Summer bridal bouquet
Today’s trailing wedding bouquet contains lots of summer lovelies including Peonies, Hydrangeas, Astilbe, Astrantia and Freesia.
Photo: Lilac & Lily

Today’s trailing wedding bouquet contains lots of summer lovelies including Peonies, Hydrangeas, Astilbe, Astrantia and Freesia.
Photo: Lilac & Lily
I’ve long been an admirer of Danish design and interiors…
High summer cuttings from the garden. Image: Lilac & Lily
by Francesca Muston
Brazil’s colourful and energetic aesthetic is beginning to make real waves in global design trends. Recently relaxed trade restrictions have opened up a rich source of design talent and cutting edge sustainability concepts which have been well-cultivated by and for the local market. The Olympics, the World Cup, designers moving out, international retailers moving in… Brazil is in the spotlight, but it’s changing, so now is the time to visit, before global trade homogenises the intensity of the indigenous design.
Ptolemy Mannknows about colour. One of the highlights of Interiors…
It’s around about this time each year that all the…

by Graham Powell
Gas… Hiss! Electricity… Zap! Water… Sploosh!
Ahh water… the utility that we really value.
Not some silent service that simply turns on the heat or flicks on the power for a myriad of consumer appliances or gadgets. Oh no.
Consider, for a moment the difference in points of delivery; valve? socket? or tap? and the experiential difference between the three; ugly? boring? or expressive? Water commands our respect and so design delivers our expectations.
Today’s trailing bouquet is quite lovely. xo jane
Thank you Jane. x