1950's Group Architect House, Auckland

We followed a link on Facebook today to this fabulous mid-century home in Meadowbank, Auckland. It's going to auction on May 27th so get your cheque books out people!

Designed in the early 1950's by Group Architect Bill Wilson, this home has been tastefully updated over time in a sympathetic way, still embracing many of its iconic, original feautures and is presented with a lovely overall mid-century feel.

It would be worth just popping along to the open homes to have a closer look!

Happy New Year!

Hello again and welcome to 2015, we hope you've all enjoyed, or are still enjoying, well deserved holiday breaks!

We're back in the studio this week with some exciting things hot off the press; first up is our upcoming venture to the Wairarapa to clear out the remaining pieces of furniture in our storage unit; there's nothing like a bit of spring cleaning to get the year rolling!

Depending on what we unearth there may be a few lucky pieces that come back to Wellington with us and go up for sale, so watch this space - you never know - there might be a belated Chrissie present in there for someone!?

Teak Dining Chair Upholstery

The end of last week saw us beavering away in the workoom to upholster this divine set of teak dining chairs for a client of ours. They came to us with some pretty questionable upholstery work, of which we found egg carton foam underneath - no wonder they were lumpy, bumpy and not too comfy! We sorted that all out and re-upholstered them in one of our favourite go-to vinyls, 'Vintage' by Warwick in a phantom colourway. Delicious!

Seven Gauge Studios

Check out the goodness from Seven Gauge Studios - made by the creative knitting talent of UK based Joy Bates.

She takes inspiration from vintage textiles and mid century elements to create her divine knitted wares - so bright, fun and contemporary!

Retro Style Home Decor by Orla Kiely

Take a peek at the Orla Kiely House Collection, her first furniture collection inspired by mid-century modern but re-invented with a twist. We love it!

Unearthed - Vintage Barkcloth

The divine wee store of vintage goodness near the top of Cuba Street in Wellington - Unearthed - has just got in stock of some vintage barkcloth, found in a drapers storeroom in the Rangitikei - what a cool find! Hurry scurry over there to snap up a piece of retro textile goodness!

Photos from Unearthed

We Do Wood: Bamboo Kitchen Delight

We found this lovely post over at Bloesem this morning - some great imagery of a bamboo and laminate kitchen by Danish designers 'We Do Wood'.

We love the retro vibe created by teaming the striated bamboo with delicious mid century blue and green tones!

'We Do Wood' also make very cool homewares and furniture pieces so head over here to check them out!

FABulous Fabulous Colour

Check out the fabulous use of colour and pattern in this renovated mid-century weekend home of a New York based couple, one of whom owns great retail website fab.com. Bold, bright, geometric and fun. We love it!

Check out more images and info here!

A Pair of Mahogany Chair Frames

This chair is one of a pair of lovely frames that have come out of our storage unit, now ready for upholstery after being completely stripped and re-polished back to their former glory. We have a new owner lined up for them already, so once they've chosen new fabric we'll share the finished product with you!

Mid Century Renovation - The Brick House

Today we're sharing some yummy images from the ongoing renovation of a mid century style home in California, all from 'The Brick House'. This blog is well worth following along with - check it out!

    All images from The Brick House

Caribbean Flowers

The appearance of one of our restored chairs in a number of NZ newspapers last week has created quite a bit of buzz for us - in particular people want to know more about the fabric we used, so here you go!

It is called 'Caribbean' - and features in the 'bermuda' colour-way on this chair, but comes in some other wonderful colour options too! (see below.) It is $78 per metre, and teamed with a great textured plain or even a vinyl, it makes a fantastic upholstery option for a mid-century styled chair!

We have the sampling in store now, so pop by and check it out!

One From the Archives - 'Ohtel'

Did you know that 4 years ago, esdesign were the team who helped pull together the interior fit out of the then new hotel, 'Ohtel' on Oriental Parade, Wellington?

We worked closely with designer and hotel owner Alan Blundell to create his vision of a boutique 10 room,  mid century flavoured destination accommodation spot.

No two rooms are alike, with each featuring an eclectic range of mid century furniture sourced from all over the world. Once all the furniture had made it's way to NZ, we were responsible for specifying all the interior colours, fabrics, lighting, flooring and finishes for each of the rooms and lobby/dining area, as well as co-ordinating and carrying out the upholstery and restoration work for all the furniture pieces. It was all topped off by styling each room with the myriad of mid century ceramics and artwork Alan had painstakingly collected with the hotel in mind.

Go and treat yourself to a weekend in the coolest little 'Ohtel' in Wellington to check it out first hand!

Images from www.ohtel.com