Let's start with us sharing with you some of our fave places, spaces, things and blings. A mix and match, smash the clash, rag tag, golly dolly, holy moly collection of the unusual, the flamboyant, the modernistic, the intricate, the funny, the vibrant, the inspiring and the downright strange.
Enjoy!
... and I'm sure you aren't either. Join us as we explore a world (up, up and) away from neutral. We are all about the eye candy of life and those marvellous sparks and flickers that visual stimulation can set off in your head and heart. In our world we embrace the maximalist, the eccentric and the bold!!
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The Neon Museum in Las Vegas has been collecting since the mid-90s and on a couple of trips to Vegas I had searched, un-successfully to find it when it was slightly less official collection of signs stored Downtown known as…
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At this point, you probably have to have been in a bunker or a cult (or both) not to have seen the much-lauded golden bridge in the mountains behind Danang, Vietnam. It’s Instagram worthy image is everywhere in the travel…
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The Gunton Arms is a gorgeous restored old building set in stunning grounds with its own deer herd and could simply not be any more idyllic. A place to come and eat, grab a cosy evening drink or retreat for…
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For years it had been a dream to stay in Hotel Coste Verde in Costa Rica, a hotel in the jungle converted from an old airplane. However, this place books up fast and so crushingly, this was a no go….
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This creatively restored 1950s caravan set on the hillside of a farm deep in the Devon countryside is a gem in itself and the icing on the cake is the Landrover converted into an out-door hot-tub. The hot-tub might not…
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I was taken to the Trailer Park Lounge in the Chelsea District of New York on my very first visit in 2003 and am so happy that in ever-changing NYC, that this fabulous institution still stands as a kitsch-tastic homage…
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Budapest is a beautiful city. That can come as a surprise to some who have not visited and imagine it as a post-communist block country. It’s only become a major tourist hotspot in the last 15 years but rightly so….
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I only recently became aware of quite how abundant cave houses actually are. I’d seen articles about large scale and glamourous conversions in Turkey and North Africa, but then when looking for properties to buy in Spain, I realised that…
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