collection images: gilt

Monday, October 8, 2012

Perfectly Petite

I live for the days when I find a new issue of Australia Vogue Living on the newsstand. It's always full of interesting and chic interiors and the September/October 2012 issue features my new favorite home. I also found a few other pics on a blog that allow you to see a little more of the space. Designer Cameron Kimber created an oasis of calm in what was once a boring brown cottage in Sydney. The wood paneling was white washed to open up the petite space that is punctuated to pops of black, gilt, green, and blue, and grounded with natural floor matting. You may recognize a few of the pieces that were in his old home that was featured in the July/August 2008 issue of Australia Vogue Living. It's definitely one of those spaces that makes me want to throw everything out and start over. Thanks Cameron.

Photos by Prue Ruscoe for Vogue Living and via Bumble at Home

Sunday, January 17, 2010

The Gold Standard

In honor of the Golden Globes, I've put together a collection of some of my favorite uses of gold. I am like a magpie when it comes to anything shiny and gold especially shoes but I am also using it more and more in my design work. I'm not tiling entire palazzos in Italy like Dolce & Gabbana above, but I am adding in little brass tables and gilt mirrors wherever I can. I love it's warm glow so I was especially delighted to see it in all it's splendor at Versailles last year. All that glitters may not be gold, but it sure is pretty!