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Random Displays – Still Life

August 31, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Sometimes it’s not what you’ve got, it’s how you put it together. Displaying your treasured items can be quite tricky, it takes quite a bit of imagination. I suppose it’s similar to what Draga was saying in “Italian Upcycling” you need to look at your treasures in a totally different way. Personally I love the idea of creating a “still life” on shelves or tables, or a collection of images and objects hanging on walls. I’ve collected a few favourite […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, beauty, craft, culture, curating, decorating, design, diy, history, illustration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, style, travel, vintage

Draga Obradovic, Aurel Basedow, Anthropologie, Baxter, Upcycling

Italian Upcycling

August 27, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I always feel like I’m cheating if I blog about something that I’ve read in this month’s magazine – it just doesn’t really feel like a discovery. Today I don’t care! October Elle Decoration came through the letter box this weekend and there’s a studio which needs to be shared. Owned by Draga Obradovic and her husband Aurel Basedow, the studio is a reflection of what the couple do best – “upcycling”. (Transforming tattered, timeworn pieces into unique items that […]

Categories: Interiors, vintage • Tags: Anthropologie, art, Baxter, beauty, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Interiors, lifestyle, obradovic, photography, shopping, style, upcycling, vintage

Birgitte Raben Olrik, Rabens Saloner, Copehagen style, Elle Decoration

A Life Story in Design – Copenhagen to Bali

August 20, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

If ever there were an example of global style it’s the homes of Birgitte Raben Olrik, designer of the Danish brand Rabens Saloner. Six months of the year Birgitte lives in Copenhagen, in an apartment spread over three floors in the fashionable district of Vesterbro. For the other half she decamps to her island home in Bali, on the south west coast. Boy, does she have the right idea! The styles of both homes feature Balinese fabrics, furniture and ornaments, […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Bali, beauty, Birgitte Raben Olrik, Copenhagen, craft, culture, design, diy, Fashion, global style, Inspiration, Interiors, jewelery, lifestyle, photography, Rabens Saloner, shopping, style, travel, vintage

Warehouse, pink, industrial interior, Gary Hume

Industrial Pink Kitsch

August 18, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Still loving this 1998 industrial style living with a pink kitsch twist, courtesy of artists, Gary Hume & Georgie Hopton: Photos: James Merrell for Elle Decoration What do you think?

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1990s, art, arts, craft, culture, design, diy, Elle Decoration, Gary Hume, Georgie Hopton, industrial style, Interiors, kitsch, lifestyle, shopping, style, vintage

Rediscovered Treasures, Thermos Flask Lamp

Rediscovered Treasures – Lighting

August 8, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

My mum bought me this terrific book “Rediscovered Treasures – A New Life For Old Objects”. It has so many vintage style projects, I just don’t know where to start and, as per usual, I’m left talking about it rather than doing it. So I thought I would just share a few of the lighting ideas which have really caught my eye. I’ll leave the craft projects for another post (maybe when I’ve actually made something!) Thermos Flask Lamp Bases […]

Categories: Book Reviews, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, books, craft, design, diy, flea markets, Interiors, Rediscovering Treasures, Salvage, shopping, style, vintage

Between The Sheets At The Chelsea

June 29, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, You were talking so brave and so free. Giving me head on an unmade bed While the limousines wait in the street And those were the reasons and that was New York, (Leonard Cohen) This was one crazy hotel! Penned by Leonard Cohen, lived in by a host of creative types from Andy Warhol and Arthur Miller (after his divorce from Marilyn), to Quentin Crisp, Jackson Pollock and Janis Joplin. In this […]

Categories: 1950s, 1960s, Fashion, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1960s, art, arthur miller, books, celebrities, culture, design, dylan thomas, edie sedgwick, Entertainment, Fashion, film, history, hotel chelsea, Inspiration, Interiors, literature, marilyn monroe, music, photography, sid vicious, style, travel, vintage

Tea Leaves From South Africa

June 18, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Elle Decor made me very home sick last week, with their feature on West Elm’s collaboration with Cape Town and Johannesburg artists. Lucky US customers will see a roll out of this South African collection over the coming month, with furniture from John Vogel, pottery by Mick Haigh, lighting by Shirley Fintz and even a limited edition of south african flavoured objects in the form of Masai chokers on stands and beaded birds. One of the things I love about […]

Categories: Interiors, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Cape Town, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Inspiration, Interiors, jewelery, Johannesburg, lifestyle, photography, shopping, South Africa, style, travel, vintage, West Elm

Timeless Tocca

June 17, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

My mum rang me the other day to say that she’d gone through some of the cupboards at home, and had come across some old Elle Decoration magazines, from when I was still living at home. Well, you can imagine my excitement. There is something thrilling about going through old magazines and seeing nostalgic images and trying to fit them into your life’s timeline – “where was I, what was I doing, who was I going out with?” One of […]

Categories: Fashion, vintage • Tags: art, beauty, celebrities, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, Helena Christensen, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, shopping, style, Style.com, Tocca, vintage, vogue

Lessons in Design

June 11, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Sometimes there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned dose of historical design to hit the inspiration button like a thunder bolt. Seville was no exception – in particular the Royal Palace or Alcazar. It was truly jaw-dropping. (Although rather difficult to find – that could, however, just be my husband and I – we must have passed the same horse at least five times and were way to embarrassed to ask where this incredible attraction was housed.) Just when I was […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: Alcazar, art, arts, books, craft, culture, design, diy, fashion illustration, film, films, history, illustration, Inspiration, Interiors, photography, style, technology, travel, vacation, vintage