

Greek Townhouse

October 21st, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This Greek townhouse has all the best parts of fresh modern European living. Plenty of open air access, organic interior materials. everything is honest, simple and adds positively to the ambience. The flair and concern for client satisfaction and the environment is seamlessly delivered by Messrs Aaron Ritenour and Sotiris Mallas and is seen throughout this delicious home space. The threat of non existent clutter is handsomely hidden behind the elegant white ash sliding doors, where a multitude of home media could also be hidden if you were to consider something similar in your home design. The naked walls, …

Creatives Home

October 18th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This home is very typical of European space. Parquet flooring meets high ceilings, the traditional radiators for heating, two to three panel doors with some wood paneling along the walls. Very typical. Plastered all over this space is an artists personality and etchings. Undecorated walls add to the funk of the space including some great decorative and utilitarian pieces such as the vintage typewriter, the large lettering and the beaten up safe. Character! Character! Character! It’s eclectic and maximalist with a deliberate unfinished edge. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our great thanks to: Source: Andre Baroukh

Lima Beach Home

October 17th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: A modular beachfront home built in Lima Peru by TDC. Perched on a cliff overlooking the sea, the sea facing rooms are designed to invite the environment in, whilst boasting protective overhangs for inclement weather. The views of course are ridiculous! The interiors have been kept simple and classy with caboche style lighting, gorgeous slate tiling, white skin and white and glass furniture. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our great thanks to: Design Team: TDC

Tuscon Mountain Retreat

September 2nd, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This unique property has been created by an alliance of architects, craftsmen, builders and designers that work under the name Dust. Formally founded in Tuscon Arizona, they use their intimate knowledge of the natural landscape to shape their work. Concrete and wood abound with colourful artisanal soft furnishings. The distinct furniture is made by Dust also. The chairs, lovely slimline benches, stools and tables. And then there’s the location…Mon Dieu! Arid and lush at the same time. A peaceful and natural environment designed to be respected, enjoyed and shared not razed. Sparse and beautiful allowing the building …

Rural Holland Home

August 20th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This the home of Ms Paula Leen and Mr Kees Middendorp. They live on a harbour in Northern Holland. Ms Leen is a Dutch felt artist and has created many of the items seen in this space. See the lamp in the bedroom below. Their creative influence is all over the home. Fond of recycling and upcycling, Mr Middendorp built the kitchen pantry from the home’s wood flooring. Ms Leen commissioned a local ironsmith to build the 11 foot long kitchen island. Sheeps wool plays a major role with other natural materials in creating the rural vibe of …

Skandi Chic Sundyberg

August 12th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Love this place. Even though the space is white, white, white with white ash wood floors and white handle-less kitchen cabinets and walls, white furniture, white accessories, there is still just enough ‘grime‘ there to make this place. Polite grime, but grime none the less. The dark grey felt pendant removes some of the purity and reasonable-ness. The decorative ladder, (which is quite hot right now), and the extra large black and white portrait all do their bit for balance. Nice oversized grey Under The Bell Pendant to add some ‘grime’…kinda. Mushed cushions and extra large black …

Modern Sydney Home

August 10th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Built in the Eastern ‘burbs of Sydney this spectacular home boasts high ceilings and clean modern edge. Blessed with not only height but square footage they have allowed the interior sections to flow easily into one another keeping the floor plan loose and open. Against a backdrop of white the stylists have not been afraid to mix and match a variety of dark colours which possibly shouldn’t work. Dark woods and green metal cabinets. There’s the dark leather seating and even pops of orange in the cinema room. It works, creating a trés tasteful ambience. This space is …

Italian Palazzo

August 7th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This building is an astonishing renovation and re-discovery project undertaken by Italian architect Sabrina Bignami. The Casa Orlandi guesthouse is an 18th century palazzo situated close to Florence. On another note, how delicious are those sofas? You will notice that the *frescos, which were surprisingly bulldozed over with paint, have been meticulously and gingerly uncovered by a fresco restorations expert. The original artist was Tuscan based 18th century painter Luigi Cantani who must be smiling from an artistic heavenly place as Ms Bignami oversees the painstaking restoration of his fine work. *fresco ~ the technique of …

Modern Spacious Home

August 7th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This is a lovely home by bespoke home makers and award winning creatives Smerin Architects. It shows what can be done with a West London space and a little foresight. Lovely streamlined furniture choices against a fresh white backdrop with well chosen prints on the wall. The little garden area has been dealt with simply and effectively. We love the ambient lights at night and the plants are a lovely framework to the choice of simple paved flooring. It is perfectly set up for when both friends or summer decides to arrive with the in-built bar-b-cue and the …

