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A day in the life of an interior designer

Musings from the desk of an interior designer and design educator. How do I spend my time and  what do I find interesting? This is a photo of my design studio which is set in the garden of our Californian Bungalow. It gets plenty of natural light and has lovely views of our garden. It is also the repository of many of my books on design. Yes that is an old Imac that I am very attached to. I still do much of my graphic layout work, for projects on this machine, but internet and auto cad  I do on my MacBook Pro that I take everywhere with me.

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Those little details that make a home

9/10/2014

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As you gather I am not a minimalist. I like to collect  bits and pieces that tell the story of my life. So my house if full of little treasures that have been given to me by friends and family or bought when I have been in special places. Sometimes these items are not always 'designer' but they might make reference to a certain experience or special event.  The challenge is to get them to all fit in like they belong to the 'still-life' I am creating.
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The Pembroke table in our 'Monkey room' holds a collection of old decanter stoppers. These were used as spares when Crichton Interiors sold antiques. The little red lac quer box was a present from an elderly friend. It contains drink coasters. Every time I use these I am reminded of him.
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This eighteenth century 'cricket table' has a lovely wavy top showing the timber's grain. It holds little pocket books and old silver frames with family photos. The candlestick belonged to my parents On the window sill is a few pieces of 18th century pewter and a french jam jar that we bought in an antique store in Adelaide.
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The lacquer box was found in a back room at Crichton Interiors. The old bone pieces were in Max's childhood collection of 'rocks and minerals', Victorian book features an article on William Morris, one of my design heroes.
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More little boxes. The one at the back is a tea caddy. The little china box was found in an 'opshop' recently.
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    Hi I am Elizabeth  an interior designer who lives in Melbourne, Australia in a little Californian Bungalow cottage with my partner, Max, who is also an Interior Designer, and our beloved furry children, Doris & Ernest. I believe that design can make our lives more rewarding and productive. I love, architecture and design theory but my everyday passion is fabrics and decoration, as I don't think we should get too serious but have fun with our homes and enjoy the process of creating our own environments.   I am interested in classic cars, and collect Georgian and Mid Century furniture.

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Crichton Interiors was established in 1958, in Melbourne. 

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Working in both traditional and contemporary interiors, we specialise in designing and producing hand made soft furnishings as well as offering a full design service from documentation of concepts to schematic and working drawings. Incorporating antiques and artwork is our speciality.
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