Stylish Sexy Interiors...

Above - the dining space with fabulous metal chandelier by Property, and chair print fabric by Lee Jofa  

Above - looking through the dining room to the kitchen - I love these tiles from Heath Ceramics, for Ann Sacks.

Above - the living room, with wool mohair upholstered Montauk Sofa, and Paul Smith cushion for The Rug Company.

Above - the master bedroom, fabulous upholstered bedhead fabric from Kravet

I had my 1st night out on Saturday evening [several hours away from home & baby Isabelle whilst my husband aka Daddy 'babysat'] and went to dinner & the movies with my two best girlfriends - to see the ultimate girl movie -'Sex & the City 2'! Finally Carrie Bradshaw has found the light...much like myself I used to devour fashion - being the industry for over 10 years I adore her comment to a sales girl of one of her once favourite boutiques '...I've been cheating on fashion with furniture...' quips Carrie Bradshaw in the new Sex and The City 2 Movies! Hurray! I cannot tell you how much I adored the set design of this movie - in particular Carrie & John [aka Big] Preston's apartment.

Not to spoil the movie for you they sold the penthouse apartment after the wedding debacle and moved several floors down in the same building - regardless the apartment is to die-for and will surely strike a number of interior trends... especially that of wallpaper and a sleek elegant monochromatic palette lit with shiny surfaces and visually enriched with pattern, print & texture. You will want to wall paper and upholster everything! The signature colour seems to be - a velvet sapphire blue  - think all shades of Carrie's Manolo Blahnik wedding shoes.

With this in mind I came across some fabulous images that Elle Decor [U.S] has recently published and was dying to share them with you... designed by Production Designer Jeremy Conway [designer for the series and both films] and decorator Lydia Marks of Marks & Frantz.

Hope you enjoy these images as much as I do... S x

Above Left - Carrie & John [Big's] new walk through wardrobe.

Above Right - The apartment's entry hall way with a fabulous glass-blown chandelier by Lindsey Adelman

Find all furniture & decorator item credits and Images from Elle Decor

For more 'Sex and the City' visit these links below...

Sex and the City 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Sex and the City 2: The Stories. The Fashion. The Adventure. 

Sex and the City: The Complete Series (Collector's Giftset)

Sex and the City: The Movie (Widescreen Edition)

More Bathroom Bliss...

Continuing from my previous post on my fascination with blissful bathrooms here are a couple more that stand out..I'm sure you will agree.

[above] Luxurious Happiness - with A gold yellow & white stripe tiled effect makes for a stunning dual sink & mirror area.
[above] Sunny Fabulous - Wide painted stripes from floor to wall to ceiling - continuing the stripes and colour onto the ceiling in this direction makes this space appear much larger with a striking visual effect. Keeping the fixtures and accessories white & a touch of walnut/ teak timber allows the space to remain uncluttered and clean even with the stripe pattern. Makes you rethink sunny yellow as a paint colour...

Elegant Contrasts - using framed prints in a grid-like pattern allows this bathroom to appear more like a dressing/ sitting room where the upholstered winged armchair, and open shelves can sit comfortable not appearing out of place, whilst adding a classic charm.

[above] Where's the bath? Cleverly tucked into the corner of this room is a pedestal foot bath, this could be the only clue that this room is privy to bathing, dressing and maybe also sleeping!


images via House Beautiful & Traditional Living

Bathroom Bliss...

Sophisticated Candy Store

Botanical Colour.

Calm, Serene, Blue charm.

Seems I have been spending a lot of time cleaning, washing, & bathing lately it's only natural that I have been looking at both bathrooms & laundries! This time it's bathrooms... but blissful, gorgeous bathrooms - and some with a colour punch, as here in these images, and some with a more serene approach [in another post to come]... I do adore a splash of colour - the bathroom [at top[ reminds me of some Thomas Sabo charm packaging or something from a wonderful lolly store! Have you popped some colour in your bathroom/s?

Images from House Beautiful

Garden Cottages for Play or Work...

Owners of this old shed saw huge potential and converted it into a master external bath house - a retreat to bathe and relax in.

With some TLC an old garden shed becomes a cottage haven for potting plants, reading & relaxing. A cosy home office in a revamped garden tool shed.

A converted pigeon house is now a bright, friendly undercover play space.

'My next house.. .' Backyard Cabin.

Many of us have this thought - 'In my next house I will have...'

Here are some wonderful examples of a garden cottage or shed that has another purpose than housing just the tools and the lawn mower! From an external bath house, to a home office & studio, to a converted pigeon house into a children's play room ! So many uses and options that you could change the space to your growing family & professional needs.

And I would have to say I am no exception, being involved in helping my client's interior & exterior colour & style ides come to fruition isn't only normal that many of my ideas continue to ripen before I can harvest them!! And one of them is - 'In my next house...' I would love to have a yard space large enough to house a little off site home office w/ en suite - complete with a small verandah (very in keeping) where I can dream, design, paint & sew, as well as invite clients to chat with them about their ideas and how we can bring them to life... Hmmm, I particular love the 'Backyard Cabin' [last image] by an Australian company 'Back yard Cabins' who are located in Sydney's northern beaches, Avalon. I think this design would be just perfect for so many reasons... So hope you are reading my post today Darling [husband]!

Images from Backyard Cabins & Sunset Backyard Living

Beautiful Bathrooms...

I just love a good bath! And here [from my image files] I have found no exception... seems I have a common theme here - light filled, window framing, white, & [some stand alone] oblique baths, with an accent of timber or blue here and there... Do you have a favourite bathroom style?

Images from Country Living & Elle Decor