Furniture as art has deep roots in history. In the 60s and 70s, furniture as sculpture, or ʻfunctional art’ surged in popularity, with household objects taking on bold and playful shapes and colours that reflected elements of high and low culture. Brothers Jack and Mark Fearon, of Australian design and fabrication company, FEARON, first started […]
Melbourne Design Week 2023 (MDW) is over for another year but not without igniting more curiosity, discovery and pride in our Australian design community than ever—just in time to tide us over for the winter. Curated by the NGV, the continued support of designers and makers was felt in more ways than one, as […]
In a world that often feels dominated by sleek lines and monochromatic palettes, a new trend has quietly emerged: the patterned quilt. It’s where form meets function, adding warmth, depth, character, and a touch of nostalgia into our lives. You may have noticed that quilts, once lovingly associated with ones grandmothers’ cozy abode, have made […]
For most Australians, our air conditioning units are one of the most important features in our homes, keeping our air cool and dry throughout the humid summer months and warmer when the winter chills set in. However, like all essential appliances air conditioners do not last forever. They need to be maintained and occasionally repaired, […]
Madeleine Blanchfield Architects have been awarded the top residential award in the 2023 Australian Interior Design Awards for Nine-Square Bondi. The project also received a Commendation for Residential Decoration and the Best of State Award for Residential Design (NSW). Nine-Square Bondi by Madeleine Blanchfield Architects A stunning home with soul and intimacy, the jury acknowledged […]
The recent Milan design fair, Salone del Mobile, confirmed what many of us have been suspecting: warm, subtle earthy hues will be adorning our homes for quite some time, and gone are the greys of the past decade. Paint brand Wattyl are responding by releasing a whopping 500 new colours. New additions to the interiors […]
An image of a bloody knee on the dining room wall isn’t everybody’s idea of mealtime company. But Rodolphe Parente isn’t everybody. And anybody even vaguely familiar with his work knows one thing for certain—to expect the unexpected. Bloody knees et al. Case in point: one particular Haussmannian apartment on Paris’ Canal Saint Martin […]
This is no ordinary warehouse apartment reno and it’s perhaps not surprising when you learn who is behind it: Jonathan Friend is the owner of JForm – the Sydney-based commercial fitout and shopfitters known for their signature designs in cafes, shops and bars. Jonathan Friend has given his Surry Hills apartment a truly unique look With a […]
Celebrating 15 years of blogging with my DIY and decor favorites! I can hardly believe it, but last week marked 15 years of blogging at Thrifty Decor Chick!! I started this site in May of 2008 and would have never fathomed in a million years that it would become what it has. I am beyond […]
The choice to make the move to a tiny house was financially motivated for Justine Wilson but she’s found the advantages to be many more than just easing cost of living pressures. She spoke to us about swapping a four-bed terrace in Sydney’s Birchgrove for a 12m x 2.2m container home on the Hawkesbury River. […]