Fabrik – clothing with a conscience autumn/winter campaign styled by Stefanie Ingram and photographed by Luisa Brimble Fabrik’s autumn/winter women’s collection is beautiful; a [...]
When we moved three months ago we never intended for the children to share a room. Like our old house, we have three bedrooms, so it seemed natural to replicate the sleeping arrangements. But [...]
Freshly squeezed juice is a staple in our home, not least because I can hide a multitude of green vegies amongst sweet in-season fruits. When fussy eating is rife I find much contentment in [...]
Moving house so close to Christmas proved to be expensive beyond my expectations. Despite the fact that we only moved ten minutes up the road and did most of the moving ourselves, the costs added [...]
Confession: when we were looking at rental properties late last year I completely dismissed the house we now live in. My imagination often needs encouragement when it comes to making something [...]
From an environmental, economic and aesthetic perspective, indoor plants tick all the right boxes. Perhaps the quickest and easiest way to inject some verve into your home, indoor plants are the [...]
Creeping out of holiday mode is a little difficult when you live in a holiday house. Regardless of the fact that it’s our permanent home, the laid-back nature of our local area isn’t [...]
This story begins at Christmas time 2013 when my Dad built me a stand-alone vegie box out of recycled materials – timber and offcuts of corrugated iron. It was easy to assemble and pull [...]
It’s becoming increasingly clear that if I want to get anything done over the next nine weeks, I’m going to have to embrace a summer siesta. The week of Christmas was quite mild; [...]
this is a sponsored post After growing and birthing two babies and working with hundreds of pregnant and post-partum mothers over the years, I wholeheartedly understand the importance of a strong [...]
The distraction of an overflowing letterbox – of the real or virtual variety – can create all sorts of mental chaos. Over the past year I’ve managed to cull the amount of paper [...]
a vivid, Australian festive palette; hibiscus flowers and Christmas bush December is only a few days away and as the hype sets in, it’s good to come back to our intentions. It’s so [...]
