Our home in House & Garden this month

You can imagine my excitement when we returned home to see our dining room featured in the November issue of Australia H&G Top 50 Rooms.

Of course the super talented Anna Spiro from Black & Spiro designed this gorgeous room (actually our entire house).

Oh how I do love our home!

Ralph love

There is nothing I love more then relaxing here after a busy day. My favourite place to sit is my blue and white Ralph (Island Key Floral) armchair. I turn all the lights out, leaving the pendant lights in the kitchen on low. I can see a faint reflection of light outside on the pool and it's just magical.

My other favourite piece in this room is the white table next to the chair. I found it on eBay for next to nothing, had it painted white and viola!

I'm on the lookout for some gorgeous artwork for that big blank wall too. Not sure what road I'll go down there though. I'd love a huge original piece to hang, just haven't found the one I love just yet.

Wonder filled weekend

Here's to a great weekend. We have a 5th birthday party to go to, so I've been busy today making a lego cake, a treasure chest cake and a heap of cupcakes!

For those of you who liked my last post with that gorgeous house that sparked my love affair with all things Hamptons, here is our home as it stands today. Looking forward to living through a few more spring and summer seasons, to help the garden on it's way. None the less, we love it all the same. It's a joy to come home to each day.

If you would like to see more of our home click here. Black & Spiro have just launched their website and we are proud to featured as one of their clients.

Image courtesy of Black & Spiro

House tour :: Part 2 :: Guest Bedroom and Ensuite

Welcome to my second home tour :: guest bedroom and ensuite. Thank you for the warm response you gave my first home tour post. Your comments were very much appreciated.

At little background about this room. Being the guest room, this was one of the rooms I decided we could scale back with regards to budget. We reused our master bedroom furniture in this room and added a wing back chair, side table, new lamps, new bedding and cushions and gorgeous ticking drapes. All of these items where selected by Anna at Black & Spiro. The lovely original oil paintings on the bedsides are by Canadian artist Janet Hill. I love her work and have my fair share of her work hanging here.

I've moved on from the style of furniture we reused and will most likely paint the bedside tables and might have an upholstered bedhead made down the track. But in saying that, I am very pleased with the result and it certainly has proven popular with our overnight guests.

The light that streams into this room is just beautiful. It is on the ground level and just to the right of the front door. It is our kitties favourite place to lay in the sun. There is also a little landing off the french doors which I'm searching for an old chair and table set to place there.

I adore the powder room. It houses a larger shower & WC. When selecting pieces for this room, Anna certainly converted me into being a "furniture in bathroom" lover. I find all too often that bathrooms are stark and not warm and welcoming. We visited the New Farm Antique together and purchased the wot not stand. I wasn't entirely convinced at first, but after it was painted I was in heaven. I just love it!

I also think the old display cabinet Anna found on eBay is a gem. We had a piece of mirrored glass placed in the front door and painted it white. It's the perfect medicine cabinet. It has loads of character and charm.

I found the little old barley twist stool on eBay and had it upholstered in a fabric Anna selected. There was just enough fabric left over to make two little scatter cushions that now sit on the guest bed.

And last but not least, I always 'try' to have a little posy of flowers in the powder room. It certainly makes you feel cheery when you walk in!

Hope you have enjoyed my second home tour.

Coming home

Yesterday we held Terry's funeral at the Sunshine Coast. It was exactly what Terry wanted. He was such a fine gentleman and we will dearly miss him. But he is now with his dear Bing (his wife). They still held each other's hand. He still opened up every door for her (and me!) and pulled out our chair when we sat down. He was a true gentleman. We drove away knowing that he was at peace. It was perfect.

While we are away, Anna Spiro was busy adding her trademark beautiful finishing touches to our home for a photo shoot (more to come on this later). When I walked through the front door this is what I was greeted with. It was like the flower fairy had visited!

Coming home to this was the perfect end to a difficult day. Thank you Anna. I know they are only flowers, but they helped cheer us up a little.