Kiwis Living In New York

Kiwis Gus McKay and Miranda Dempster share an apartment in Greenwich village.

The secret to living in a small space? Being ruthless about unneccessary furniture.

The letters on the mantlepiece came from an old sign for a neighbourhood dry cleaning business.

Photograph by Stephen Shore hangs above the mantlepiece.

The print by Kate Small, an NZ artist, hangs in the dining area.

The fish poster is a true touch of kiwiana - these are often found in our fish and chips shops.

The bedroom has a prime view of the park.

Here is the New York apartment belonging to kiwis Miranda Demspter, an art director and her partner, tailor Gus McKay. This home made an appearance in HOME New Zealand magazine last month and has been featured in this week's NY Times.
The area of this rental apartment is 56 square metres - and Dempster talks of being ruthless while furnishing the small spaces carefully. Read the rest of the article here.
Photographs via NY Times.

St Kilda Apartment Renovation

One stylish, recently renovated and beautifully furnished apartment in St Kilda, Melbourne.
Photographs by Sharyn Cairns via Homelife.

Comfortable Scandinavian Apartment

Here is a stylish and comfortable Scandinavian apartment that I came across on Facebook today and it was getting a lot of love from all around. It's a great mix of crisp whites, rich rugs, great lights and cool furnishings - another cool Scandi apartment.

Photographs by Mikael Creative via Ecletic Interiors.

Classic and Urbane Manhattan Apartment from Lonny.

Dining area with the eclectic art collection

Living area with built in book shelves.

Leach's office.

The kitchen with cool Charlotte Perriand stools.

From the latest Lonny magazine, here is the home of Julia Leach, founder of the cool lifestyle brand, Chance. If you're like me and love stripe tops, then you'll love this fashion range. The good taste of the founder has extended in to her cool, relaxed and urbane home in Manhattan. Read more about it here.
Photographs via Lonny.

Industrial and Salvaged

This weekend I am off to a Masterclass which is part of Handmade Wellington 2012. This weekend- long programme is a creative and inspiring event, which combines many skills and handmade activities. A fellow designer and I are attending the 'Salvaged to Supreme - Industrial Art and Furniture' lecture where we'll see examples of salvaged goods turned into finely reconstructed furniture. Should be interesting.
Here is a Swedish apartment, which belongs to interior designer, Benedikte Ugland, that has a cool industrial vibe throughout.
It's a long weekend for us in New Zealand as it is Queen's Birthday Weekend - so enjoy!
Photographs from Skona Hem via Nordic Design.

Swedish Real Estate

The Swedish really know how know to do real estate! They style and dress the homes they're selling so beautifully, which in itself is an effective selling tool. Here is a great apartment with lots of light and original features as spotted on Nordic Design.
Photographs via Fantastic Frank.

Interior project by Marcus Hay

Living space/Informal meeting area

Office/Dining space

Bedroom

Looking to bathroom from bedroom

Kitchen

Here is a stylish Manhattan apartment designed by stylist, Marcus Hay. Hay was called upon by a former assistant, Kimberly who had, after working with Hay, opened an agency called Kess Agency. This two level duplex is a combined living/working space and Hay was given a blank space to work his magic. Read more about the interior project here.
Photography by Jonny Valiant.