Registrations are open for Life Instyle Melbourne

April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Is it that time of year again already?! Registrations are now open for Life Instyle at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building, with a new slogan ‘defy ordinary’. I like it.

The trade event, from 1 to 4 August, welcomes a line-up of close to 300 carefully selected exhibitors representing premium, bespoke and design led products across homewares, giftware, lifestyle and children’s products within a beautiful, intimate shopping environment.

“Following the success of Life Instyle Sydney, we continue to push the envelope, raise the bench and add colour and excitement to our program. The exhibition has received overwhelming support from trade and looks forward to welcoming a high calibre of exhibitors this year,” says Amelia Coote-Harris, exhibition manager. Visitors can expect to source from industry heavyweights such as Telegram Paper Goods and Seedling as well as new faces such as Armadillo&Co and Samantha Wills Stationery. [Read more...]

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This year’s Life Instyle Sydney

February 25, 2013 By 1 Comment

Can you believe this was my first ever visit to Life Instyle? It definitely has a very different, more boutique feel than the other trade fairs and I really enjoyed it. Despite skipping most of Kids Instyle (not my bag) there were still plenty of beautiful wares to look at. Here are a few of my favourites.

Life InstyleMy favourite stand belonged to Mrs Darcy (originally of Ada & Darcy fame). I love Kellie Collis’ colourful designs. There were plenty of new things, like gold chevron cushions (just when you think you’ve seen enough chevron you realise you need some gold chevron in your life!), gorgeous girly robes, hand creams and candles. Her floral textiles are just beautiful.

Mrs Darcy

I also stopped by my favourite Voyager Candles’ stand for a sniff, went nuts over the paper goods at Bespoke Letterpress, admired the new Cool Edie’s paint colours at the Murobond stand and fell in love with everything at Bonnie and Neil (gorgeous new bed linen and ceramics mean even more places to use their gorgeous and colourful designs in your home). [Read more...]

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Trends to look out for at Life Instyle

February 19, 2013 By 1 Comment

Who is going to Life Instyle this week? I’ll be there on Friday and Sunday so please say hi if you see me (thanks to having this blog, you all know what I look like!)

Life Instyle Advisory Board member and design futurist, Genty Marshall, from New Black Global Trends, has outlined some top trends predications to watch out for:

NEON BRIGHTS: coral, yellow and turquoise will continue to be popular

CURRY POWDER YELLOW:  a warm colour that is expected to appear in a range of interior products

MINERAL GREEN: multifaceted emerald continues to sparkle and fascinate, bringing luxury and elegance to the palette  [Read more...]

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My free social media roundtable at Life Instyle

January 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Want to learn more about using social media for your business? Maybe you’ve avoided it so far because you think it’s too difficult or you’re too old or it’s not for you? Maybe you’ve got a business Facebook Page and you’ve started playing around with Instagram but you want to know how to make it work for you, and make sure you’re not wasting your time?

I’m running a free one-hour roundtable discussion at Life Instyle where I’ll share my secrets and the common mistakes I see from my social media clients in the interiors and homewares space.

Places are limited and you must book, so don’t hang around! Book here now!

The Life Instyle lookbook is now online too. Check it out.

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Cool Edie’s team up with Murobond on glam and fun paint range

January 16, 2013 By

The ladies at Cool Edie’s are the latest stylists to team up with Murobond on their own paint range, and very cool it is too.

Jane Frosh and Lucy Weight have come up with four colours: a matt black (of course), a gold, an almost-emerald green (how on-trend) and a peach.

“We wanted a set of colours that really represented the Australian interiors industry as it stands and our Cool Edie’s approach to styling. A matt black (Cool Edie’s Religion), because it directly reflects on Cool Edie’s, our religion if you will. Who doesn’t love a matt black? It neutralises all other colours and adds a tough, chic element to any interior.

“The gold, well, does that need explaining?! Gold is a sense of humour, a touch of glam, a pop of insanity, hence the name Confetti Bomb. Boom! It just reeks of fun and parties and frocks and laughter. [Read more...]

