Interior & Design

Wrapped with Hello Paper

19.11.2012
Interior & Design, Let's Shop
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With Christmas fast approaching and thoughts of beautiful ways to wrap gifts and a little DIY decorating on my mind, I’ve been on the look out for beautiful products to work with. Today I am featuring a lovely homeware and paper goods online shop, Hello Paper. The shop is only a few months young with an evolving product range that is all reasonably priced and they ship internationally!

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French Influencing Style

26.10.2012
Interior & Design, Styled Space
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Living in France and having that French connection has no doubt been a major influencer to my home décor and when I browse through Pinterest, I’m always in search for something to reflect that.

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Flotsam & Jetsam Auckland

03.08.2012
Interior & Design, Voyeurist
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There’s something about this photo of Cameron standing at the entrance of Flotsom and Jetsam.  While editing the photos for this post, I had the urge to turn it to black and white, to somehow pay homage to the history of this shop front, just as Cameron does on his website, using an old photo from the original shop, Steptoe & Son. It then went on to become Lord Ponsonby’s Antiques, and just last month, opened its doors to Flotsam and Jetsam after outgrowing its old premises.

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The Vitrine Auckland

22.06.2012
Interior & Design, Voyeurist
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The Vitrine

One of my favourite stores in Auckland is The Vitrine, and if you’ve read my about me page, you’ll understand why I think the owners, Amanda and Julien have one of the coolest jobs in the world; travelling back to France and going to the best flea markets in Europe, to fill their warehouse store in Grey Lynn.

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