OZ Online Interior Mag Adore!

I HEART online decor magazines. Very glad to have discovered Adore & am sharing the love here. This site is going into my monthly online magazine list after Lonny & Rue..  :)

Am digging the British edition in Adore. Particularly love a pad designed by Abigail Ahem. The pad was painted in different hues of grey (bold move!) with pops of colour & texture added through layering. It's a place so full of character that you can never call this place boring!

 

There's also a section on where to shop in London for eclectic wares which I will be noting down for my future trip to London.... *hint *hint to the man Gastronomic G.  :) 

By The Quirky One

Glorious Art: Ann Carrington

The Bungalow Hotel, designed by the Novogratz from SixxDesign

I first spotted this queen stamp art piece on 9 by design & have been trying to find out  more about the artist behind this glorious artwork since. That artist is Ann Carrington. 

Ann's pearly queens & crowns has been featured in many high profile homes (Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Smith to name a few) & it is not difficult to see why. It is a statement piece that one will remember for a long time. And each item  in the queen or stamp collection goes for about £5,000 a piece. It is an artwork that I would like to have but can't afford.. O well.. so are a lot of other things.. :)

 

   

Florence Rolando home from Design*Sponge

Ann is also known as the Sculptor of Scrap, if you take a closer look at her piece, they are never really what they seem. Some of her sculptures were made of old forks, shoes and tires. Her stamp collection are made from pearl buttons and her coin collection from safety pins. It gives the artwork more texture and depth, whether there are other symbolism associated, I'm not sure.

Ann Carrington has been getting quite a bit of publicity the past few years and was featured in several interior magazines. I am very sure you will be seeing a lot more of her! 

Check out the article on her six bedroom home in Broadstairs, near Kent here.

Photo credit of Ann Carrington home: Michael Franke

By The Quirky One

Biography of a Bowerbird

Going to The Society Inc when Sibella Court change the store theme is a treat. :) I remembered being awed the first time stepping into the store when the floor board was painted with the Union Jack. It was gorgeous!

With The Biography of the Bowerbird, you're welcomed by decoupage of bones on the floor leading you into the store. There were paper mache eggs in a giant nest, light pendants in the form of nests hanging off the wall & ornaments hung on bare branches to give the feeling of Christmas. Check out the non-traditional Christmas tree below! I also love how the Stendig Calender was made into paper rings to dress the cupboard. I would love to have Stendig Calender! but that's another story...

I heart The Society Inc. :)

 

 

 

 

The gorgeous frame is made out of cardboard. How cool is that?

By The Quirky One

Loving the raw wood look.. Mark Tuckey

Am in love with Mark Tuckey's furnitures. Loving the raw wood look at the moment - chalk board coffee table, wood block stool & that awesome dining table with that wood branch look..

These are going into my wish list.. which is getting longer. :)

 

By The Quirky Gastro