The SWS Edit/Outdoor
A backyard designed around how you actually use it
Firepit. Outdoor kitchen. Dining. Storage. Green space. Here's how we'd make every square metre earn its place.
7 min read
The Journal
Inspiration, with a point of view.
9 stories
Save / Spend / Skip/Dining, Kitchens
The dining chairs that deliver the look without the designer price.
Black steel frame, upholstered seat, clean line. You don't need the original to get the room.
4 min read
Save / Spend / Skip/Kitchens, Bathrooms, Living Rooms
Natural stone where it actually changes the room.
Not everywhere. In the two or three places your eye lands first.
5 min read
Save / Spend / Skip/Kitchens
The expensive kitchen feature you'll probably regret.
It photographs beautifully. Then you live with it.
4 min read
Guide/Laundry & Utility
The small laundry that does everything
Two and a half metres of joinery, one hanging rail and a bench you can actually fold on.
5 min read
Guide/Living Rooms
How to get the stone fireplace look
Full-height, large-format, one material. The proportions matter more than the stone.
6 min read
The SWS Edit/Bedrooms
A bedroom with nothing you don't need
Linen, oak, one wall lamp each. The most restful rooms are edited, not decorated.
4 min read
Guide/Entryways
The entry that hides everything
A console, a bench and a wall of hooks. Where the shoes go is the whole design problem.
3 min read
Save / Spend / Skip/Bathrooms
The travertine bathroom without the travertine bill.
One real stone piece. Porcelain that matches. Nobody can tell in the photos, or in person.
4 min read