I do like a sunken living room. It’s very retro, I know –– but so cozy and intimate. I picture a bunch of friends lounging about in silk jumpsuits and stilettos, smoking pot and drinking White Russians. Alexander Girard, whose signature colour and texture is all over The Miller House in Indiana, created an ultra luxe sunken living room for the home complete with plush red carpet and enough printed throw cushions to host an Olympic pillow fight. Now, tell me you’re not dying to dive in?

All my pots are built by hand. I’ll try the wheel again one day, but for now, I enjoy the control and pace I experience from hand building. Because I lack skill (and patience) everything I make is a bit wonky and lopsided. But on the bright side, that’s just how I like pots to be. In fact, it’s the uneven, crooked, wonkiness of most things that I find charming –– the asymmetrical pattern in a rug, a pair of mismatched chairs, my daughter’s gloriously messed up teeth. I’m taking inspiration from Sydney-based artist, Holly Macdonald this week, whose beautifully painted ceramics are pure whimsy.

I have a thing for honeycomb tiles. I like silver, shiny ones that look like fish scales, graphic black and white ones, and larger ones in charcoal or slate. The combination of subway, honeycomb and decorative tiles in the image below is just the kind of mix and matching I like to see. Plus, I appreciate the luxe brass fixtures against the utilitarian, white tiles. Personally, I’d ditch the tub for a walk in shower of hammam grandeur.

I came across Shilo Engelbrecht’s textiles in Vogue Living, and now I’m imagining a beach of parasols in her signature high wattage colour. Her process involves large scale oil paintings which she then digitally prints on to linens for napkins, table cloths, scarves and drapes. A hundred parasols would be fabulous, but so would a giant teepee.