Backyard

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For your outdoor entertaining area to be truly stylish and welcoming, you need to pay attention to colours – and not just the natural ones. A splash of paint can give an area a real spruce-up in no time, so it’s good to know which colours are on tren

Wallpaper

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Photography: Ryan Hopkinson Interiors: Matthew Morris Crystals Monolith in stainless steel (inox), from €15,600, by Oskar Zieta, for Zieta Studio. ‘Diana B’ side table, £441, by Konstantin Grcic, for ClassiCon, from Aram. ‘Atlanta’ armchair, price on

25 Beautiful Homes

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When Olya and Philip Lammas spotted this elegant home on the outskirts of a town in Kent they weren’t looking to buy somewhere so grand. ‘But once we’d seen this place, it was hard to consider anything else,’ says Olya. ‘It has an abundance of light

Belle

1 min. di lettura

Jane finds beauty in throwaway objects, collecting, arranging and photographing them in thoughtful tableaux before rendering her compositions on canvas. The artist was awarded second prize for Forgotten Objects – Arrangement 02, a quietly impactful w

Home Journal

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“I have breakfast overlooking a small park, surrounded by turn-of-the century townhouses and the East River, with the bridge beyond,” elucidates Hong Kong-based lawyer David Halperin of his New York apartment. Located in Sutton Place, a peaceful pock

Antique Trader

5 min. di lettura

GLENDALE, Ariz. – In December 1986, world-renowned street artist Keith Haring visited Phoenix for a well-documented, week-long visit that included a drawing workshop at Phoenix Art Museum, lectures and, most notably, a collaborative project with some

Artists Magazine

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My canal travels ended at the city of Auxerre. Walking through the town in late afternoon, a view of the Auxerre Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d’Auxerre), built in 1215–1233, caught my eye. The transept, bathed in golden light with a backdrop o

Home

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Interior designer Salomé Gunter offers the following advice on working with a white palette and a minimalist look: • The key to adding interest to a white palette is layering. Introduce eye-catching items such as a standout piece of art, a striking

Woman & Home

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✢ Create drama by painting walls in bold tones – furnishings and art will pop against a dark background. ✢ Go big with pattern – think oversized stripes, florals and geometrics. ✢ Make lighting a focal point by choosing large-scale sculptural pieces.

Art New Zealand

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With an engineer father and an armament-manufacturing uncle, Michael Nicholson might well have been earmarked for a life spent down at the pragmatic end of human affairs. But then again he was a Nicholson, nephew of the painter William and a younger

PleinAir Magazine

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More than just a compositional construct, doors, windows, and passageways provide the opportunity to imbue a painting with a sense of mystery. Whether our view is looking out, looking in, or down a corridor, we can’t help but wonder what awaits on th

Design Anthology

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‘W e didn’t use a designer,’ Janis Provisor, co-founder of hand-knotted carpet producer Fort Street Studio, tells me when I arrive at the Tribeca loft she shares with her husband and business partner Brad Davis. This much seems clear — the space is t

ImagineFX

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My studio not only is the brightest room in the house, but also has a lovely view of the rooftops of our neighbourhood, which relaxes me and feels like a little escape. Having never experienced a studio space in my life before, I’ve turned this room

Visi

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What began as a creative outlet for graphic designer Quentin Horn – “something other than logos and corporate identities” – has seen him turn his doodles into art. How did you develop your style? I was about to recycle a notebook when I noticed my d

Southern Lady

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Hail the arrival of autumn with settings united by the iconic tones October brings. Mottahedeh’s Palma design blends a global motif with timeless style. Highlight its distinctive palette by swapping a supporting cast of warm colors for cooler ones. (

Simply You

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Designed to add a sense of luxury and warmth to your interior space, the elegant, eclectic new pieces from Republic Home draw from a variety of enchanting influences. Colour and texture are at the heart of this curation, which combines an intuitive m

Visi

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Michael’s love affair with blue-and-white ceramics began during boyhood. He grew up on the Wild Coast and used to collect little fragments of porcelain that had washed up from shipwrecks. He still has them and claims them among his most precious trea

Your Home and Garden

2 min. di lettura

Choose artworks in earthy tones and team them with furniture and decor in natural materials to create a soothing, grounded arrangement. IF YOU’RE RENTING AND AREN’T ALLOWED TO PUT THINGS ON THE WALLS YOU CAN STILL CREATE A GALLERY-STYLE ART DISPLAY

Your Home and Garden

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+ How did you manage such a big renovation with a young baby? Vivi: We’d renovated before but this time it was different because our roles had changed with a baby to care for. Even though it’s hard doing a total renovation and it feels like it never

Art Almanac

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W www.artclassco.com Visual artist Jacqui Stockdale offers Short Courses and Masterclasses for all levels. Painting, drawing, collage and mentoring. W www.catholiccarechoices.org.au Hands On Studio is a creative and inclusive art space that provides

Real Living Australia

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NOT EVEN GOOGLE MAPS knows where Doris Sochaczewski’s home is. Surrounded by valleys and olive trees, her villa near the historic Italian town of Todi is best located with old-fashioned directions. “That’s exactly why I decided to live here!” Doris s

25 Beautiful Homes

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With the release of her latest interiors bible Design Thread (£18, Hardie Grant), hotel style guru Kit Kemp is back on our radar once again. We’ve been reminded of some of her previous projects and have dived into the archives to pull out gems such a

Home and Design Trends

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A40-year-old legacy, hundreds of Indian homes fitted with luxury stone installations, and decades of skilled craftsmanship have come to define Sthetix-in-Stone. Founded by the late Sheila Pasricha, the firm is committed to bringing India’s strong art

The Ideal Home and Garden

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“To create a curated space with a feel with pieces that were collected over time, the walls are painted in crisp white to have the art speak and stand out. The idea was to create an interior design project that reflects the clients’ style and persona

Home & Decor

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Gabriel Hendifar and Jeremy Anderson, the duo behind Apparatus, met seven years ago in Los Angeles – the place where Gabriel was born and grew up in. There, they worked on conceptualising their brand and studio, while creating their first pieces. Mon

Artist's Palette

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• To prevent this style of work from becoming clinical or formal, it helps to include people and/or animals, or evidence of their presence (things left lying around or about to be used). Loose brushwork also helps. • Use plenty of contrast and depth.

Australian Home Beautiful

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WHO LIVES HERE? Husband-and-wife team Andrew and Kate from K+ARchitects; their children Matilda, eight, Xavier, six, and Ellie, three; plus Sketch, the miniature Australian shepherd. DO YOU AND ANDREW SHARE A SIMILAR AESTHETIC? Kate: “Yes, and I thin

Simply You

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The once dominant glossy paint look has been pushed aside, with technology now allowing us to enjoy the toned-down beauty of matte finishes, such as Resene SpaceCote Flat. Yellow is a great accent colour if you want to highlight the most important el

Belle

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SYDNEY Immortalising a vast constellation of 300 confabulating budgerigars, ‘High Society’ sees artist Leila Jeffreys return to one of her earliest subjects while taking her work’s scope to dazzling new heights. Joining her treetop tableaux is a new

NEXT

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The Instagram account of interiors and lifestyle photographer Monica Wang is packed full of design tricks and tips. You’ll see plenty of images from places far and wide, as well as her process for building a gorgeous home. @monicawangphoto A two-b