We’re driving to Sydney tomorrow for the weekend – and cannot wait! I’ve already arranged the weekend completely around where we’re going to eat, where we’ll have drinks with friends, what sales are on etc. Poor Mr B won’t have a look in edgeways until the Waratahs game on Saturday night! I use to live in Sydney and miss food/wine desperately! First stop, dinner tomorrow night at Chiswick, Woollahra – if we can get a seat! Continue reading
I have (finally) created a facebook page for this blog – it was all getting a little confusing between my personal page and blog posts. So if you’re on Facebook and like my blog, please pop ‘like’ my “Emmy & Mouse facebook” page!
I picked up this chair at a local garage sale – the poor thing is in need of some love. But I love the rolling arms on the chair and think it would look very smart with a little sand and new fabric. Stay tuned!
I’m hesitant to post this, because I want to be selfish and win this REAL Eames Rocker myself. Ok, alright, I’ll share. Pop over to Lucy’s blog The Design Files by 10pm AEST today and you could win an Eames Rocker. I know, right? Did your heart just stop a little too!!
Some weekend, doing nothing is the best. Relaxing with new monthly magazines, pot of fresh Earl Grey tea and Greek Almond cookie, cocooning up on my lounge reading my new design books (Design Sponge, Domino) and smelling fresh roses from the garden. Ahhh, weekend bliss. How was your weekend?
Its bitterly cold and overcast outside today, and thinking of making French Onion Soup for dinner. Soup, a nice glass of Belgravia Syrah and some sourdough will be a perfect start to the weekend. Continue reading
Adore Magazine, whom I adore (lol!) is soon to launch an online homewares store Adore Home. So the gorgeous items you see in the mag, you’ll be able to shop online. You can read about an interview with Loni Parker at Interiors Addict here >
Image via Adore Magazine
The wonders of Pinterest has found me a new, gorgeous lifestyle blog – I feel so relaxed and dreamy looking at the beautifuly styled images. So inspired, I’m making Lemon Curd toinght (my mum’s favourite) and will attempt a hand painted linen tea towel. I’m visiting mum for the weekend and thinking these would be perfect ‘gifts’. I love that everything is quite simple and not overly fussy. I have added this to my Blog love and sure I’ll be popping by regularly. Enjoy!
Images via Everday Occasions
“Round and round the garden” – isn’t this the cutest name for this wallpaper – is one of Anna Spiro’s new wallpaper designs for Porters Paint. I love this wallpaper design (and styling) of the bedroom and would be quite happy to move into this Black & Spiro bedroom display! Continue reading
Source: thedesignfiles.net via emma on Pinterest
Pop over to the Design Files by 10pm AEST (Monday 14 May) for your chance to win a custom collage by Pia Blair, like the one above. Enter here >
We all need a little pomp and cermony is our lives! These delicious cushions are on sale at Temple & Webster >
Images from TW
I’ve started the arduous task of recording all the blogs and sites I love – and by ‘love’ I mean visit daily/weekly. There are SO many blogs and sites out there but just wanted to record the ones I mostly frequent. You can view my ‘Blog love’ list here. Most mornings, I log onto Twitter, Pinterest and check my emails, then quickly visit a few of these blogs. I still have a few that I haven’t listed. Have I listed a blog you love or can recommend a blog that you think I would love?
Hand made, high-quality cupboards, made from sustainable products AND endorsed by Prince Charles? The new, low-priced British Standard line by Plain English are just that. The Prince’s Foundation for Building Community collaborated with Plain English for the Home Show 2011 to design and make a sustainable, quality cupboard line that was available to ‘the masses’. To keep costs down, the cupboards are available in one colour “Broken white” eggshell, without hardware and designed to standard sizes. Customers order online, pick up and install themselves. Find out more about the British Standard Cupboard line > I’m loving the traditional features and non-nonsence design. Now just have to find someone in Australia to build something like this!
Images from British Standard
Aren’t these the sweetest gift tags you’ve seen? The very talented Claire from Fellow Fellow created these gorgeous watercolour gift tags, which would be perfectly adorned on any gift. And best of all, she is offering them as a FREE download. So pop over to Fellow Fellow and see the other gorgeous DIY projects and design inspiration.
Image via Fellow Fellow
