Spring is about to be sprung

It has been a cold and grey winter here in Melbourne town.  Spring is finally about to be sprung, and I could not be happier about it! Below are some pictures of a colourful little table scape in my house that has helped me get through this cold Winter!

View to kill

I think it would be a truly horrible thing to live in any of these houses. I fear if i did, I would be rendered totally useless. I wouldn’t leave the house, but sit and just stare day and night. I’d have nothing further in my life to aspire to, I’d...

Pressed metal. Its a thing

I have been shyly flirting with pressed metal for a few years, seeing it here and there, every know and then. Recently my flirtations have blossomed and I think I am ready to say the big L word! I LOVE LOVE Pressed meta! -especially when it is painted. I think it is...

Paper cuts and Mintie wrappers.

I remember the days of being a kid and spending endless hours, mostly on school bus trips, trying to make a the worlds longest chain out of a Mintie lolly wrapper! (I think it was the teachers ploy  to keep us kiddies quiet and busy!) Hmm…I wonder if they still...

Sundy cookups and the dream kitchen…

I’m in a rare mood (for me!) for a little cooking today and being a Sunday, thought I might do a little ‘Sundy’ roast for the fella and I! I couldn’t help but be inspired to cook up a storm today after seeing this brilliant stop motion clip...

Designer Crush – this one could be love!

Marc Newson is a rather clever fella! I remember the first time I heard his name, Madonna was lounging upon a cool metal loungey chair that looked oddly enticing in a ‘who cares about comfort’ type way in her film clip ‘Rain’. Apparently an...

I’ve been Winked!

Thank you to the gorgeous blog Desire to Inspire for winking (Weekend Link) me! As a newbie to the blogosphere it is very exciting to share my thoughts on the design world and even more exciting when others read those thoughts of mine! Thanks again Kim &...

This one goes out to the computer nerds…

We stare for hours on end at pixels on the computer and TV, now add the sofa! “Pixel Sofa” by Royal College of Art graduate (UK) Cristian Zuzunaga I dig it! Must be said: Written with love for the computer nerds amongst us – Especially my...