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Get the look of Nina’s apartment from Offspring
Have you been watching Offspring? Are you as obsessed as I am?
This season has officially got me hooked, and when I'm not angsting about Nina and Patrick's on-off relationship, I spend quite a bit of time perving at her apartment. (My sister, meanwhile, is obsessed with Nina's casual-bohemian wardrobe, and if you also want to get her look, I heartily recommend Styling You's excellent series of posts, 'So you want to look like Nina Proudman'.)
I adored Nina's first apartment (which was destroyed by fire in the first episode of season three), especially the extraordinarily beautiful white pressed metal feature wall. I was so taken by it that I hunted down the Melbourne-based manufacturer, Pressed Tin Panels, and bookmarked their site for future dream home renovations.
This led me to hunt down some of the key pieces from Nina's new apartment, especially her bedroom, which features quite a few things by independent Australian designers. I love that the stylists and set dressers have sourced many things from Melbourne, which is where the show is set. Way to keep the show real.
In a tribute to Styling You's original Nina posts, here's how to make Nina Proudman's bedroom your own:
1. I love Nina's lamp on her bedside table, which was a gift from Darcy when she moved into her new flat. It's made by Melbourne-based design studio Pierre and Charlotte. The bleached and limedBaby Tree Light is AU$630 plus GST and can be ordered via their website.
2. Nina's distinctive cushions match the quilt which was custom-made for Offspring by Melbourne-based accessories label Nancy Bird. The Fish Scale cushions are AU$150 each, from Nancy Bird. (Nancy Bird's other cushion designs also feature on Nina's couch.)
3. Nina has a chrome floor lamp on the other side of her bed. Get the look with the Alpha Floor Lamp, $299 from Freedom.
4. Nina's room features a French provincial farmhouse-style dresser or buffet. Get the look with the HEMNES chest of eight drawers in white from IKEA, AU$499. For a similar antique French sideboard, check out Sydney's Country Trader as well as this Cancun white-washed three drawer console table, now AU$499 from Freedom. I also like this gorgeous fishing boat buffer from Rustique, which would also look great in Nina's apartment.
5 and 6. I spy some luxe Jo Malone candles and cologne on Nina's dresser, and I reckon the Wild Fig & Cassis fragrance is very Nina. Jo Malone is available from David Jones stores in Australia. Jo Malone Wild Fig & Cassis home candle, £38 and Wild Fig & Cassis cologne, £76, both from Selfridges.
7. The distinctive painting over Nina's bed is by Australian artist Rosetta Santucci.
8. It looks like Nina has an oak candlestick on her dresser. If you're after a similar design, look at these French Oak candlesticks, from £110 from Katherine North Design. Otherwise, get the look with the ÅRYD candlestick, AU$17.99 from IKEA.
9 and 10. It wouldn't be Nina's bedroom without an owl. While most of her collection perished in the house fire, it looks like she's restrained herself in her new apartment with just one small ceramic owl on her dresser. Get the look with this owl ornament, AU$12.95 from Domayne. I also love this image of an Have You Met Miss Jones horn owl lamp, which is also very Nina and features a white pressed metal wall in the background - just like Nina's old flat.
11. Here is Nina's actual quilt which was custom-made for Offspring by Nancy Bird. They've since been inundated with requests so they've put the digitally-printed design into production. The Fish Scale Queen size quilt cover is available in Queen and King sizes from $650.
12. Nina's dresser features a group of plain white pillar candles in various sizes. Get the look with the HEMSJÖ unscented natural block candle, AU$2.99 for a pack of four from IKEA.
13. I've spotted a classic Bentwood chair next to Nina's bedside table. You can get a replica Thonet No 18 Bentwood timber chair from Matt Blatt for AU$195.
14. There is an arrangement of various clear glass bottles and carafes on Nina's dresser. Copy the look with IKEA's LÖNSAM carafe, AU$2.99 and PS BJUDA Carafe, AU$15.99.
15. Nina's dresser also features a white bone china bird on a pedestal. I'm pretty sure it's by Australian designer Have you met Miss Jones, for AU$24.
Do you watch Offspring? What's your favourite thing in Nina's room?