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4 great interiors things coming in 2013

December 29, 2012 By 2 Comments

1. American heavyweights Pottery Barn, West Elm and Williams-Sonoma are all hitting Australian shores for the first time ever and opening in Bondi, date to be confirmed.

2. The Block All Stars starts in the New Year featuring four favourite double acts from previous series. I’ve already had a look around the houses in Bondi and I can’t wait to see how they all turn out. In my opinion, they can’t fail to sell for a small fortune! [Read more...]

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Life Instyle teams up with Jane Frosh & Lucy Weight of Cool Edie’s to launch Style Lab

December 5, 2012 By 1 Comment

I’m beyond excited about the latest initiative from Life Instyle. Style Lab is a new interactive concept, in collaboration with Jane Frosh and Lucy Weight of styling house, Cool Edie’s. I love those two and their work!

The concept will be unveiled during the trade fair’s first event of 2013, held at Sydney’s Royal Hall of Industries & Hordern Pavilion from 21-to-24 February.

Style Lab will explore the elements of style and creativity through a series of changing scenes, designed and created live each morning by Jane and Lucy. “The importance of creativity and style has always been at the heart of our events,” says exhibition manager, Amelia Coote-Harris. “We’re excited to introduce an interactive element this year and to be teaming up with the Cool Edie’s team, who share our passion and vision.” [Read more...]

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Registration opens for February’s Life Instyle

November 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Life Instyle, the trade event for premium and boutique brands, has opened registration for its first event of 2013, held at Sydney’s Royal Hall of Industries & Hordern Pavilion from 21 to 24 February.

Delivering a mixture of beautiful designer brands and products across categories such as homeware, giftware, lifestyle, kids and baby, the acclaimed trade event  is held over 4 days and hosts 300 carefully selected exhibitors leading the way in innovative product design, aesthetic and latest trends. [Read more...]

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Sunday Snippets: the best of the week in interiors

August 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Is it really that time again?! I ran the City 2 Surf in Sydney this morning (anyone else?) and this comes to you from the couch where my legs and I are currently in a world of pain! Anyway, back to this week’s best bits…

  • Jaclyn Carlson from Life InStyle gave us a roundup of last weekend’s Melbourne trade fair where neon was all the rage. See the pix here.
  • At a time where everyone’s saying print is dead (trust me, as a journalist for the day job, I hear this all the time) it was great to see magazines like Belle and Luxury Home Design show huge circulation increases in the latest readership figures.
  • Speaking of magazines, Inside Out founding editor Karen McCartney has joined the team at online homewares store Temple & Webster as editorial consultant. Not to mention the first issue of Inside Out came out since Claire Bradley replaced Richard Waller as editor, and it was a cracker in my opinion.
  • I shared the top three bathroom trend predictions.
  • I started a new regular feature called Folded Corners and kicked off with telling you what I’m coveting from the latest issue of Real Living magazine.
  • Homewares store Whiteport published an interview with me on their blog where I talked about how I juggle blogging with my job as editor of a business magazine. You can read it here.
  • These sustainable and very beautiful lamps were popular with readers.
  • I had a good whinge about my spare room and how spare rooms in general are so often awkward and under-utilised spaces. You’ll be pleased to hear I made a start on transforming mine this weekend with a lick of fresh white paint. How’s your spare room looking?!
  • On Etsy Tuesday I shared some cute nursery artwork inspired by Mid Century furniture.
I have a real treat for you tomorrow with a beautiful apartment project by Melbourne interior designer Christopher Elliott. In the meantime, check out the last project he shared with us here.
I hope you all have a great week!
 
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Guest post: Neon brights rule at Life InStyle

August 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Perhaps it’s a sign that summer is just around the corner but Life Instyle Melbourne, Australia’s boutique trade event, was absolutely bursting with pops of colour this past weekend and I’m here today to bring you some behind the scenes photos from the show…

It’s official, neon continues to emerge as the season’s top trend and love it or hate it, store shelves will soon be stocked with bold, bright products just in time for Christmas. Pink and yellow reign supreme so if you wanted to brighten up your home or need some interior inspiration, you’ll be in luck!

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