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Zoe’s Positively Original Style

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With a passion for character-filled homes, Zoe Ella gets very excited by classic design. The colours, shapes and curves of old-world features appeal to her sense of style. She has turned this love into the craft of ‘Upcycling’, restoring retro furniture and fixtures to houses looking for that recaptured nostalgia. Zoe has been capturing that […]

The Universal just got more universal!

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Great news from the Barn Light design crew: The astoundingly popular Universal shade is now available in sconce form! Yes, the classic angles of our most versatile of lights – ideal for the widest array of applications – just found even more versatility. We love the Universal Wall Light, and it turns out that a […]

WIND – HAIL – STORM – BUSHFIRE | WARRANTIES THAT MONEY CAN’T BUY.

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We’ve all experienced it, a loss of something significant. The 2019-2020 Black Summer left a memory onto our children, waking up during school holidays to a smoky haze. Driving home through a smoke haze, smelling of burnt eucalypti was difficult to comprehend even for the adults among us. Our world was on fire and we […]

An Interview with Nikki Hobbs of Hobbs Building & Interiors

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When & why did you start Hobbs Building (how many invested souls?) and why did you start in the industry. ​Hobbs Building and Interiors was established in 2016, following our relocation to the Scenic Rim, located in the Gold Coast hinterland. We specialise in eco-friendly steel frame construction due to a range of common climatic […]

Designer Focus | Xtra Shiny – Adelaide

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We recently caught up with Adam Johnson, the creative director behind Xtra Shiny, an Adelaide based designer agency. Xtra Shiny’s most recent designer gig, the Clever Little Tailor is a sophisticated winebar located on Peel Street, a block west from Rundle Mall, Adelaide. Here’s what the Adelaide Review had to say about their newest resident.