build me up, flat in argentina

story about a flat in argentina, sourcing recycled materials (inhabitat)

down by the river side!

one of my favourite walks with p is down by the yarra riverside

it's beautiful and peaceful and smells like eucalypts

sometimes we fantasise about living in even closer proximity to the river

imagine my delight, surprise and giddy envy, when design files blogged about someone who does live down by the yarra riverside in fairfield/alphington in a boathouse/bungalow

some pictures of the boathouse/bungalow, and a snipshot of the locale,

and inside pictures, too ... so lovely

second life

no virtual avatar crap, but second hand furniture and fixings and bits and pieces
and places to get it

junk company, more stuff here
583 Elizabeth st, Melbourne, (03) 9328 8121

select salvage (more building seconds, windows etc, but they have iron-baths too ...)


the cool room - as the name and website suggest, over-priced but maybe ok for fancy bits
133 Carlisle Street, Balaclava, VIC 3182, (03) 9531 4524

swan st (auctions) & sales - big place on swan st, richmond
365 Swan St, Richmond VIC 3121, (03) 9428 0677

know your product - cool retro shop, run by nice ace types, also with kyp blog!
cnr union st & high st, westgarth, (03) 9486 1116

lost & found market - i get a weird feeling when i go in here, like i've fallen through the rabbit hole and am back in the 80s in greville st, and "alternative" was still a word that made some sense - this place is staffed by "alternative" uni students...
12 Smith Street, Collingwood

camberwell market

bits of inspiration

lick o' paint

when i think of painting the house, my mind gets colourful
when i was little one of my favourite books was the house of four seasons
(i hated that they decided "white includes all colours and painted the place white; i'd rather not take this option)

i love the pink of mexican houses, and the tradition of painted the bottom of the house (and around the windows) a different colour.

pale smokygreen, dark stormy blue, mexican pink

more Haynes pretty colours
Haynes paints - exterior solarshield

Porters colours

painted houses
















Below, a bright pink kindergarden building with a perhaps wishful scene painted all around it.

bed-room eyes

two metres of open ikea space
hanging clothes, shoes, drawers ...
makes me think it would be nice for my eyes to rest on another vista
this painting
the way it's hung, make it look like a kimono
i like the blotchy-ink spotted-ness, reminds me of john olsen (except the lame autumn leaves)
some olsens,
sydney sun
inky friendly giraffes
nice to get some heavy canvas and do a little large scale inky painting ...

this goldsworthy