My little girl is now 6 going on 15. So her little desks-arrangements are no more suitable since she needs a computer and space to create and do homework. This was her desk space when she was about t...
I lucked a very old ironing board at a garage sale 8 years ago, soon after I got married. I loved the wooden board; it was well used, so smooth and solid. Since then, its been an oft used ironing boa...
Via Call of the SmallTwo times a day I drive by an A-frame house on the way to get Hannah from school. I like it because it is different. I like it because it is quirky. (Quirky defines me...) But th...
Allow me to muse.We are in our eighth rental, in as much as 13 years. Dotted in the middle is a brief time in our own home. Now were back to rental...Something Ive been thinking of lately, or wheneve...
If anyone asked me what my favourite flowers were, other than roses and cherry blossoms, it would have to be hydrangeas.With regular feeding, a spot in semi-shade and occasional anti fungal spray, th...
Thanks for waiting. I have needed the time to be inspired again, to push through some hurdles and begin to create again, to start to imagine once more.You know how they say that your home is a reflec...
I have been going through some... busy times... juggling a few business decisions, getting busy with my daughters school... and looking around for a house.Its been a little uninspiring lately... forg...
I finally caved and bought myself a $12 bunch of cherry blossoms branches at the local grocers here in the Blue Mountains.These blooms somehow last longer than most other branches and I am so happy w...
In this grim financial times, a lot spread around makes all the difference.I try not to splurge on flowers and fragrances for the home much. After all, when $15 can buy 4 punnets of strawberries enou...
Firstly I apologise for not being as frequent as Id like in my blogging. Im not really into re-posting the already-posted-to-death things... I like to make my posts as personal-to-my-musings-and-sit u...
Via blueantstudioI think any one of the George Nelson clocks would go perfectly in my home, with my penchant for white walls and brightly coloured furnishings!I particularly love:Via Fancy House Road...
I was so inspired by Apartment Therapys new vimeo workshop on making these sweet clementine candles (we would call them Mandarin oranges here in Australia. Clementines are way redder.).How To Make a ...
While the interior of the house is more-or-less completed in terms of livability (as far as affordability and space), the backyard, front yard and courtyard leaves plenty wanting.Because its just a r...
I finally watched 2010 romantic comedy Shes out of my league, starring Jay Baruchel, the beautiful Alice Eve and T.J. Miller.I quite liked her bachelorette pad, set in Pittsburgh, PA ... very chic, s...
Again, I cant say I did it first! How many times do I have to have that "hey I have a great idea! Ill do it, itll be so cool and unusual" and find it already done.I went through my newest col...
I thought Id start doing an "Op Shop Score!" segment on my blog :)I have been lusting after vintage 1950s Australian pottery Diana cook and bakeware. Characterised by the creamy greens, blues...
Can anyone identify this fabric?Hopefully someone can, I LOVE IT :)Image from Ada and Darcy
Image from Instyle Magazine January, 2009Just last week I Googled "Keri Russell" and "home". And Nada. Keri Russells one of my favourite actresses, owing a emphatitic feel to her bigg...
I have been enchanted with artist Janet Hills artpieces since earlier 2009. I have since collected quite a few of her pieces and finally I got a few professionally framed for my bedroom. I had Miss Y...
If youve been reading my blog for some time, youd know how much I love Chippendale Chinese chairs... and bamboo (or faux bamboo) home furnishings. I grew up with the real stuff - furniture made from ...
We went to a new antique store in Mittagong, NSW and the store was full of very very expensive (and very very old) taxidermied beasts: birds, squirrels, bears, tigers, crocodiles... What is your take...
pardon me as i work on a new blog format today....
His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. - J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)...
We are finally on our short break. 3 years in the waiting. Just a week away. But what a blessed week.And what a blessed start to a blessed week ahead.Thanks to Kate and Stephen Broadhurst in their li...
It was a proud moment when my husband declared, "I dont actually like Ikea or mass produced furniture anymore."He needs shelving for his espresso corner in our new rental and we were going to...
I am now in our new place for 7 days. We JUST got our 2.5 seater sofa from the storage unit.My desk, finally unveiled - see below for more goss on it!Were 70% unpacked. I am 170% exhausted. :)The wor...
I thought Id update the blog. I apologise for the short hiatus.I had a super super busy month, and I have another 3-4 weeks of busyness before my life hopefully settles more.We had a garage sale on t...
The vet hospital I made for Hannah from almost-30 year old Duplo.We have been searching for a bigger place to rent recently... 484 sq foot of living space for the three of us has reached its limit.. ...
I jumped on my vibe, my life as soon as Holly from decor8 sent out the news!My creative process is about experimentation, taking risks and having a free spirit.- Kelly WearstlerBeautiful design maven...
Weve been looking for a suitable place for our little family to rent these past few months. Since this is going to be a mid-term dwelling, we have been rather particular about what we need and are lo...
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