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Bizz Macfarlane here
None of us deserve to live in a mundane environment. Everyone can aspire to creating a space which lifts their spirits and lets their imagination soar. This blog will give you an insight into the world as I see it as a lifelong lover of antiques and interior decoration. Hopefully, you can pick up some tips and tricks which help change your surroundings for the better. The rest of the links are to the best-in-show for design, style and creative visual masterpieces from around the world. Join me. Comment and contribute. Let's start the conversation now.
Evening reflections mirrored in the pool. Due to Queenstown’s position low in the southern hemisphere, dark in high summer is well after 10pm.
The Loose Box. It was built as a barn for horses and sheep in 1881 and converted as a folly and holiday home in 1957. It still rocks today!
The logo for my interior decoration business was inspired by our wonderful stone cottage, which was formerly a barn, in Queenstown, New Zealand. The cottage was beautifully decorated in antique oak and striking red leather furniture by my well-travelled and discerning grandmother, Lellie. This logo design perfectly encapsulates the spirit and essence of the cottage, which is known as The Loose Box, because it was where horses were stabled in “loose boxes” - timber stalls where they could move around freely. The person/horse is merrily swigging on a jaunty goblet which reflects the many celebrations and fantastic ski holidays have been raucously enjoyed by four generations. The wing-back chair exists, as do the foot stool and the lamp. Unfortunately, our dear old labrador, Otter, is chasing rubber bunnies in the sky! But that is exactly how he looked lying in front of the fire.
