Hello!
My name is Matt Allison.
I go by many titles with over a decade of experience in the design industry. My work has been featured in various lifestyle publications including Home, House & Leisure, Elle Decoration, VISI, Real Estate, Good Taste & The Sunday Times.
Based in Sydney, Australia my approach to interior styling and design is clean and timeless. I believe in creating spaces that are simple and functional, yet practical enough to deal with the ever-growing demands of daily life.
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Category Archives: Decor & Interiors
Natural History
Some of you might recall that I took on the 4 simple goals before 2013 challenge set out by the ladies at A Beautiful Mess.
One of those goals was to Look inside, out, to reevaluate what I had rather than coveting the latest and greatest and to draw on the things I already owned to subtly, or not so subtly change-up our home decor.
The plan was to not spend a penny, on that front I failed, I did buy a few more thrift store finds, though some of them like the beautiful bird of paradise framed print were a measly R10 (under a $1) from our local church fair!
Over the past few weeks I have been constantly moving things around until yesterday when I felt 100% happy and committed to drilling several holes into our brick work.
The wall has taken on a natural history feel, the precedent was set by the various framed butterfly prints that remained from the original design, but I’m in love with it and makes the house feel more like a home.
You may recall that that wall used to be the home to a trio of mid-century masketeers ducks, well they migrated to the fireplace wall above out mantle, which has also been stripped down to a few bare essentials.
So I’ve been able to successfully complete one of the 4 goals, I’m also making headway with another, to read more, look less and completed my first novel, at least one more to read before the year is out.
Meet the Maker – Skinny Laminx
Heather Moore is probably one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, she’s also a kick ass illustrator and the mastermind behind one of South Africa’s biggest textile exports, Skinny Laminx.
A while back I had this idea to visit various studios and artists to shoot a behind the scenes look into their day-to-day lives, focusing more on the process than the product.
I’d hoped to release one every 2-3 months as an e-zine, but truthfully InDesign scares me and it’s been pretty crazy around these parts since we welcomed our baby girl into the world.
Determined to get these images out I spent the weekend reviewing and editing them. I shot 100+ frames, culled it to 60+ and then down to these 24. I hope you enjoy them.
Let me know what you think and if you’d like me to continue with the series.