Brisbane Houses

In my quest to find the perfect Queensland house I have another one that comes pretty close for me. My boys kept saying I want one with a swimming pool and that is their only criteria. But if I could I would snap this up right now and put a swimming pool in later.

Gwyneth Paltrow

I have long admired Gwyneth Paltrow, she always looks fantastic, has great hair, is a foodie and seems like a really cool mum, oh and has done some great movies too. So when I found out through http://renovationplanning.blogspot.com that she has a lifestyle website http://goop.com/ I had to have a look. Its fantastic, I love her fashion advise and really understand as a mum her article on a uniform http://goop.com/newsletter/3 from one of the newsletters. I have signed up to receive her newsletters and am looking forward to reading more.

My Two Little Indians

Cute shot of my two little Indians.

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has long been a dream destination for me with the Spanish food, beautiful architecture, great shopping and the list goes on and on. I have a file on it just in case I ever get to go but lately it seems to be coming out for other people and whilst I am very jealous I also can't wait to see what they find to add to my file. I would love to spend a day in the San Telmo Flea Market on Plaza Dorrego but in the meantime here are some of my favourite photos.

Photos from Vogue Living

The Tea Rooms at the QVB

For our work Christmas morning tea we went to the QVB Tea Rooms. The whole experience was beautiful including the decor. I can't wait to take my mum next time she is in Sydney, she will love it

Our New Stairs

Over the Christmas break my husband always comes up with a couple of projects to do, he loves building and creating and every holiday he can't seem to help himself. So this Christmas he decided to fix up our back stairs which were never really finished properly when we renovated and have always annoyed him. I have attached the before and after photos.

Cue is 40

I have been wearing Cue to work for as long as I can remember. They are turning 40 and have produced a book of snaps from throughout their 40 years, how sassy is this little number.

Photo SMH.com

Today I love - John Murphy

This morning Sebastian woke me up at 5.30 and as it is Saturday and I am feeling lazy, I put Saturday Disney on but we ended up watching the end of the US show Today. They mentioned John Murphy so after checking out the website I love these limited edition prints. At only $35US I think they would look really cute in my office.

Dreamy Dolls House

My beautiful niece is getting a dolls house for Christmas and I am buying the furniture to go inside. It made me think of this beautiful little dolls house I have had cut out for ages imagining one day I would have something similar for my little girl. But with two boys there will be no dolls houses in sight, today we have spent a lot of the day playing with cars, trucks more cars and more trucks. Lucky I have nieces.
Sorry I don't know where the photo is from but the writing on the bottom looks like Living Etc

Favourite Chairs

Today I saw the post from Anna Spiro from Absolutely Beautiful Things and love her living room. Her chair is beautiful, the fabric Divine. I have been on the hunt for two chairs for my living room although probably a little smaller than Anna's. Here are some of my favourite chair shots, I am picking the fabric although I still haven't found the right chairs yet.


The photo above is from Anna Spiro's Living Room with the beautiful chair.
I love the fabric on this chair, big stripes with lots of colour. Unfortunately I can't remember where I got this photo from.

I love these chairs and the fabric, actually the whole setting. This photo is from Dominomag.

These dining chairs are Divine, I love the use of the two fabrics. Gorgeous.

I love the simplicity of this one, a gorgeous chair in pale pink. This photo is from LivingEtc.

Cute Kids

I love the styling of these photos from Ouchclothing.com.au.

Christmas Style

I am ridiculously into Christmas decorating this year as my kids are the perfect age for it and love anything Christmas. I love these images from Domino mag to put me in the mood and they are in the same colour scheme as I am decorating in this year.

Christmas Wrapping

I thought I would make the most of being sick, I have wrapped up my Christmas Presents today while the kids are away. One of my sons asked for Mato from the Cars movie, I hate buying those plastic battery operated toys, but hopefully Santa won't mind. And my other son who is only 22 months asked for undies, very cute, he really wants to be a big boy like his brother. I am searching for cute undies, without the wiggles, or any other characters but it is proving hard.

Today I Love: Penguin Books

I love the covers of these penguin books, I hope they come to Australia!!! I could imagine a my whole bookshelf with all the classics looking this beautiful.

Lying in Bed

It has been a long time between posts and doesn't time fly. It is a beautiful sunny day today in Sydney and it is my birthday but I am lying in bed feeling very sick with aches and pains all over. Although I love my bedroom here are some of my other favourites while I am thinking of nothing other than a cozy doona, a soft pillow and a stylish bed.

1st Photo: Desire To Inspire, 2nd Photo:JayJeffers via Coco&Kelley, 3rd Photo: Tom Scheerer, 4th Photo: maison luxe, 5th Photo: chicshack, 6th Photo: Tom Scheerer, 7th Photo: Hotel Palaciodelos Patos, 8th Photo: Coco&Kelley

My Front Garden

In our small inner-city garden all the flowers are out which is so beautiful and the smell is amazing, currently we have jasmine, a jacaranda, cherry blossom, and gardenias blooming which is pretty much every plant or tree we own. This is the front garden, and my boys in their pajamas helping daddy do a clean up. Amazing how exciting gardening is when you are young.

Coco Avant Chanel

I can't wait to see this movie, two things I Love, Coco Chanel and movies with Audrey Tatou. But it seems we still have a while to wait in Australia.