Stylish Children’s Bedroom

August 1st, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: How stylish is this room and are your kids really ready for it? Muted greys, cream and white abound to calm the lingering cultural A.D.D. No computers, but encouraging art desk and creative tools instead! The daybed / bed design is ingenious and adventurous and the wall art delightful. Simple white wood flooring, (we’re talking kids so perhaps keep that spare pot of white paint for retouches in the garden shed yeah?!) Very cool ottoman and lounging cushions galore. We like how the wall paneling sings in tune with the support frame of the wardrobe. It’s …

Sculptural Spanish Home

July 26th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This exceptional space was designed by Spanish design studio A-cero. At approximately 18,00 square feet it’s highly structured contemporary exterior belies it’s extravagant, lush interior. It’s stylized curves make it resemble a large yacht in harbour whilst surrounded by a lovely green garden and a beautiful lake. Within the home, we see confident, exhuberant spaces, with stunning art and bespoke sculptures. Quite a bit of smooth white corian moulded units are to be found in the bathroom and bedroom. The elegant, tall slimline planter below in the swimming pool annexe is deadly covetable and the swimming pool itself …

Kelly Behun Home

July 22nd, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Ms Kelly Behun has created a beautiful oasis of calm, beauty and serenity in her Long Island weekend home. Floor to ceiling windowed walls, walnut floors and gleaming white limestone sits gracefully atop a stretch of perfectly coiffeured green expanse facing the sea. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This home style breathes. It exudes space, peace and calm. The amazing location and the square footage has a lot to do with this. But if we wanted to try and recreate this home style and ambience wherever we are located, even in a two up two down in Stoke Newington, one would …

Stefan Soderberg Home

June 18th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: The home of Swedish designer Mr Stefan Soderberg boasts the clean lined calm and efficiency of Skandi chic. Lots of mid century reference, lovely parquet flooring, white skin and the large, scene stealing fireplace. The juxtaposition of the mid century pieces and the battered armchair is part of what forms the character of this charming space. Swan Chairs, Wishbone Chairs and Grand Prix Chairs abound, offering a nice mixture of seating options. Much is made of the height of the space with the long drop pendants. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The skin of this place is simple. White, interrupted by …

Italian Villa

June 18th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: What a tranquille scene! This luxury villa Palazzo, can be found on the border of Tuscany. It is part of a 2700 acre private estate named Castello di Reschio. You can see the wondrous rolling landscape in the distance. The estate has around 50 farmhouses that have been beautifully converted into high spec private quarters. The estate is owned and run by Count Antonia Bolza and his family. The rent is around £2,500 a night. These beautiful arches interlock the serene infinity edge pool with a long sweep of stairs leading to the…splash. We …

Glass Home

June 18th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This the kind of home you stay in if you want friends and family to keep saying ‘Wow!‘ when they pop round. This amazing glass structure was built by Milan based JM Architects on Lake Lugano. It is 3,700 square feet and sits between Switzerland and Italy. A polygonal shaped glass pavilion with rounded edges stands above a linear underground block. The living and dining room, the kitchen and storage spaces are located in the pavilion, while bedrooms, bathrooms and garage are in the lower level. There is also a roof garden from where you can sit …

Summer House

May 15th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Located in Paros Cyclades, Greece, this is ‘The Edge Summer House.’ The building is built by React Architects and consists of two dwellings with guest areas that overlook the sea and neighboring island of Antiparo. The overall complex leaves the natural landscape intact as it carves to the slope of the site, adapting to the environment and dissolving the boundaries between private and public spaces. The east side of the building is dominated by local vegetation. You can practically smell the aromatic scent of the flowers lining the path through the air vents of your computer. …

Rustic Charm

May 15th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Ms Michaela Scherrer is somewhat a high priestess of simple rustic charm. Her interior design ideas are steeped in creating alluring, tranquil spaces and if this is what you desire, careful note should be taken not just of her eye for placement and colour palettes but of her choice of artful accessories. This beautiful floor standing wrought iron lamp above is one such example. It is a great find which sits perfectly with the artists colour scheme and spatial awareness. The crumpled linen on the bed… The glass blown vases above are another example. She …

Smart Modern Home

April 10th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This award winning interior is typical of the clean modern aesthetic from Cecconi Simone. The generous open floor plan is de-lineated by dividers throughout the home which creates lovely little nooks of relaxation or activity. Clean cut and sophisticated with lovely style accents such as the random lights, the sleek corian moulded kitchen and the generous use of Brazilian Ipe wood. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Well, lets start with the kitchen. Sleek lines from unfussy corian moulded cabinets and work tops. …

