I first saw Maya and Michael's apartment on Apartment Therapy earlier this year. I kept that wonderful rich pea-green in mind for my place (as you know, I have a lot of reds, oranges and teak wood) but was keen to see it again; it's a bold choice, wanted to make sure I really liked it...
Last week I stumbled across Maya and Michael's apartment again as part of the Apartment Therapy Fall Colours 2008 competition. I think it's meant to be as I am on holidays from work for two weeks and this week my goal is to paint my living room and kitchen.
I really do love that colour, thanks Maya and Michael for sharing and inspiring me to paint!
Want to see more? Go vote for them at AT, see more images of their loft apartment on flikr, browse their prints and coasters on Etsy, read what their up to on their blog or check out the Visualingual website.

Labels: Apartment Therapy, Etsy, flickr, green, painting, retro, Visualingual

I just wanted to share a little detail from my new place. I plan to do a full photographic survey when I have my new blinds and have painted etc, but here is a sneak peak for now.
A green vase and amber jug from eBay on my kitchen window shelf. I picked this native Australian flower (unsure of the name, got any ideas?) from my friends garden.
I had not thought to put these two pieces together until moving here and I think their shapes complement each other perfectly.

Labels: amber, decor, ebay, flower, Glass, green, kitchen, my new apartment, retro, vase, vintage

Kris is an Italian artist and fashion designer with an insightful eye for colour.
She chooses photographs of interesting objects, places and with no limit of subjects (nebula to folk-art patterns) and carefully chooses between four to eight colour swatches from each photo.
Since finding Kris's blog I have been intrigued going through her various selections. I find colour from real life so much more harmonious.
I am thinking of redesigning my design blog with this colour scheme from a 1960's West German Scheurich vase next. Or perhaps I will be inspired to base my new colour scheme on a photo of my own... Thanks for sharing Kris!
Check out Kris's Color Stripes.

Labels: blue, colour, green, retro, West German Pottery

The Poster List has a great selection of pop art posters all designed and produced in-house.
The artwork mostly all has a slightly grungy-textured-retro look, got to love new art that looks like it's been around for a while.
Oh, I nearly forgot to mention, two posters (12"x18") for 20 bucks, you can't go wrong!
Check out The Poster List.

Labels: art, fish, green, lips, poster, print, red, The Poster List

My once housemate and very good friend, Judith, is in Beijing for the Olympics at the moment.
About the CCTV building (photo by Judith, above) she says:

It's...like nothing I've ever seen in the real world...ever. Though I guess the same could also be said about the Water Cube, the Bird's Nest and the National Theatre. They are all structures that defy what you would typically term, a building. Each of them is making a striking statement of the future of China - as being innovative, assertive and most of all, at the cutting edge of all things.

As a happy diversion, read about Judith's exploits as a tourist in the busiest city in the world right now. Check out Chinese Whispers.

Labels: architecture, Beijing, blue, China, green, Judith, Olympics

When I move into my new apartment next month I will need to bring something fresh and green. Currently my outlook is onto tall trees and shrubs but my new place, despite having a very large balcony, mostly looks on to the car park below (sounds bad, but I do get a lot of blue sky!)
Factory circle, could be the fresh green solution that I have been looking for, and the prefect size to sit comfortably on my coffee or dining table.
I think the Japanese website, style-pd.com, explains it best:

It is an image of cutting out wide grassland and set in the room. A frame of planter holds grass and gives new impression. Enjoy seeding and to see sprouting and growing in the planter.

House warming present anyone? Check out Factory circle.

Labels: circle, decor, garden, grass, green, white

Through my usual weird searches for inspiration on flickr, (I think I was searching for world globes) I stumbled across Amyla174's set, Collections. Antique dolls furniture meets old photos, butterflies, globes, nests and beautifully selected junk in artful compositions.
It wasn't until I delved a little further that I discovered that I was looking at the work of Amy Gross, a mixed media artist with work that seems inspired by nature, and which took my breath away.
Check out Amy's flickr set, Collections and the be sure to see her mixed media artwork.

Labels: Amy Gross, butterfly, chair, flickr, green, photography