Monthly Archives: November 2015

Styled Canvas Favourites | Ildhane by Nedre Foss

30.11.2015
Interior & Design, Let's Shop, Life in Sweden, Scandinavian Design
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Ildhane nedre foss

Meet Ildhane, an eccentric bird candleholder and stunning debut design by Nedre Foss, a studio formed by Anderssen & Voll and definitely a Styled Canvas Favourite.

I’ve long admired the work of these two Norweigen designers, Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll, and previously featured a collaboration of their work for the Food Work Project on the blog. The two are most known for their designs for brands like Wrong for Hay, Muuto, Magis, Erik Jørgensen, Kvadrat and Foscarini. Now they’ve branched out and formed Nedre Foss and I’m excited to see what they will come up with next.

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A Family Christmas Tradition

27.11.2015
Lifestyle, Culture
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Last year we started something that we decided to embrace as a family Christmas tradition and I thought that perhaps some of you might be inspired to do something similar.

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Farrow & Ball Challenge – British Countryside

25.11.2015
Interior & Design, Styled Space
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Farrow & Ball Challenge - British Countryside

I had a lot of fun this weekend styling a scene for a Farrow & Ball challenge to celebrate the launch of their new 2015 wallpaper collection, inspired by the British Country. The theme for the challenge was to create a vignette to represent this.

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Styled Canvas Services

23.11.2015
Business, Business Toolbox
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work with me - styled canvas

I’m really excited about next year. Now that I’m getting a little more time on my hands with the children and school and my youngest at kindy an extra day, I’ve decided to branch out and take on more work. Am I crazy? Nope, I truly love what I do and quite frankly, it energises me, I feel very lucky.

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Jo Malone Happy Kissmas

20.11.2015
Interior & Design, Let's Shop
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Merry Kissmas Jo Malone

If Don Draper were to attend a Christmas party today, it certainly would be one thrown by Jo Malone London. Last week I attended Happy Kissmas, the viewing of their Christmas collection, and the campaign is all about celebrating with a party. When I saw it I thought, “I want to go to that party!” Imagine…

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Mulberry Home

18.11.2015
Interior & Design, Styled Space
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mulberry home,.,

One of the headline partners of the AMARA Interior Blog awards that I had the pleasure of meeting is GP & J Baker, a company with a longstanding history and known to be one of the worlds innovators of fabric design. They have also been the holder of the Royal Warrant since 1982. If like me and you adore beautiful and timeless fabrics, you could get absolutely lost in their site.

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Paris je t’aime

16.11.2015
Lifestyle, Thoughts
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Paris je t'aime

How could I write anything else today, other than how my heart is so full of sadness?

Saturday morning began in New Zealand. We were so happy and full of joy as we celebrated my son’s 6th birthday. He woke up to a room of balloons, opened his presents and then we had our traditional birthday breakfast.

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City Works Depot

13.11.2015
Food & Travel, Cafes & Restaurants
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City works depot food truck garage

There are a number of really cool precincts around Auckland these days. One of them is City Works Depot, home to an array of eateries, retail space and creative businesses. Many of these businesses have their workspaces overlapping and open to the eyes of the world. It’s a collective of space that I haven’t seen before and when you’re there, you can’t help but soak up the creative vibes and friendly folk.

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