Hi everyone!
I have been having LOADS of trouble uploading photos to my blog this week, which is why I haven't posted anything....very frustrating.
I have been busy though, preparing for a new Design Market coming to Hobart on August 28th.
(see the side bar for more details)
as well as making new items for my Etsy Shop.
(I'm quite excited about this Market)
Even thought it is Winter here in Australia, the last few days have felt more like early Spring, and I am loving it. It has made me want to sit outside in the sunshine on the porch with my coffee.
I spotted this image and realised that we really need a little space like this were I can watch the boys on the trampoline and ride their bikes about when Spring really does show it's lovely face.
Spring and Summer just make you come alive in so many ways.
I hope all of you who are in Summer right now are having a ball outside in the warm weather
...we are in for cold rain all weekend =0(
Have a lovely weekend wont you?
Spring seems to have lost its way here this year and I yearn for some sun filled days and the feeling that Summer is weeks away.
This reminds me that the floors need mopping and the windows need cleaning and I still have to finish painting our dining chairs. They have been waiting for about a year now it seems!
...and my office? Well that's another conundrum all together =0/
Ahhh....
These images have been in 'the file' for ages and have me wanting to get outside and pretty up our entertaining areas, but it will have to wait a little longer.
On another note, yesterday was Halloween as you are all aware. Not a big issue in our home and we don't do anything to celebrate this.
...we move any where, I imagine it to look like this! A beautiful white home, called 'The Beach House', with lush green gardens and water near by. I would have to be near the country side too, I would miss it too much.
I have trawled through these photos a dozen times and thought of what I would do to make it ours.
I love this room, but it is a little too white...I know!!! how could I say that??
As beautiful as this space is, art work would have to go up, wicker roman blind on the window, and white and cream Ironstone on the shelves. A little topiary Rosemary tree would be cute beside the window for fresh tasting Sunday Roasts...mmmm! Oh, and a tall cylindrical vase to act as a fish bowl for two black moor fish with big white pebbles in the bottom and a ferny plant inside.
Oh to rest in this room...heaven. Candles is probably all I would add here.
The more I look at this home, I am pretty sure I seen it in an Australian magazine a few years ago, yep...tore it out and it is in my file. I am stealing this idea for our Bathroom...the silver letters, maybe for a wall.
The backyard is bliss.
and my office/workroom would go in here! Maybe I would open my shop in there...how adorable....anyway, back to reality - painting!
Our friends across the ocean in NZ really do live a beautiful life. After seeing 
Each photo of the house is gorgeous. Like this little white cabana with its aqua pool.
They even give you a peek inside the cabana. That colour on the walls is basically the linen shade I want for our living room (if anyone knows what it is, please email me).
The couples' Daughter, Anna, moved to NZ from Sydney for 9 months to Project Manage the makeover. What a lovely job she has done.
Lots of milky whites, linen, Travertine floors and neutral shades make for one little piece of Heaven....off to read the rest.
This little hint of a dining room screams 'casual chic', and 
This is the porch of 
Her bathroom is just gorgeous and has been in my head recently while I ponder our bathroom reno. White with black accents and white washed wood...how can you go wrong?
This cushion would look lovely on a plump white sofa over looking the ocean. It is available from 
You know I want this all white ginger jar from 
Not only is the store beautiful, 
I can just imagine all of these in a 
The only thing that is missing from the photo above is a vintage look wicker basket full of kindling, like these from 
...and a bowl full of these gorgeous little white pebbles from 
I don't think it would be a 
..and would all these things make sense if there wasn't somewhere to kick off your sandy shoes and plonk down for an evening by candle light, the sound of waves and the ocean breeze sending you to sleep while someone else done the cooking...absolutely not!
As you enter, you would be welcomed by a small feature table with a simple, but beautiful mirror over it, to check your beach hair for foreign objects! Simple black and white photos of Summers past would adorn the wall. Definitely white washed floors for carefree living throughout.
Come Summer time, we would welcome it in by throwing the doors open, putting away the quilts and pulling out aquas, faded blues and greens and picking the wild flowers from our field which has come to life.
An all white kitchen that has some interesting features will be a pleasure to cook in. Bin pull handles on the drawers and small knobs for the doors in a brushed aluminium, loads of wicker baskets, wicker blinds and hints of fresh blue and white china here and there.
A wonderfully fresh beaded board bathroom, with either reclaimed flagstone flooring or lime washed wood would be perfect for sandy feet to be cleaned. Loads of wicker and simple finishes everywhere else remind you of where you are.
Still, I can't go past a white claw foot to soak a long days swimming away.
I must admit, our own bedroom is what I could imagine here in this virtual beach house. Except there would boat oars above the bed or a really peaceful and calm beach painting with straw colour grass swaying in the foreground.
My perfect outdoor room. Imagine having carefree Bar-b-ques and a glass of wine out here? I would take out the can lights (down lights) and just have hurricane lamps, candles and a white washed chandelier in this space.
..and what beach house would be complete with it's own boat ramp?