Coastal Home

March 27th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: The architects of 01 Arq have produced superlative work in this simple, raw but refined coastal home in Huentelauquen Chile. They have profited from the amazing landscape and the home provides just a thin glass facade to face the ruggedly beautiful environment. Some really simple ideas to take away: The entire chalkboard wall. The simple white and cream skin allied with natural materials like wood and rattan, smartly punctuated by the dark wood floor trim and support poles. It’s not even right is it? That I sit here (happily) writing about this magnificent home rather …

Bagnolet Loft

March 27th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Here we find a home that is unassailably French. Having rambled, lived and dozed off in a few I know of what I speak. This space is artistic, bohemian, stylish, (mais bien sûr!) and unexpected. This loft is 5 metres high with a mezzanine that houses the bedrooms. The kitchen, bathroom and other utility areas are spread around the open space of the ground floor and the next floor up. The ground floor opens out to a neat garden with generous window space, which lets the light flood in on all the charming object d’arts and vintage …

John Rocha’s Home

March 27th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Ah, but it’s all so simple when you have The Eye isn’t it? Designer John Rocha’s home oozes easy sophisticated style and the knowing Eye. The feel is clean white geometry and it is no surprise that this house is to be found in the South of France, St Jean Cap Ferrat to be precise. In the warmth of the Mediterranean sun, Mr John Rocha has created calm and oasis-cool with his prodigious use of white walls and limestone flooring. When you a utilize such crisp lines, even a simple bowl of fruit looks like a …

Simple Rustic Home

March 13th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Serene and peaceful with plenty of nature and natural elements. This is the picture perfect Formentera based home of Consuelo Castiglioni, creator of luxury fashion house Marni. It is an evocative build, parts of the house are almost biblical in feel and I don’t know about you, but it is in these kind of hushed, simple, low-tech environments that one feels able to ‘catch up’ with one’s true self again and throw out all the built up walls and pretense. I can almost hear the impatient morning call from the neighbouring farms cock crowing through my speaker …

Sumptuous Space

March 1st, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Mr Stefan Antoni’s homes are nothing short of sumptuous. He and his wife Carla number amongst our favourite designer /architects as their passion for what they do shines so evidently, dancing shamelessly through their work. Based in South Africa he is blessed with the breathtaking natural beauty of the country to work with. Having sat on Table Mountain one beautiful evening and watched the sun set with a clear view of the pure horizon, not dissimilar to the one here, I know of what I speak. He and his award winning architects’ careful and meticulous work is …

Copenhagen Penthouse

February 27th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Messrs Kasper Rønn and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects are why we get up in the morning. Their simple pared down aesthetic allows so much more subtle activity to happen that I believe it takes a certain intelligence to see it. There. Now I sound like an interiors snob. I don’t care. To appreciate their work, you have to understand the secretive sophistication of simplicity. Their creation is timeless. It is not trendy. We don’t do trends at THE HOME STYLE DIRECTORY. We expose and comment on them for interested parties, but we extol classic simple elegance …

Swedish Home

February 27th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This bright Swedish home / workspace is a very accessible set up in terms of recreating it’s vibe. It’s personality comes from the rather nice accessories dotted about. The bold, fat bottomed ceramic vase, the magazine racks, the Arne Jacobsen chairs, the Saarinen-esque round coffee table and of course the character-full daybed. Light meets white. Plenty of daylight is allowed to flood through this apartment lifting the colours, the atmosphere and the inhabitants spirits! The space manages to be full but not cluttered, with plenty of use made out of simple, efficient and striking Ikea storage, magazine …

Ultra Minimalist Home

February 27th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This whitewashed silhouette seems like any other home until you get a closer view. The designer, Manuel Aires Mateus has thrown away the rule book to produce a home of almost stark, windowless monastic austerity and yet…somehow…for a home dwelling…I believe that it still works. The life-vital light source is well thought out and bravely imaginative. It is given access through the generous top cut-out in the roof and also via ground access as cut-outs in the lawn. The low beds in this home and the minimal furnishing draws on the Japanese aesthetic of uncluttered …

Bohemian Home

February 13th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Fresh, natural and vibrant. The homeowners have kept this space relaxed and terrifically inviting with plenty of soft furnishings, North African style leanings and large open windows to let in the sun. The chairs in this space carry quite a bit of the overall style. There is the 1970’s African wicker chair just hiding out of shot above and the rather delicious hanging chair below. Can you see yourself dozing off there in the heat of the afternoon sun? The curtained doors are very bohemian, very African. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This home style …

