a compliment

it's always nice to recieve a compliment  as this blog did yesterday from the girls at seed gallery.
thanks!
its nice to be appreciated.

gumboots red stripe

                                                     sometimes things done in haste look pretty cool.

perche' parquet?

Although parquet is a European and not Antipodean thing ( we do floorboards) I have  wondered  why, when I was in Milan,  the  aspirational dream  apartment was the one with the ( often  v. creaky)   parquet floor. With this 'wall to wall' parquet flooring installation by Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer for Established and Sons, the answer, i think, is obvious.

                            
    

              

antipodean lei

                    Christine Butler juggling a couple of glitter balls at the Outpost.Note the fluoro plastic tote-
                   its inflatable and can become a cushion  or life saver.
                   Detail of Antipodean Lei made by Butler  utilising shopping bags and crochet.

in the mood

Hvittrask, Finland  the former home and studio of architect Eero Saarinen

photos by Ross T Smith -