Ripping start to the day. Informative read and aromatic coffee at Joe’s Garage, Arrowtown, New Zealand.
Dedon outdoor furniture is fantastic. It’s light, attractive, well-engineered and loves being outside in the harshest conditions. We have a setting on the terrace in Queenstown, New Zealand which has been through almost a decade of sun, rain and snow (literally). Still looks as if we bought it last week.
I have even drunk champagne sitting in a Dedon chair at the bottom of a swimming pool!
The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm is one of the most inveterate of human instincts. Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr, The Decoration of Houses
One of my very favorite places in the world. Queenstown. New Zealand. Fabulous one season, better the next. Stay at the best hotel in town while you’re there. Eichardt’s Private Hotel. Virginia Fisher - Interior Designer - has made it superbly comfortable and visually intriguing. Click on the photo to check it out.
One of my favorite pastimes is op shopping. Here is one step up from it called The Mill Markets. http://www.themillmarkets.com.au There are three in regional Victoria. Geelong, Warnambool and Daylesford. Their warehouses are full of individual stall holders junk, gems, clothes, memorabilia and collectibles.
My stylish friend Ginna forwarded this to me. It’s inspired me to chill with the matching outfits and mix it up. I’m packing for a trip away so I’m going to try something new. Off to my cupboard now to start editing.
1. Tarlo and Graham. Cool curiosities, taxidermied animals and vintage wares. Corner of Chapel and Mcllwrick Streets, Windsor. http://www.tarloandgraham.com.au
2. Geoffrey Hatty Applied Arts. Individual, interesting antique and industrial furniture, mirrors and the like. 296 Malvern Road, Prahran.
3. Hermon and Hermon. New furniture, accessories and lighting with a clever, raw and honest approach. 556 Swan Street, Richmond. http://www.hermonhermon.com.au
4. John D. Dunn Antiques. Exotic English and European antiques with nothing mundane about it. The provenance will thrill any admirer. 1431 Malvern Road, Malvern.
5. Est. A simple, down to earth little shop that smells divine because of it’s homemade soaps. Natural gifts and homely bits. 134 Auburn Road, Hawthorn.
