New prod on the block: Crashmat

Beeeionks.  The Crashmat has landed!

NZ now stocks an alternative to the stock-standard beanbag.

Patterns, plains, floral and stripes!  There is certainly something to suit everybody (particulary me).  I pick the Ice cream stripe.

My fav the Ice cream!  $139 AUD (not filled)

And you can get a weeeee mini for your phone or ipad... Awww.

Mini-me!  $49 AUD (filled)

  Urban Chill imports The Crashmat products and are available all over NZ - stockists here and online here

Good Prods: Fredericks & Mae Arrows

My eye has been spying arrows.

Colourful, intricate and unique (just like me really).

Hang em on a wall or stick em in a vase.

Made by Fredricks & Mae

Two jokers (Jolie Mae Signorile and Gabriel Fredricks Cohen) who share a love for feathers, thread, gold and paper (as you do)

That collab also made these

Worry beads

I found them at Flock in Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand and Third Draw Down in Melbourne

Check me: Lil'Magoolie and Homestyle Magazine

Forgive me while I toot a few of my own horns.

I was asked to give some tips for the article "Don't move, improve" in the Feb/March 2012 Homestyle Magazine.

Images from Homestyle Mag Blog

It also featured my latest re-upholstered chair!

Also my March post is now up at Lil'Magoolie and I'm talking wallpaper.

She's also getting readers to write in with interior questions so fell free to go nuts.  

The hairier the better!

That's all.

Home of: Jessica Folcker and Daniel Heckscher

Dream home alert - and surprise surprise it's in Sweden!

This couple has channeled Frieda Kahlo (another design inspiration of mine) and designed their home with superb results.

Good design for me absolutely has to involve the unexpected and the amusing and this house has it in spades.

Highlights:

Watermelon inspired bedding

Baby pink basins

Could chairs

Bright yellow metal exterior to the kitchen island

Shiny blue wooden floors

Lowlights:

I don't live there

Source:  Residence Magazine

Shopping: Ganims (Melbs)

Good god you are one good looking shop.

And look what else they sell:

Beci Orpin canisters

Sunday Ganim blankets

I may even visit you very soon.

You can find them web-side here.

Found via my clever buddy Ju at Studio Home

Gotta go to: Ellerslie International Flower Show

Last year that darned earthquake foiled our plans for garden design domination but this year it's back and bigger than ever.

Yuss - the Ellerslie International Flower Show right here in little ol' broken Christchurch.

7th - 11th March 2012.

Now don't be fooled - I'm still an 'inside' gal and really don't know my Azaleas from my Alstroemeria's but I do enjoy colour and design (no shit shirl), sooooo I'll be going.

I might even ride my garden there...

Found over at Incredible things and you can buy at Etsy

Green fingers for friday design bunnies!

Just found: Johanna Flyckt

There's good shabby-chic and there is not so good shabby-chic.

Trust me this the good one.  Possibly the best.

Just look at everything going on.  So good.  Those floors, I mean, go on.

Johanna Flyckt has created a haven from a once run-down shack to a homely and lived in home.  Nothing beats that.

Surprise surprise she's Swedish and her blog is a real gem.  Go there and get your Nordic on!

Can't read a thing but did find these images.

Cracking stuff.