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IKEA HACKS!   I feel like I’m the last to know about this – if you’re int he same boat as me and this has slipped your attention well prepare to have your mind blown. Hacking Ikea furniture is a modification/repurposing of an IKEA … Continue reading

A bedroom and bathroom are hidden inside a white box in this converted warehouse by Japanese architects Airhouse Design Office

Located in Yoro, a small town in Gifu Prefecture, the main space of the house is on the first floor of the converted warehouse, accessed via a staircase inside the ground-floor garage.   Airhouse Design Office inserted a large white box … Continue reading

Stylish Contemporary Interior Inspiring Breeziness in Australia

One word to describe the stunning and stylish Breust Residence in Australia: transparency. The house, flooded by light, is a gorgeous mix of sophisticated details, guarded by an infinity pool (also with a transparent structure) on a side and a marvelous garden … Continue reading

Bookmarc sits down with CEL Australia and talks Tower Melbourne

Tower Melbourne - Aerial View
Tower Melbourne - Aerial View

Coming from a design background myself, I didn’t quite know what to expect walking in to interview Tim Pearce, from developers CEL Australia. With a reputation for cutting budgets and compromising good design, ‘The Developer’, in my mind was a … Continue reading

The Beautiful Man Cave by Karen Akers

With an epic view of Sydney Harbor  this interiors project entitled Man Cave comes from the talents of Australian Interior Designer Karen Akers. The interior uses colour and texture to create a space that reflects the beach side location of the … Continue reading

A BEACH BEAUTY

New apartment development sets style benchmark   A new 39-apartment development with geometric-inspired architecture and a sophisticated palette of colours, materials and finishes will set a new benchmark for Ramsgate Beach. The pocket-sized precinct – named after the seaside resort … Continue reading

A view from upside down and underneath

Ever wondered what a bathroom or bedroom looks like, looking up from under the floorboards or tiles? Wonder no more, and just look at these images. The photographs are made by photographer Michael Rohde by taking pictures of furniture from … Continue reading

The Brisbane home of Geraldine Cleary

The Brisbane home of Geraldine Cleary. Photography - Jared Fowler, Styling / Production – Lucy Feagins/ The Design Files This distinctive home in Brisbane’s New Farm will probably need no introduction to Australian architecture aficionados. Known as the ‘D House’, it … Continue reading

Feldman Architecture: Open Box 2

Feldman Architecture located in San Francisco are an award-winning residential design practice recognized for creating warm, light-filled spaces that are site-sensitive and carefully detailed. Open Box 2 involved modernizing a boxy 1940s stucco house. The original house was a series of … Continue reading

Colour Theory: Yellow – We are believers!

Below are a collection of images where yellow accents have been added to each space, lifting the mood for what has been (in Sydney at least) a gloomy and muggy week. So how do you add a bit of sunshine … Continue reading