Have you been watching Offspring? Are you as obsessed as I am?
This season has officially got me hooked, and when I'm not angsting about Nina and Patrick's on-off relationship, I spend quite a bit of time perving at her apartment. (My sister, meanwhile, is obsessed with Nina's casual-bohemian wardrobe, and if you also want to get her look, I heartily recommend Styling You's excellent series of posts, 'So you want to look like Nina Proudman'.)
I adored Nina's first apartment (which was destroyed by fire in the first episode of season three), especially the extraordinarily beautiful white pressed metal feature wall. I was so taken by it that I hunted down the Melbourne-based manufacturer, Pressed Tin Panels, and bookmarked their site for future dream home renovations.
This led me to hunt down some of the key pieces from Nina's new apartment, especially her bedroom, which features quite a few things by independent Australian designers. I love that the stylists and set dressers have sourced many things from Melbourne, which is where the show is set. Way to keep the show real.
In a tribute to Styling You's original Nina posts, here's how to make Nina Proudman's bedroom your own:
1. I love Nina's lamp on her bedside table, which was a gift from Darcy when she moved into her new flat. It's made by Melbourne-based design studio Pierre and Charlotte. The bleached and limed Baby Tree Light is AU$630 plus GST and can be ordered via their website.
2. Nina's distinctive cushions match the quilt which was custom-made for Offspring by Melbourne-based accessories label Nancy Bird. The Fish Scale cushions are AU$150 each, from Nancy Bird. (Nancy Bird's other cushion designs also feature on Nina's couch.)
3. Nina has a chrome floor lamp on the other side of her bed. Get the look with the Alpha Floor Lamp, $299 from Freedom.
4. Nina's room features a French provincial farmhouse-style dresser or buffet. Get the look with the HEMNES chest of eight drawers in white from IKEA, AU$499. For a similar antique French sideboard, check out Sydney's Country Trader as well as this Cancun white-washed three drawer console table, now AU$499 from Freedom. I also like this gorgeous fishing boat buffer from Rustique, which would also look great in Nina's apartment.
5 and 6. I spy some luxe Jo Malone candles and cologne on Nina's dresser, and I reckon the Wild Fig & Cassis fragrance is very Nina. Jo Malone is available from David Jones stores in Australia. Jo Malone Wild Fig & Cassis home candle, £38 and Wild Fig & Cassis cologne, £76, both from Selfridges.
7. The distinctive painting over Nina's bed is by Australian artist Rosetta Santucci.
8. It looks like Nina has an oak candlestick on her dresser. If you're after a similar design, look at these French Oak candlesticks, from £110 from Katherine North Design. Otherwise, get the look with the ÅRYD candlestick, AU$17.99 from IKEA.
9 and 10. It wouldn't be Nina's bedroom without an owl. While most of her collection perished in the house fire, it looks like she's restrained herself in her new apartment with just one small ceramic owl on her dresser. Get the look with this owl ornament, AU$12.95 from Domayne. I also love this image of an Have You Met Miss Jones horn owl lamp, which is also very Nina and features a white pressed metal wall in the background - just like Nina's old flat.
11. Here is Nina's actual quilt which was custom-made for Offspring by Nancy Bird. They've since been inundated with requests so they've put the digitally-printed design into production. The Fish Scale Queen size quilt cover is available in Queen and King sizes from $650.
12. Nina's dresser features a group of plain white pillar candles in various sizes. Get the look with the HEMSJÖ unscented natural block candle, AU$2.99 for a pack of four from IKEA.
13. I've spotted a classic Bentwood chair next to Nina's bedside table. You can get a replica Thonet No 18 Bentwood timber chair from Matt Blatt for AU$195.
14. There is an arrangement of various clear glass bottles and carafes on Nina's dresser. Copy the look with IKEA's LÖNSAM carafe, AU$2.99 and PS BJUDA Carafe, AU$15.99.
15. Nina's dresser also features a white bone china bird on a pedestal. I'm pretty sure it's by Australian designer Have you met Miss Jones, for AU$24.
Do you watch Offspring? What's your favourite thing in Nina's room?
