In First Place

This city loft is beautifully kitted out isn't it. So many many things to love here. Not least of all being the way the structural cement ceiling is reflected in the glass dining table.

But I have to be honest and admit that the main reason this one caught my eye is for that Tom Dixon pendant light over the dining table more than anything. It has been in first place in the killer-new-light-in-the-entry-hall stakes for some time now. Once the orange and mission brown leaves the building that is.

Images from yatzer

16 More

Can one ever have too many bed spreads? A question that I've been asking myself lately.

You know I love my suzani, but recently a friend brought me back a gorgeous light cotton hand embroidered piece from Vietnam that I can't wait to use this summer.

And then I stumbled upon this fetching silver number which really caught my eye as well. Surely one for every mood is OK? That should give me about 16 more at least to find.

Images from elle decoration

Quite

I'm quite a sucker for metallics, of any kind. So I really loved this creation by Bryn Alexandra mixing my favourite tones of black, silver, grey and a dose of white with some seriously cool metallic touches.

Particularly like the gold leaf finish on the timber frame of that vintage chair.

 Images by michael norwood, from bryn alenaxandra

Don't Even

I'm always grateful for inspiration, and this home inspired me no end.

The mix of antique, mid-century and modern all just gels together beautifully in my eyes. So cleverly done. But the piece of inspiration that has gone straight to the must-use-in-a-house-of-mine-one-day file is the silver leaf in the kitchen.

Taking a basic board fit out of new kitchen elements and instead of cladding it with tile, stone, marble, timber - giving it a little shim and some leaf and letting it shine instead. Easy and stunning - perfect recipe.

And don't even get me started on the fact that those units are suspended.

Images from cote maison

Embedded Deep

The light fittings in the kitchen have really embedded deep in my wish list. Lights and extractor fans in one, they are packaged up in such a stunning glamorous skin that belies their humble role!

And in the first image there, they almost make the kitchen look like a seriously glam pool hall. And that so wins my vote.

Images from b-arch

Pique My Interest

Some furnishings really tip the glamour balance, and these pieces I found at Anna Casa, tip it right off the charts.

That crystal chain link light and the silver and Murano glass wall sconce really pique my interest, but more so, I long to see a home that has a gold mirror and chocolate silk sofa!

Images from Anna Casa

Ga-Ga

There's not much that I don't love about this aussie place, it's ticking so many boxes in my book. The grey, the timber, the fabulous art. But I am particularly developing a shade a green over those light pendants. The multi grouping is stunning, but I'm totally ga-ga over the shiny silver in the living spaces. Shiny + silver, a match made in heaven.

Images from peter bennetts