There’s a lot to think about when planning the perfect garden party. The perfect outdoor entertaining space. That killer BBQ. The right bottle of wine, and even which recipe to choose from your grandmother’s cookbook stash. And it’s often very costly. But, when you turn to Gumtree, you can have your garden party and...
Jardan, in two words: beautiful furniture. Now we can also say accessible beautiful furniture, with their new flagship store opening on Church Street in Richmond, aka the furniture precinct. The Australian family-owned company run by Nick and Mike Garnham only had eight employees when they took it over in 1997 and now it has grown...
Have you ever had that thought that your dining table would be perfect if you could only change it? Just a bit? Well, for those of you design inclined, NOMI is here to help. This online furniture store allows customisation of size, shape, and colour. Obviously the designs have to start somewhere, and they start...
For some, (re)making their bed has never been a chore. They’re able to mix clean lines, natural textiles and global accents with ease. Designing exquisite terrariums and creative settings for parties? A breeze. They think this way because they’re West Elm initiated. And now it’s your turn with the iconic U.S home furnishing store’s first...
The Brits sure know how to stop traffic. Across the pond the little prince has stopped the nation (ok we’ve all been watching – he stopped the world) but Church St now has its very own Brit who is commanding quite a bit of attention. Last week the Timothy Oulton by Coco Republic concept store opened...
If you view great interiors with an almost religious fervour, here’s something that could push you from fan to fiend. This week Danish design luminaries BoConcept are restoring justice to the world with the launch of Australia’s first showroom in Crows Nest, complete with a belief system you’ll have no trouble adhering to. “Luxury can...
You understand obsession. You’ve given into it, at many times. Remember, the time you left one city for another on the heels of the wrong lover, and spent far too many hours looking for hidden tracks on old Beatles vinyl. Now, you have Retrojan. They have their own obsessions too – call it a laser...
Its friends call it SID. And it has a lot…friends, that is. It’s Saturday InDesign and, since 2003 when it started in Sydney, it’s been sharing its love between two cities. Melbourne, being its other closest pal. For the design community, it’s one of those must-do annual events. Product launches. Networking. A place to drool...
The faculty to part with your most cherished belongings is an enviable one. This holds particularly true when your belongings are not stray cats or Pez dispensers but vintage silk Halston gowns, one of only twelve Fendi handbags ever made or a red velvet Lucien Lelong coat. For decades Sydney-based fashion designer Lisa Ho has...
You can stumble across many secrets in the city – pop-up cafés inside art galleries, unmarked bars hidden down narrow laneways. One thing that’s not so easy to find is mid-century furniture abandoned by the roadside. That’s just one of the things the girls behind Flourish and Blume love about living in rural Lismore, but...