Herzliya Home

February 13th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This highly spectacular, angular home built in Israel is the work of Sharon Neuman Architects. The decision to build this ecological home with such visually jarring angular plains impacts completely on the interior of the house as you will see below. It is such a work of art that it is almost farcical for being built next to the more conventional two family home next door, dampening a little of its singular lawless majesty. The glass facade above is just glorious with modesty frosting on the lower part of the first floor whilst the bottom floor large …

Stockholm House

February 13th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Lovely, fresh and open with a light rug on the chevron wood flooring. The space is blessed with high ceilings and walls that could, from this angle, be made a little more of perhaps as there seems to be an invisible watermarked height restriction imposed on accessorizing the walls. Perhaps an ultra large print to break up the space a little bit? One leather ottoman is a good support to the matching sofa and perhaps a one-off statement armchair to mix it up a little in place of the other ottoman? Lovely expressive chair, …

Polish Home

January 30th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This is such a welcoming vista. Plenty of soft furnishings and natural materials. Notice the throws, the linen curtains and the interior tree. This is quite a feminine bathroom with lots of storage for nic nacs and a charming rustic sink unit. We sourced a square shaped rattan chair and you will note that this is a winged backed one, but we went for integrity of design shape coupled with availability at the time of sourcing. You might also enjoy the similarly simple (albeit larger) grey framed mirror we have sourced. This is the best room. …

A Stable Home

January 30th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: David Kohn has built a one level airy space from a 19th century stable block. The setting is open plan with windowed walls giving a generous view of the garden. Simple. Open plan. Whitewashed walls. Open hearth. Lovely. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This home style is pure minimalist, rustic living. There is no statement furniture, just solid, well made, reliable, old fashioned craftsmanship in the form of the dining table and the sideboard, for example. This is about bringing nature in via large windowed walls and enjoying the vast green play area …

Simple Rustic

January 16th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This beautiful, single storey home in Sweden overlooks a wide expanse of lake waters. The house is built in a H-shape which protects the exposed courtyard and creates a warm intimacy. The simple rustic feel is created by the use of natural materials, iron, untreated pine wood and concrete. Simple. Rustic. Raw. Beautiful. Wood decking, rattan chairs and a lovely exterior fire creates a cosy place to sit and watch the gorgeous natural views. A rugged, honest architectural structure…And is it me or is this building flipping the world off saying, ‘yeah, I’m individual, isolated, …

Madrid Home

January 15th, 2013admin1 Comment

Inspire Notes: We rather like this homestyle! It’s eclectic, accessible, do-able, a bit cheeky and unpretentious. From the very European-esque window shutters to the bowl with the magazines in, the cushions jostling for space on the much ‘bottomed’ sofa and the flowers in the bottles. Two delicious accents catch our eye here. The round, fit to burst armchair – it’s a lovely colour for this room and the floor standing mirror. Also quite like the staging of this photograph with the dress sash singing in tune with the door’s glass paneling and the bed cover. Nice touch. Ah, the …

Mediterranean Villa

January 9th, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This is a truly exquisite abode. Designed incomparably by Oscar Shamamian and Michael S. Smith it is cut into the hillside and has an 18 ton retractable front glass to allow the clement weather in. The house has five levels connected with a glass elevator. There is a roof and pool terrace to take in the amazing views. They have chosen gloriously soft leather cream sofa and armchairs ala Peter Keler cube chairs, which work really well with the lovely, unfussy glass coffee table. The living area is outstanding, spacious and serene with a glowing warm …

Susie Cohen Home

January 2nd, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Ms Susie Cohen is a Melbourne based interior designer. Here she has converted a disused 1920’s warehouse into a stylish new home. Rough sawn bench meets rustic bowl, flowers, a simple wood laminate floor with white walls and fabulous artwork with great personality. The most perfect decisions have been made here to totally utilize the space available for Ned’s room, ‘flattened bunk bed’ units with drawer storage are assisted by inline wardrobes. No-handle kitchen units provide a smooth and unfettered eye-sweep. You can just see an RAR rocking chair peeking out from …

Scandinavian Apartment

January 2nd, 2013admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This space by Wench Holth is almost painfully beautiful. It reminds me of halcyon days spent in Scandinavia and indeed it is fairly typical of a home there. Gosh, where does one start? The floor? Mon Dieu! Just beauteous. Natural wood stained black to contrast and anchor the crisp white walls. The exuberant basket chandelier works because there is enough height and width here. The chilled, calm space below it prevents it from looking overblown and pompous. There is so much communication and follow-through with the accessories, fixtures and fittings. The sleek doors, the occasional …

