Today's Love

This photo sums me up in a nutshell..... it might be a bit old hat and not remotely hip and happening to admit, but I do love a good piece of sanded back furniture!  The two little prints over the green chair make me sigh with longing - I want to run to the hardware shop, buy paint and sandpaper and start attacking anything wooden!

Vintage Type

This vintage typewriter is up there with my best bargain finds of all time....  I talked the shop owner into giving it to me for $50 because of the crooked 'D' key - to this day I can't believe I pulled it off!  I often wonder what stories it has produced in its long life.  I hope so much that it was owned by someone wonderfully eccentric who smoked cigarettes through those funny, ornate cigarette holders and drank whiskey cocktails while tapping away into the wee hours of the morning...

Friday Photos

To celebrate Friday, here are a few of my favourite things....

One cold, rainy day this old suitcase came into my life and claimed me as it's own.... I found it at the Sydney Antique Centre amongst a whole pile of junk.  It was supposed to be for a job but I couldn't part with it so I brought it home with me instead - it has become my 'Suitcase of Love', housing all the little bits of loveliness I find around the place.

As I have mentioned time and time again, I adore seashells and coral..... I can't explain it so why try!

Old bottles are another quite serious addiction - I now have so many, I really have nowhere left to put them... except maybe lined up against the wall down the hall!

Today Must be Someone's Birthday

It's kind of a funny thing (and a very lovely thing) that despite today feeling quite ordinary to me, it must surely be a special day for all those people whose birthday is 25 June :)

Happy Days

Photos courtesy of I See The Moon Photography

Some days you just want to be a kid again, kicking around in the long grass with sun in your eyes and silly thoughts in your head.

Rainy Day Art Project

These birds are cut out from an old copy of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare I found in a 2nd hand shop - it creates a literary Catherine Wheel!

A Little Pearl of Peruvian Wisdom

I Want to be on HOLIDAY

I took these photos while on holiday in Nantucket....  For a girl who loves white paint and sea shells, you can imagine how much I adored every aspect of this island.  From the understated beauty of the grey and white buildings to the relaxed grace of the local style, it is a tiny haven of coastal perfection.  Sometimes if I close my eyes I can transport myself back there, riding a lemon yellow bike down a bumpy cobbled street, dodging huge white pots of fuchsia geraniums and feeling the warm sea breeze sweep over my sun-blushed cheeks.... ah, happy days kids x

Home Beautiful Story

The story I wrote for Home Beautiful came out this month and was featured on the front cover.  The home is owned by the very talented Bree Oliver of Oliver Interiors.  As you can see, she has a unique style that creates serious impact.  Check out Bree's blog apaddingtonperspective.blogspot.com.

White Floorboards

White floorboards seem to cast a strange spell over me.  Because the concept of a white floor seems so ridiculous on so many levels (cleaning, maintenance etc), I often wonder whether you would have to be certifiably mad to ever have one.  But the look...... my goodness!  

Pearl Pinkie & Sea Greenie

I found the book!  Amazingly I unearthed it amongst a whole pile of old stuff at my Mum's house.  Brings back so many lovely memories.  It was given to my brother and I by our next door neighbours and is inscribed "A favourite story for favourite children".

A Little Bit of Sunshine

Here are some shots that bring a little bit of warmth and summertime loveliness into my very chilly world.  The water shot reminds me of a book I owned as a child called 'Pearl Pinky & Sea Greenie' about two beautiful rock sprites who lived in the ocean....

I am a little bit obsessed with inspiration boards and walls - I love the idea of an entire wall covered with polaroids of pretty snippets.