Magazine Sneaky Peek - House & Garden (AUS) Dec 2010

House & Garden (AUS) Dec 2010 - cover

Another cover to whet your appetite. Hopefully I will post my round up on Belle's Dec/Jan issue soon.

Sandy K

[above image impatiently scanned by Sandy K]

House & Garden (AUS) November 2010 Issue

House & Garden (AUS) November 2010

This is a massive issue of H&G (AUS). It tops out at 290 pages. This issue features H&G's annual top 50 rooms.  Besides the top 50 rooms, the homes featured are all Australian which is wonderful to see rather than rehashed articles from overseas interior magazines. Warning, this is an image laden post!

The below three pictures are from a decorating article which takes its' inspiration from the colours found in Mother Nature. Photographed by John Paul Urizar & styled by the highly talented & fabulous Marie Nichols. Marie is a UK stylist who has been living in Australia since September 2009. She's about to wing her way back home to the UK & her beautiful work will undoubtedly be missed by the whole Australian interiors magazine industry, but you can still keep up to date with her work via her fantastic blog Whole Lotta Lovely.

The following two pics are also from a decorating story. This feature deals with window treatments & is more of a how to & explains the different styles of window treatments available.

Now, for the top 50 rooms for 2010 as decided by H&G (AUS). Below are the rooms that I liked the most. I chose 15 of the top 50 for varying reasons & as you can see, they are of a range of styles.

by Brendan Wong of Brendan Wong Design

by Shaye McLean of SM Architecture

by Robbie Nicol

by Nick Tobias of Tobias Partners

by Caecilia Potter of Atticus & Milo

by Christian Lyon of Christian Lyon Design

by Susanna Bilardo of Enoki

by Stephen Buzacott of Buzacott Architects

by Meryl Hare of Hare + Klein & Louise McGregor 

buy Juliette Arent & Sarah-Jane Pyke of Arent & Pyke

by Brian Steendyk of Steendyk
I actually featured this room in my Magic Monday post of the 27th September

by Iain Halliday of BKH - Burley Katon Halliday

by Michael Bechara of Michael Bechara Design

by Matt Gibson of Matt Gibson Architecture + Design

by Darryl Gordon of Darryl Gordon Design

Besides the top 50 rooms, this issue features an article on two-time Dobell Prize winner, 81 year old artist Pam Hallandal. Other articles include a peek into Quince Homewares' textile designer Michelle Koop's apartment, highlights from the Maison et Objet fair in Paris, the ubiquitous Summer stories regarding pools & barbecues, & the homes featured include a modernisation of an 1850s cottage in the  Adelaide Hills, a Sydney eastern suburbs beach house with a Belgian twist, & a restoration of a turn-of-the-century terrace house in Sydney.

I found lots of bits & pieces in the magazine that I loved, but as this post is already so ridiculously long, I've only mentioned a couple below.

I love the design of the chair below by design duo Inoda + Sveje. The DC09 chair is crafted by Japanese cabinet maker Miyazaki Isu & is crafted as such that the self-supporting seat has been shaved as thinly as possible. So elegant.

DC09 chair by Inoda + Sveje

The pic below is the kitchen from the above mentioned Sydney eastern suburbs beach house with a Belgian design influence. I find more & more, that I love a Calcutta marble benchtop.

by Taryn Leibowitz & Tamie McLachlan of Leibowitz & McLachlan

The House & Garden November 2010 issue is on news stands now.

Sandy K

[cover image & decorating stories images & last image impatiently scanned by Sandy K, top 50 room images via House & Garden (AUS),  DC90 chair image via Inoda + Sveje]

Magazine Sneaky Peek - House & Garden (AUS) Nov 2010

House & Garden (AUS) November 2010 - cover

Sandy K

[above image impatiently scanned by Sandy K]

House & Garden (AUS) October 2010 Issue

House & Garden (AUS) October 2010

This month's issue is on news stands now. It's a great issue, chock full of beautiful pics. The two pics below are from the "An Invitation to Dine" story styled by Marie Nichols who also has a wonderful blog called Whole Lotta Lovely. The story is full of gorgeous ideas but I've only given you a sneak peek at two pictures.

The above pic I had to include as the lovely "With Love" tag is from Bespoke Press who are based in Brisbane & have the most divine items for sale. They too have their own blog entitled Bespoke Press.

The below pic is from a story "Suite Success". It features eight different hotels & resorts & describes how to achieve the same look in your own home. The places featured include: The Greenwich Hotel in New York, The Four Seasons in Seychelles (see my related article on Seychelles artist Michael Adams here) , Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa in Lithgow, NSW, Australia & Hotel Daniel in Paris.

Hotel Daniel, Paris, France

Beautiful gelati colours in the feature above have got me ready to celebrate the long awaited Spring weather we are having (thought I'd rub it in for those of you located in the Northern Hemisphere).

Another fabulous designer & fellow blogger rates a mention in the pic above. Anna Spiro of Black & Spiro Interior Design is now stocking the sumptuous furniture range from Stuart Membrey. Anna's blog is world renowned & is aptly called Absolutely Beautiful Things.

The below pics are of a Sydney terrace house that has undergone an interesting modernisation. I particularly love the water feature in the last pic of this home.

The pic below is only one from a Melbourne house featured. It's a cottage with a modern extension. I liked the height of the vaulted ceiling which would be a distinct change from the original low ceilings of the cottage.

The last story I have featured is a garden makeover designed by Richard Kelly of the wonderful Urban Exotic landscape design studio. Urban Exotic is a Newcastle (go the Novocastrians, and no I'm not showing any home town bias at all) based firm who take pride in "creating authentic, poetic spaces that inspire the human spirit".

Just as an aside, here are some pics of a project that Richard undertook at my parents' house about 8 years ago.

Sandy K

[all above images impatiently scanned by me except the last four which are courtesy of Urban Exotic]

Magazine Sneaky Peek - House & Garden (AUS) Oct 2010

House & Garden (AUS) October 2010 - cover

Sandy K

[above image impatiently scanned by Sandy K]