Bowled over.

Now if this cupboard full of lovely colour didn't make you happy every time you walked past it, I don't know what would. These colourful bowls are literally smilling at me! :) To recreate this at home may I suggest these......

 ...equally beaming from ear to ear ceramic pottery by the very clever Samantha Robinson.

top pic. from here

Happy Friday. 

Oi, Oi, Oi.

I think this is the perfect gift for any Aussie ex - pat living overseas, don't you! What could be easier that buying them a poster and sending it in a roll? You might think Christmas is a long way away, but reality tells us that it will be here before we now it, so get to it! And for those Australians living in Australia? Just buy one anyway from here.

 Remember my trip down memory lane with Marimekko? We went to see some friends this week and look what they had.............

 Now that's my kinda sofa! 

When..........

.........we put a pool in, then this is what it will look like. Lots and lots of timber, decking, shingles and daybeds. 

I'm off to buy a lottery ticket.......

(please excust the quick post,  we are away from home for a family funeral)

Maybe it's all the rain....

we have had here that makes this winter bedroom seem so cosy and inviting? 

Or perhaps it is my love of tartan and plaid and wool. I'm not sure. 

I don't think I have shown you the view from the front of my house? 

This is what it was like only a few months ago..........

and now?

You see what I mean about all the rain. 

Ticked off.

There is something so charming about the simplicity of this bedroom that tickles me pink.  I think it is the use of ticking and the all white palette first and foremost, but it is the pop of colour from those stems in the vase that really make this room just the ticket! To say I'm really ticked off to not be tucked up in those sheets hearing the tick tock of the clock makes me simply fratic..k!

Book me in for Boot Camp.

If I had the inclination to attend 'boot camp', then this is the sort I would attend. 

Having Kathryn Ireland as my sargeant major would be a thrill! I would be happy to flex my muscles with this creative woman. Places are limited so 'HOP TO IT'.  

Check out all the details here or else drop to the floor and gimme 50 sit -ups! (he, he!)

Flower Power

If you were a child of the sixties........ cough.....late sixties......you will probably have had some part of your house covered in Marimekko fabric. Am I right? If not you, your best friend will have had matching blinds, curtains and doona cover in a joyously bright floral print. 

I don't think there was ever a time when my love of fabrics and patterns as bold as this ever wained. And now all my favourite Marimekko prints are available as wallpaper. Could this be any better you ask? 

And for the boys amongst us.......