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writer susanna salk

As soon as I saw this book, I had to have it. I'm always on the hunt for inspiring kids rooms that are as much about style as substance. You could describe US author Susanna Salkin the same way. Sh...

fashion designer clare press

The longer I work in the magazine industry, the more I am reminded of how small it is. Quite a few years ago I went on a media trip to Vanuatu with a small group of journalists. I was quite new to ...

papier mache's beck marshall

To create a product is one thing. To do it with integrity is something else altogether. I've long admired people who work towards a "greater good". Ie, it's not just about the money, or fame, or wh...

stylist carlos mota

I was looking through a recent issue of Elle Decor and fell in love with one of the spreads styled by Carlos Mota. His name was familiar and when I checked out his website, sure enough he had an ex...

hello sandwich's ebony bizys

There is no-one else in the world like Ebony Bizys. And she is amazing for that fact alone. But then there is her work as deputy art director for Vogue Living, her art exhibitions, her Hello Sandwi...

stylist & writer andrea millar

It's always interesting to see the path someone takes with their life. I first met stylist and writer Andrea Millar about five years ago when she was style director for real living. She has gone ...

recommended reading

It seems fitting to follow a book about the vacuous life of Hollywood types with another that's entitled The Beautiful And The Damned by F Scott Fitzgerald - one of my all-time favourite authors. (...

stylist kirsten bookallil

Every now and then there comes along a feature in real living that I can't stop looking at. I pore over every detail. It usually is from a home. The last time I felt this way was when we featured K...

magazine editor isis colombe combreas

Without a doubt, one of my favourite magazines is Milk. It's French - "le magazine de mode enfantine". It has the most inspired, fantastical photo shoots. Truly worth buying just for them (most of...

designer shareen joel

In the June issue of real living I produced one of my favourite features for the mag. I had to track down Australia's leading interior designers and organise a shoot of them in their homes with top...