The Art Issue: our new coverOur new cover, which we're rather pleased with, features a photo by Nicole Bachmann of the London home of New Zealand sculptor Francis Upritchard and her husband, furniture designer Martino Gamper. It's on newsstands from Monday February 4. We think it's pretty good, and we hope you like it too. Ins…
Puddle SkippingIsabel Marant Spring 2013 & Stella McCartney Spring 2013In Spanish "Cropped Pants", they fall above the ankles, are called Puddle Skipping. Funny name ha? The pants themselves are also pretty funny-looking. One of the best qualities of cropped pants is how young and fresh they look compared to r…
Cathleen McGuigan visits New ZealandWe're delighted to announce that this year's Home of the Year lectures will be given by Cathleen McGuigan, the New York-based editor in chief of Architectural Record magazine, the most important architecture magazine in the US. Cathleen is giving talks in Auckland (on February 19) and Christchurch …
Wearing that room: Home officeI've been having so much fun organizing my home, we just got our furniture after 4 long months of waiting for the shipment, and since I love fashion so much I've been baptizing each room with a fashion designer's name. Here is a list of one of the coolest-looking home offices I've seen lately (and …
Top 5 Tips for Renovating an Old HouseEach time my wife and I finish renovating a home, I tell myself that I will never fix up an older home again. And yet, I find myself in the midst of yet another time consuming, budget sucking makeover that is sure to last well into the next decade. Each time we finish a house, we suddenly get bore…
Pyramid ManiaSince I posted that beautiful family room with studded paneling walls yesterday I realized that even though not everybody is keen to be bold and panel their walls with pyramids, many still like to add small touches of it to their lives. Studded fashion is far from ending, you know! Fendi Spring 20…
The eye has to travelDiana Vreeland said "The eye has to travel." Either we take these wise words literally and start traveling the world appreciating the different cultures and architecture or we decide to take her advice in a more comfortable yet intellectual way and start reading and searching in whatever it is we ar…
Friday eye candy: Chic Arm PartyAbove, my own arm candy.“Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful” Coco ChanelImages from top by me, Tumblr Arm Party, Snapette, Pinterest Jewelzzz and Fabsugar…
How to get rid of black head and enlarged pores. As much as we hate when men on the streets go fooii..fooiiio... or complement on our looks, let's face it, once we are past our thirties and we start to see that rarely happening then we start wondering... uhm! Everybody wants to look their best and every woman wants to look younger than their age.…
9 Fashion Pieces you need in you wardrobe nowHere is a small list of must-have fashion pieces I put together for the fashionable girls who like to be au courant with fashion trends. I tend to add one or two trendy pieces to my wardrobe once in a while just to keep me from being boring or predictable. Not that it works all the time but, I don…
How to create The Best Gallery WallsI'm especially exited today because after four long living-with-rental-furniture-months we are finally getting our stuff tomorrow. It's play time! I have a pretty clear idea of where things are going to go, but boy can't that change? One thing that I'm certain though is the gallery walls I want to …
Friday eye candy: Chic color outfits and roomsAccording to Valentino, Style "is to have class and courage" and if the master says it I totally agree. There is no finding of your own style unless you have courage to try different things while having an open mind. Ultimately class has everything to do with taking care of yourself and getting to…
