Home of Stylist Megan Morton in Vogue Living

Stylist Megan Morton is hot commodity right now. She has new book coming out, has started a new design workshop called 'The School' and her home is in the latest Vogue Living. Read about the successful lady and her interesting home here.

Photographs by Anson Smart via Vogue Living. 

Inspiration Profile: Marcus Hay

Ah, Winter has arrived with a vengeance here in New Zealand and sometimes, in these cold and dark days, it can be hard to get inspired.
So here we go with a lovely Inspiration Profile from stylist and creative director, Marcus Hay. He is an expat Australian living in New York and I have featured his work here on my blog several times. Enjoy - have a great and warm weekend everyone.

Marcus Hay - Photo: Jonny Valiant.

Blue/Green Trend Story - Photo: Kat Teutsch.

Name: Marcus Hay

What do you do: I am a style and creative director, interior designer and writer. My company is called Studio Hay + Co and we work out of my home/studio in Chelsea. It's a busy hub of activity as there is always a multitude of varied projects going on - anything from photo shoots to apartment fit outs.

Where do you live: New York, USA

What are you working on: I work freelance so on a variety of projects, including my own personal ones. I just did a whole lot of work for Bloomingdales, styling tablescapes. This week I am working on a kids fashion shoot, designing the sets and sourcing props.

Elle Decoration - Photo: Jonny Valiant

Left: Inside Out magazine - Photo: Jonny Valiant. Right: Decorating with Fabric - Photo: William Geddes.

Who/what inspires me:  I find inspiration everywhere - as a visual person your eyes are always wide open. I see a lot of exhibitions as I live in the art gallery district of Manhattan.
I love walking the streets and see inspiration for color stories everywhere - especially unexpected color combinations. It could be in street art, signage or even something random on the side of the road.
I love travelling and gather much inspiration from the countries I visit - in particular Japan, China and Scandanavia.
Flea markets and antique stores are also a great resource for me. You can learn a lot about a culture by their markets - often there are history lessons if you talk to the dealers or make note of items to research later. 

I am also inspired by the following people - Artists: John Chamberlain, Cindy Sherman, David Hockney, Andy Warhol
Designers: Eva Zeisel, Aero Saarinen and Paul Rand.
Musicians: Grace Jones, Marilyn Monroe and Blosson Dearie.

I work best: I work all the time so don’t really have a designated best time : )

What I do when I’m stuck for inspiration: I am never stuck. The world is a big place - how could you ever not find something to trigger an idea?

The best advice I have been given is: Never give up. Fall, get up again and dust yourself off. Mistakes are just mis-takes. Take 1, Take 2...

My latest discovery is: Pinterest - hate to admit it but I love it. It helps me edit my visual thoughts.

Marcus' apartment, Elle Decoration Sweden - Photo: Jonny Valiant.

Left: Interior Project - Photo: Jonny Valiant.    Right: Marie Claire - Photo: Lucas Allen.

Books that I get inspiration from: Always autobigraphies as I love reading about other peoples lives. Right now, in terms of a visual book, I love Martyn Thompson’s book'Interiors' - he is an amazing photographer.

Magazines that inspire me: Elle Decoration, U.K, Casa Da Abataire, Italian Vogue, Apartmento, and Milk.

Blogs that I enjoy: Design Sponge, Daily Imprint, The Modern Sybarite, Spotted by Normann Copenhagen, PJ Mehaffey, The Food Dept, Bespoke Press, Mr Jason Grant, The Bedlam of Beefy, Design Buzz, Style Rookie and Elephant Ceramics        

My favourite room at home is: My Living room. It is a room I multi task in - I hold meetings, entertain, work and even use it for photo shoots when I need to. It also has my favorite chair to lounge in - when I sit in my Womb chair I know I can finally relax.

My office is: Everywhere. Home, on the street, the local café, my storage space and on the subway. I am always writing every second I have.

What am I looking forward to: Christmas with my family in Sydney in December. It’s been nearly 8 years since I spent the holidays with them!

Want to find out more about Marcus and his work? Check out his website here and his blog Fluff'n'Stuff here.

CB2 catalog - Photo: Andy Barnes.

All photographs used with permission from Marcus Hay.

Still Lifes by Marcus Hay

Photography: Petrina Tislay (left) and Jonny Valiant (right)

Photography: Lucas Allen

Photography: Hallie Burton

Photography: Hallie Burton

Photography: Hallie Burton

Photography: Hallie Burton

Here are some great still life and interior images from stylist and creative director, Marcus Hay.
Photographs via Marcus Hay.

Stylist Marcus Hay and his Apartment

The apartment of stylist Marcus Hay - has been featured in Elle Decoration UK and other European magazines. 

The opening of Marcus Hay's website portfolio - I love this photo.

A couple of days ago, I stumbled across Marcus Hay's lovely website. Hay is a Creative Director and Stylist, previously from Australia, now based in New York.
His apartment has been featured in the January 2012 issue of Elle Decoration UK as well as some other European magazines. He has made great use of the spaces in his small apartment - it looks homely and interesting with the eclectic mix of furnishings and objects. See more of Hay's work and his blog here.
Photographs by Jonny Vailant.

Lovely Light Grey

I was out with friends for dinner last night and one has asked for my help with her apartment. She mentioned that she would be re-painting the walls - which are at present white. She suggested doing something different, maybe adding a colour. We talked about the possibility of greys, which is a nice step up from white. Here are some lovely scenes styled by Hilary Robertson (as spotted on Emma's Design Blog) that has soft light grey on the walls. Looks gorgeous.

Photographs via Emma's Design Blog.

Peacock and Other Shades by Glen Proebstel

Enjoying this elegant and simple interior still life by Australian New Zealander stylist Glen Proebstel - what a lovely array of colours and materials.

I have had a lovely email from a reader who let me know that Glen is actually Kiwi! SO big apologies to Glen and great to see the talent from our side of the ditch doing so well overseas.

Photograph via KHM .

Still Life

 Here is a lovely and restful interior still life by stylist Stella Nicolaisen.
Photographs via Agent Bauer.

Shelf above the Bed.

Clients have often asked me about locating a shelf above the bed's headboard. I tend to get nervous about this as I worry about objects falling on their head while one is sleeping - and I don't want any of clients waking up grumpy at me! However, this image, by stylist Stella Nicolaisen, makes it look really good. I'd recommend small and only a  few objects on the shelf...
Photograph via Agent Bauer.