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Monday, September 10, 2012

Orla Kiely + Method

I am officially obsessed with Orla Kiely. I also love Method. So you can only imagine my excitement when I came across this collaboration today! Followed by massive disappointment of course, because these lovely items aren't available to us in lonely little Australia :(

Method and Orla Kiely Launch Limited Edition Collection of Hand Wash and Cleaning Products

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Method, the leading innovator in premium, eco-chic household and personal care products, launches its first collaboration with designer Orla Kiely. Four signature prints from the Irish-born designer will now be available as a limited edition collection of Method hand washes and home cleaners in exclusive fall fragrances.

“We love Method’s fun and eco-friendly approach in designing their cleaning products so it’s been wonderful to bring our bright, colorful prints onto the bottles to complement these lovely new fragrances”

Orla’s graphic prints adorn her ready-to-wear clothing collections, house wares, furnishings, perfume and accessories. Method designers worked with Orla to select four bright and fun prints that would complement Method’s iconic bottle designs and inspire four unique fragrances – pear ginger, vanilla chai, bay leaf and primrose.
“Working with Orla and her team was a natural fit given the mutual love of color, patterns and design shared by both our brands,” said Sally Clarke, creative director of Method.
Method used Orla’s patterns as the starting point for the fragrance development with this collection. The coral-colored floral print inspired a primrose fragrance – an updated twist on a classic rose – while an herbaceous, rich bay leaf brings the iconic green stem print to life. The pear pattern inspired a fresh fragrance with a hint of ginger to create a bright, clean aroma that carries across hand wash to cleaning spray and dish soap.
“We love Method’s fun and eco-friendly approach in designing their cleaning products so it’s been wonderful to bring our bright, colorful prints onto the bottles to complement these lovely new fragrances,” said Orla Kiely.
Available this fall at Target stores nationwide and on methodhome.com, the Method + Orla Kiely designer collaboration includes gel and foaming hand wash, dish soap and all-purpose cleaning spray ($2.99 - $3.99). The biodegradable and naturally derived formulas are free of any dirty ingredients, like parabens, phthalates, triclosan and EDTA. And packaged in recyclable bottles made with 100% recycled plastic (PCR).

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Beaumaris Real Estate

Beaumaris, a suburb of Melbourne, always seems to come up with the modernist goods. Check out this current listing on realestate.com.au.

All images via RealEstate.com.au

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Finnon Glen

More Doherty Lynch magic. A friend is doing a kitchen re-model and is using the kitchen in this house at Finnon Glen as inspiration. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

Photos by Sonia Mangiapane

Friday, May 4, 2012

2012 Houses Awards

More inspiring spaces from the 2012 Houses Awards

Brick House – Clare Cousins. Image: Shannon McGrath

Courtyard House – Studio Moore. Image: Lachlan Moore

House Reduction – Make Architecture Studio. Image: Peter Bennetts

Skirt + Rock House – Marsh Cashman Koolloos. Image: Richard Glover

South Yarra Residence – Nixon Tulloch Fortey Architecture. Image: Shannon McGrath

Tusculum Street Residence – Smart Design Studio. Image: Sharrin Rees

A House with Tiles On It – Welsh + Major. Image: Benjamin Hosking

Beaconsfield Parade – Whiting Architects and Y10Store.com. Image: Sharyn Cairns

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Heaven

Gorgeous Zuster stools in a gorgeous Doherty Lynch designed kitchen. Sigh.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

And they're in!

A year after completing the renovation of our kitchen, we have just had our beautiful bi-fold doors installed. Just in time for summer! We were hoping to have the new deck built before Christmas too, with visions of a summery Australian celebration outdoors....... Alas the funds have dried up for the time being, so that will have to wait until the new year.

Bi-folds doors closed

We chose a local company called Ryleho to manufacture and install our doors. They are completely custom made using Western Red Cedar. After much research, I kept coming back to Ryleho as their product is so well resolved and definitely the best in regard to quality.

Bi-fold doors open

The bi-folds have a retractable fly-screen built into the frame of the door that you wouldn't even know was there when they are folded away (see the thin black lines on the very left and very right hand sides of the doors? They are more apparent in the first image). The sliding mechanism of both the fly screens and the doors themselves is super smooth and whisper quiet. The glass is all double glazed. All of these things added up to paying a decent amount for the doors, but my philosophy is that when it comes to major items like these, you really get what you pay for. You need to spend money on the things that really matter.


Doors open with roll-out fly screens closed

Now I just need to get busy staining them. I quite like the colour they are now, so maybe just a sealant? And I am yet to decide whether to stain/seal them on the outside, or paint them charcoal grey, as I am with the rest of the exterior windows of the house....?