The Oyster Inn {Waiheke}

 

The Oyster Inn {Waiheke}

Vintage cane furniture in the bar area.

Dining on the verandah.

Eating at the bar counter.

The Pearl, private dining room.

One of the three luxury boutique hotel  rooms. Yes please.

 

Welcome to Waiheke Island's The Oyster Inn. Recently opened to the public in the beachy village of Oneroa, Waiheke - doesn't it look amazing?

Take a 40 mins ferry ride from downtown Auckland and you can be dining on the ocean view vernadah, or having a cocktail in the bar or just hanging out. The kitchen is open all day long (the menu looks delicious) and the yummy boutique hotel rooms are available to book from the end of this week. Find out more here.

Photographs via The Oyster Inn FB page.

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Ruschmeyer's by King & Grove

This is Ruschmeyer's, a hotel in Montauk, USA by the hotel group, King & Grove. While they have closed for their 2012 summer season, this is good inspiration for us getting ready for our up coming summer time. Evocative of a nautical summer camp, Ruschmeyer's has a cool relaxed vibe and is located on three acres on lakeside woodland. With plenty of activities available, the gorgeous fresh bedrooms and its own 'rum shack', you know you could have a great time here...
Photographs via King & Grove.

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Dickebusch Beach House by Koskela

A friend lent me an old issue of Monocle magazine the other day and looking through I came across this beach house holiday rental. Called Dickebusch, this home is located at Patonga, a fishing village located an hour and quarter from Sydney. It was restored and renovated by Russel Koskela and Sasha Titchkopsky of interior design firm, Kosklea and they filled the home with furniture and products that you can buy from their showroom in Sydney. Looks like summer time bliss to me.
Photographs via Koskela.

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New Zealand Beach House

Dick Frizzell Woodgrain fabric from Homebase Collections

Small Steel Table by Conscious Design and Angle Table Lamp by WORKROOM.

Red Rata fabric from Homebase Collections

Homebase Collections' Hoki fabric is used for the drapes.

Here's a nice chilled out beach house based in Waimarama, New Zealand. Spotted via ES Design, most of the fabrics are by Homebase Collections - a New Zealand textile company. They have the Dick Frizzell Woodgrain, Red Rata and Hoki fabrics featured in this beach house. I also noted the white Small Steel Table by Conscious Design and Angle Table Lamps by WORKROOM.
I have profiled Homebase Collections before on CMID (see here), as well as the cool home of the Culy Family and their Seabreeze Beach House (see here and here).
Photographs via Homebase Collections.

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A Beach House in the Hamptons from Vogue Living

Check out the lime green Chesterfield sofa.

Pattern and colour with a great kilim inspired chair.

Hudson Bay point blankets on the bunk beds.

Outdoor movie viewing.

Here's an interesting character - Aussie ex-pat Richard Christiansen rented this house in Montauk, East Hampton and then re-decorated the whole house to his specifications for the summer. He also re-planted the garden and brought his own bees!
It was a job of great dedication, sourcing props and furnishings for the "hyper-colour" and vintage style that he desired, it even included a buying trip to Hawaii (I want to meet this guy).
Christiansen did worry the owners would discover what he had done to their house and having to move everything out at the end of the summer - in which case it was all happily resolved when the owners DID find out and were absolutely delighted with his efforts that they actually offered to sell the house to him. Sigh - what a great story. Read the Vogue Living article here.
Photographs by Jason Busch via Vogue Living.

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Photographs - Quercus Design



Beachcombing Series no. 35 - Bar Harbour Yacht Club May 29 2011

 


Beachcombing Series no. 34 - Bar Harbour Yacht Club May 29 2011

I have been working on a fictional space for a publication and I was looking for some small quirky photograhs that would be suitable for the room. I came across the work of Quercus Design on Etsy and this shop quickly joined my list of favourite photographs - just love the character and simplicity of this work. Quercus Design is photographer Jennifer Booher - check out her website for more of her lovely work.
Photographs via Quercus Design on Etsy.

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Inspiration - Shelter Island Beach House

While we have been having a beautiful Indian Summer here in Wellington, it's hard to see all the Spring and Summer influences coming through in northern hemisphere magazines and blogs. I am definitely jealous!
Here's a Shelter Island beach house from House Beautiful that I saw via My Scandinavian Retreat and just had to check it out further. It looks just so damn comfortable and chilled out.
Photographs by Ditte Isager.

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