My Style: Colourful and eclectic

Inspiration: I love warm spaces that are homely, cozy, and calming.  I’m drawn to unexpected color and swoon over the colorful works of artists like Sonia Delaunay, Charlie Harper, and Henri Matisse. I’m inspired by Modernism and Japanese Modernist architecture and interiors. I’m a maximalist wanting to be a minimalist. I like the simplicity of spaces that are functional with bold color, natural timber, and textures. 

Favorite Element: The painting in the dining room by Christopher Jewitt; I bought it to celebrate the arrival of my daughter Ocean. 

Biggest Challenge: The rooms are on the small side, so it’s a challenge to keep them uncluttered and functional. 

What Friends Say: I’ll have have to get busy childproofing before Ocean starts crawling.  

Biggest Embarrassment: I’m messy and messy x 10 with a baby. Of course I clean up for visitors and photos. 

Proudest DIY: Making ceramic lamp shades for the kitchen and dining. 

Biggest Indulgence: Most of the pieces are secondhand but I do like to spend where it counts, like artworks, my dream Jardan sofa, and handmade furniture like the “hide the TV” unit I had custom built by Form Concrete Artisans. 

Best Advice: Follow your own taste; you are the one who has to live with it everyday. And put your money into key pieces you absolutely love and will own forever.   

Dream Sources: 

• Form Concrete Artisans – dream kitchen makeover 
• Al + Imo Handmade – new bed
• Koskela – lights by Indigenous weavers
• Anchor ceramics – tiles and wall hooks
• Boom Gallery – Beth Gibbeson Artwork
• Pop and Scott – Sofa 

• Dulux: Grand Piano Quarter — All over; the house came like that except for a ‘tennis ball green’ wall I painted over in the dining room. 

• Surfboard — Corey Graham Shapes
• Balinese Timber bench seat — Rigby’s homewares
• Penny round cushions — Castle & Things
• timber wall hooks — Pliskii
• Hats and Basket — Vintage and Arizona Living 
• Stripe rug — Mexico markets
• Green glass Demijohn — Secondhand

• Shelving unit — Form Concrete Artisans
• Wasabi Valley Sofa — Jardan
• Plants — Arizona Living 
• Framed photo over sofa — Pablo Tauler 
• Triangle stone coffee table — Mood_Objects
• Pink jute rug — Miss Amara
• Flower Cushions — Variety Hour
• Rice paper shade — Mood_Objects
• Fireplace — Nectre N60 is the heart of the home in winter, I installed it as soon as I moved in. 

Objects in shelving:

• Peta Armstrong — Arches and masks 
• Blue glass — Baku Takahashi 
• Green ceramic tree — Robyn Phelan
• Marble Geo Maracas — Jia Jia Chen
• Planters — Takeawei
• Painted vase — Jessilla Rogers 
• Blue yellow lustre shapes — Tessy King
• Yellow plinth — Niamh Minogue 
• Dynamite sculpture — Adam Mills
• White U-shape vase — Aleph Ceramics
• Boob vase — Takeawei

• Glass Dining Table — Mood_Objects
• Cesca Chairs — Mood_Objects
• Painting — Christopher Jewitt
• Pendant Light — Takeawei
• Large vase — Takeawei
• Smaller vase — Niamh Minogue 
• Round Mirror — Sarah Ellison
• Arch mirror — Middle of Nowhere

• Timber floating shelves and kitchen island — Form Concrete Artisans
• Ceramics — Alison Frith, Cecile Daladier, Brooke Thorn, Connie Lichti, Kim Russell, Takeawei
• Ceramic pendant lights — Takeawei
• Timber and tiled sideboard — Kyo
• Side Board Large vessel — Andrew Allen x Takeawei
• Bar stools — Kyo
• Artwork kitchen window — Marcus Lovell
• Artwork on kitchen bench — Sue Fraser
• Artwork on floating shelves — Elle Burguez

• Otomi orange embroidered wall hanging — Mexico markets
• Linen — Bed threads
• Cushion — Rigby’s Homewares
• Bògòlanfini (mud cloth) — Garage sale
• Pier stump side table — Romanis . Trinham
• Terracotta lamp — Takeawei
• Photo McCarren Park — Kisha Bari
• Mid-century modern shelving — Mum
• Grey lava vase — Sharon Alpren, Pepite
• Eye on plinth — Kim Russell
• Water glass — Yonobi
• Woman’s head lamp — Fort Greene Market
• Neriage bowl — David Pottinger
• Small lustre bowl — Greg Daly
• Enamelled Bangles — Melanie Rice
• Heart vase — Tessy King
• Pink Bowl — Kate Rohde
• Candle — Takeawei x Dress Up
• Enameled jewel box — Family heirloom 
• Gold ear — Anna Roszko 

• Cane bassinet and vintage change table — Mood_Objects
• Triangle shelves — I designed and Like Butter made them for a market display, repurposed as Ocean’s toy and book shelf. 
• Moroccan rugs — One from Rahba Design and one secondhand from a friend
• Salt Lamp — Chinatown
• Stripe woven baskets — Cowrie market
• African animal mobile — Baby shower gift
• Orion Brass mobile — Juno + Ace, Arizona Living 
• Pastel Artwork — Marita Hämäläinen

• UTÅKER beds — IKEA
• Large artwork — Christopher Jewitt
• Argentinian wools rugs on beds — Art Hide, Amigos de Hoy
• Linen and mud cloth on bed — Garage sales
• Wilfred armchair — Jardan
• Jan Juc Beach painting — Kathryn Junor
• Timber stool as table and side tables — Garage sale
• Rice paper shade — Mood_Objects
• Plants — Arizona Living 
• Moroccan cactus silk cushions — Rigby’s Homewares
• Starburst Mirror — Target
• Round jute rug — Mood_Objects

Thanks Chela and Ocean!