When downsizing, and beginning the search for your ideal apartment or townhouse, what starts out being an exciting exercise often ends up being confusing and demoralising. This potentially difficult and emotional time can be further exacerbated if you’re not clear about what your expectations are and what will be the deal breakers for you. For…
Shayle Flesser is a practicing fine artist, known for her bright and bold contemporary abstract paintings. Shayle hand paints all of her artworks on-site in her Brisbane-based studio and Gallery. Shayle’s exhibition ‘Act of Love’ can be viewed at Forty Five Downstairs from 13th June – 24th June. fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders lane Melbourne 3000
Lucie Rie was an Austrian-born British potter, born in 1902. Rie moved to London to flee Nazi Austria. Best remembered for her brightly coloured, delicate vase, bottle and bowl Modernist forms. Key developments in Rie’s career, include creating glazes with flowing or volcanic textures, as well as combining coloured clays before throwing to produce upward…
The Fyber Cosmos collection is created using pre-consumer and post-consumer nylon waste, using recovered fishing nets, carpets and industrial plastics. Fyber continues to work with premium raw materials that are sustainable. Key characteristics of the recycled nylon collection are: Environmentally friendly Easy maintenance Soft touch with zero fiber loss Lustrous appearance How is the collection…
The colours and vibrancy of the Dipping Light form a striking design. When turned on, its many shades of colour filter the light, making a lively surrounding impact. The layers of paint, which were created by repeatedly submerging a lit bulb in paint, moderate the light’s intensity. The Dipping Light is offered as a portable…
The winter months are a great time to cosy everything up in your home and better still, if you have an open fireplace or slow combustion fireplace. There is nothing nicer than unrolling your fireside rug from its summer hibernation, pulling armchairs closer, adding a few more cushions and throws, and bringing out needlework or…
Comfortable and ergonomic chair to work in, as well as good sized desk for laptop and screens if required…making sure that both of these are beautiful as well as being functional, which will immediately motivate you to sit and use the space! Access to power points so you can set up a small printer, shredder…
Exhibition at Jacob Hoerner Galleries featuring artworks by Andrew Gritscher Andrew’s work is ‘acutely attuned to Contemporary culture, his ideas and musings on people and the world we live in are complex, informed and intriguing’. His work is bold, multilayered and overflowing with visual information. Exhibition dates March 23rd – April 15th 1 Sutton Place,…
Products we’ve used recently and worth considering even as we merge into winter months, plus a range of furniture we can’t wait to specify… No.1 We’ve been smitten by Gubi’s Basket Collection, designed by Joe Colombo. This delightful rattan range of armchairs and sofas is at once reminiscent of our grandparents’ cane and rattan pieces…
With many of our downsizing clients they relish the opportunity to finally clear out the clutter in their lives, and to identify which of their belongings are truly important. The next step then is to create the home of their dreams minus the constraints imposed from having children or elderly parents living with them. Clients…