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A Happy Home: Spring Home Wish List
Thirty four years on this planet and it’s still a pleasant surprise, after a long Winter, to stare out of the window at 7pm into the light. Who cares about losing an hour when you gain extra daylight for the evenings? Perfect for a night owl like me. With Spring in mind, I’ve been perusing the internet for uplifting home accessories and furniture; beautiful and practical storage from Orla Kiely and Southwood Stores, French style furniture from Out There Interiors and patterned accessories…
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At Home: Make Room For Your Life
Each year, roughly three months in, I go through the same routine. I take a look around and spy an array of mess; a cluttered dressing table, a messy sewing box, bills in the DIY drawer instead of in files, shoes by the door instead of in their storage baskets, bags hung at the end of the bed, and endless drawers, once tidy, now full of ‘stuff’. ‘Stuff’ does not make me happy and ‘stuff’ is getting in my way.…
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Lately: Lattes, Feasts and Looking Forward
The holiday is over, the sun isn’t so shiny anymore and suddenly it feels like we’ve never been away. That’s the way it goes, right? But instead of falling into the regular routine and talking constantly about the weather I’m hoping to bring a bit of Australia back into my day-to-day life. That and watch episodes of Girls, Gossip Girl and Portlandia to cheer me up. So, in an effort to concentrate on all the exciting stuff in my life…
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Perspective
Hello! I hope you are all fine and dandy on this grey and rainy day? I’m feeling pretty darn rubbish after numerous sleepless nights battling with a cough to end all coughs (shakes fist at the cough Gods). But I shall not let it get me down…cough, splutter, cough. When I see photographs like the one above, everything fits into place doesn’t it? I’ll do a catch up post later in the week but first here are some lovely…