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 [...]
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 [...]
I still have work to do before I’m officially on holidays but yesterday morning we woke and basked in the promise of six weeks without school. Come midday the word “bored” was [...]
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 [...]
The key to maintaining some semblance of sanity during the moving and setting up of our new house is a simple one; create one clean, clear, tidy space and look at it when everything else is in [...]
/ these rambling pink roses grow along the side fence in our backyard / I couldn’t think of a more perfect book for this stage; it’s the ultimate reference while in the midst of [...]
There’s a lot to be said for a house with hydrangeas, Christmas Bush and frangipanis growing in the garden. We’ve spent the past few days at our new place; making plans, organising [...]
I gave in to temptation whilst packing Poet’s books today and opened a few of my favourites. Beautiful stories and whimsical illustrations; so many of my motherhood memories etched into [...]
Moving house whilst pregnant with third child; it’s interesting, to say the least. Regardless of the weight in my belly and the persistent need to sit down and take a breather, it feels [...]
How interesting that the inspiration behind this series is no longer a seasonal cleanse but a lifestyle change. So many of our friends have suggested that we buy the house we’re currently [...]
