Category Archives: Decor & Interiors

Perusing the magazine racks at CNA I spotted the January ’12 issue of Elle Decoration UK, the cover floored me.

While it could easily be mistaken for a styled advertorial, it isn’t, it’s the home of Australian born, NYC based Stylist, Marcus Hay.

As I paged through the article I fell more in love with his eclectic style and enraptured with his vignettes.

His home has been featured in several international publications and the pics below are from various mags, all shot by photographer Jonny Valiant and collected from Marcus’s Fluff ‘n Stuff blog.

I always have these grand visions of how I want to style my vignettes, inspired by my hundreds of pinned pics, only to be let down by my realization of the said idea.

Curation takes time, it need not take a lot of money as many things can thrifted, bartered or even found, but a collection is gathered, not bought.

This is one of my latest creations. I deliberated it for ages and all it took was looking at things I already owned and finding a way to piece them together in a visually appealing way.

The butterflies were a Milnerton Market find, a complete score at R95.00 ($15USD). The typewriter was my Grandfathers, he used it daily and it’s fond reminder of both him and my early childhood. The baby crocodile head I bought when I was 14 while traveling through Zimbabwe and the quartz rock a roadside find.

The ceramic bird I found in a store in town and used a glass cloche from O.live to encase him. The National Geographics are from the year of my birth and inspired by Neill Stemmet’s use of them as colourful accents and lastly the flower print a 2nd hand bookstore find.

I’m happy with how it came together.