CURATE: Bold Statements…
The marvelous marble mantel… Besides being an additional surface on which to arrange much loved objects (added bonus – out of reach from grubby little hands), it is the marble veins and the intricate carvings that I love most. Fashioned and molded into sensual silhouettes in bas-relief by master craftsman all those years ago. (On [...]
CURATE: Curiosities.
I have always been a sucker for collections of anything…… I often can’t just buy one thing….. it has to be a pair… or even a trio. Even more appealing is a cluster of apparent chaos…. that, on closer inspection, is in fact very carefully curated……… Clockwise from top: (from the most inspiring interiors blogs [...]
Inspired II: Shedding Shades of Winter……..
As summer approaches (all too painfully slowly), I start entertaining a lighter palette for the bedroom…. Dark chocolate throws and quilts give way to soft shades of white and palest grey, even a hint of blue to evoke the sea. Loving the reflective mirrors and fireplace in the first photo (perfect for March endurance)… Of [...]
Inspired II: A Salute to a Modern-Day Darwin.
Shine welcomes contributor Philippa Berrington-Blew to our blog writing family. We love Phil’s eye for detail- especially when it comes to interiors- so naturally she’ll be posting her weekly visual findings of rooms, objects and things that take our breath away- with Inspired II: I return home to South Africa once a year and always [...]
