Modern Farmhouse - Exterior Design 2016

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Belgian Pearls ALERT ! - Interior Design 2016

The Integration and Sound Baths - Interior Design 2016

The Integration, a Sound Bath in the Mojave Desert

Crystal bowls inside The Integration, California

Last night I attended my third Gong Bath led by Celia Beeson a Bristol based sound healer from Soundscapes. I was inspired to go by my long distance soul sister Lonely Moonchild and I am so glad I found them/Celia, I have never experienced anything like it (whilst sober) and I don't think I will ever be the same ever again!

So what happens at a gong/ sound bath you may ask? Well you take along a yoga mat to lie on and a blanket to snuggle in and lie down in a room as you would for Shavasana at the end of Yoga. The experience is started with a voice led meditation and then the sound healer gradually introduces a variety of different instruments such as Tibetan Bowls, Shruti Boxes and building up to larger Gongs.... the rest I cant really explain..... last night I had crazy third eye visuals and the most amazing shudders all over my body, and I felt like I was going to Implode... it was awesome... who needs the pub on a Friday night!!

So, being a bit shy I didn't take any photos at the event, so this morning decided to research Sound baths across the globe and I found The Integration..... which is...

“The Integratron is an acoustically perfect tabernacle and energy machine sited on a powerful geomagnetic vortex in the magical Mojave Desert.” 

The Integration. Sound Healing Dome in The Mojave Desert

Renegade aeronautical engineer George Van Tassel, began work began on The Integration in the 50's with the idea of using it to contact other worlds. The structure, situated in Landers California, is based on the design of Moses’ Tabernacle, the writings of Nikola Tesla and telepathic directions from extraterrestrials.... Pretty far out!!

After Van Tassel passed away in the late 70's The Integration was adopted by three sisters who have re-purposed the building and it is now used for either private or group meditation sessions and sound baths and playing music ...has it reached other worlds.... I am sure many who have been would say so :)

The Integration has officially made it onto my top 10 places to visit!!! What do you think?

Below are some images I have collected from Instagram. They are all from personal accounts so please click the text below the images for the original sources and links.

Integration Meditation in the Mojave desert

Inside The Integration

Altar at integration

Love this painting inside the dome

The Integration

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Martinborough Mini Trip - Interior Design 2016

And a happy New Year to everyone! We hope that a joyful festive season was had by all.

We recently visited the Wairarapa region to attend the wedding of our friends, Hamish and Alice.  Roughly an hour from central Wellington, the region is well equipped for a relaxing weekend sojourn.  Beautiful rolling hills frame a landscape which shares vineyards, olive groves, farmland, and a number of hamlets and towns.  The region invites good weather during the summer period, and on this count it did not let us down during our brief stay.

Bucolic beauty among the hills close to the town of Martinborough.

The wedding reception was held at the Brackenridge Country Retreat, which is but a short drive from Martinborough.  It hosts a function centre, a spa retreat, and a number cottages and studios within its expansive grounds.  This view is sweeping south to some cottages and the hills beyond

We stayed in one in one of these nicely appointed and restful studios.

Bridal transport posing in front of the function centre.

The function centre, which housed the reception, opened to a lush and inviting lawn.  Forgive me, but as Charlotte comes from an architectural family I feel duty bound to borrow oft-used industry lexicon that this design allowed for 'good indoor-outdoor flow.' 

We have always wanted to call into the award-winning Clareville Bakery, just outside of Carterton township.  And we did just that the morning after the wedding.  The Bakery resides in one of the oldest buildings in the region, as the above photo reveals.  Great interior details includes rolling pin-shaped door handles and AGEE jar pendant lights.

En route home we purchased some roadside summer fruit. An almost ritual practice on such journeys.

Words by Craig Greaves and photographs by Charlotte Minty.

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Current Obsession: Popham Design's Hexagon Star Tiles - Interior Design 2016

Popham Designs Star Hex Tiles in Blue.

Love at first sight!!

These awesome ' Star Hex' tiles are from Popham Design, and are my new obsession. I have always wanted a starry ceiling but now I want a starry bathroom, or bedroom floor.... or maybe just the whole house!

What do you guys recon?

Popham Design also have a wide range of other stunning tiles, seriously you should check them out.

Images 2,3 and 4 from Popham Design Website
Image 1 from Charles Tashima Architecture

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