Diane Bergeron’s Home

December 13th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This is the home of interior designer Diane Bergeron. Ms Bergeron has been a designer for over 20 years with her work featured in some of the biggest style bibles around. She is known for creating the breezy ‘Hamptons Look’ witnessed in the living room above which is almost zesty it is so fresh! Her eye for placing some of the most unlikely colours in close proximity is daring, experienced and uncanny. The pair of purple upholstered armchairs are simply delightful against the white, but just look at the other colours with which they find themselves …

Swedish Style

December 13th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This is Villa Överby in Värmdö, Stockholm. From the success of Ikea whose ubiquitous presence does not automatically mean lack of stylish, useful pieces, to the spectacular creations from the architects at John Robert Nilsson. My own love for this unpretentious ‘blond’ aesthetic came from living in Scandinavia and I for one have never looked back or re-cluttered. This home was featured in the American version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Did you see it? It belonged to the character Martin Vanger. We are loving the minimal design end tables for your Mac, tablet …

Ellen Degeneres Home

November 7th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Ellen De Generes and Portia Rossi opened their lovely home to Architectural Digest’s November 2011 issue. They bought the original house for approx. $30 million and added surrounding properties to the compound. The single storey Coldwater Canyon property has it’s very own street and sits on a highly secured 2.87 acres. Part of the renovation to the property included this beautiful and restful koi carp lake. Note the beautiful carving and the rough sawn table beside it. Rough sawn wood adds so much more character to the right environment. Note also the …

Rooftop Sanctuary

October 24th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Clean Swedish design comes to the fore with fresh white walls and natural materials all over the home structure, the home accents and accessories. The spotlights and skylights provide a generous flood of light through out this fairly compact space. The suspended fireside adds some Amish-style homestead influence to the mix backed up by the lovely wood flooring. There is an interesting melee of modern and rustic in this apartment..tres Scandinavian. Church candles and raw looking wooden beams with chrome ceiling light supports and sleek kitchen units. Are we loving the suspended lamp? …

Australia House

October 24th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This Australian home deliciously refuses to follow any standard architecture. With it’s predominance of block black and block cream, interspersed with ethnicalia, it does rustic-chic to a tee. The wooden steps amongst the marble seems almost like a structural after thought – but one which suits the design lawlessness of the space. The art here is simple and abstract and matches the spirit of the place. This home is fairly rug-less. With this kind of simple set up, that tends to be the norm with designers, stylists or home owners opting for naked marble, tiled or …

Nina Bergstern Home

October 15th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: Like most people involved with style to earn their living, it invariably crosses over and spills into other areas of life. Acne fashionista Nina Bergstern is no different. Her home is a veritable mix of calming whites, light chevron wood flooring, quirky Swedish design, vintage finds and classic furniture cuts. For example…and just for starters, the scene above features the neat lined Curve Sofa with slightly overly-staged cushions that make you want to have a cushion fight and mish them up a bit. Then there’s the kooky Baklava lamp from Swedish design powerhouse Claesson Koivisto Rune. …

Melbourne Residence

October 15th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This Melbourne DLM Residence was actually constructed off the back of an old Victorian building making for a solid, angular, trustworthy structure. The classic has been contemporised with a glass facade exposing a chic and spacious interior. The house flows beautifully with simplicity and ease. Without solid closed-off rooms the separate living spaces are still quite crisp and delineated. The Ghost-like stools are perfect for the little kitchen island cubby-hole. This is a neat idea in terms of smooth aesthetic flow as some kitchen bar stools hang homelessly off the end of a solid block …

LA Spectacular

October 15th, 2012admin0 Comments

Inspire Notes: This house can be found on the Sunset Strip in LA. At 7,000 square feet it offers amazing views from West LA to the Catalina Islands. The build was created to profit from the spectacular surrounding scenery, with enough outside area space and entertainment to enjoy whilst gawping deliriously at your good fortune. The 75 foot lap pool and ornamental pool comes to mind, then there is a master bedroom, several guest rooms, a home cinema room and a four car garage. The look is rich, stylish, extremely spacious and contemporary. The vertical length …

Jenna Lyons Home

October 15th, 2012admin1 Comment

Inspire Notes: Ms Jenna Lyons who demonstrates her impeccable taste running J Crew let the cameras in to her home to show off her home style choices. The home is peppered with quirky pieces mixed with modern highlights and several nods to mid twentieth century classic furniture. The super-elaborate, rather lovely, talking-point chandeliers have their potential pomposity tamed by the height of the room, the functional, stylish furniture and accessories and the casual vibe to the room. Ikea rugs which have loyally cushioned your humble Editor’s tootsies for many years on the floor are used here as funky throws on …