[image from Linda Cronin] 11th of November is Remembrance Day here in Australia, Canada and the UK. On this day, we choose to take a moments silence and to wear a red poppy close to our heart in supp...
Here in Australia we’re quickly moving into Summer and for our friends in the Northern Hemisphere, you’ll be heading towards Winter. More and more we’re waking up all hot and bothered in our Win...
Here in Australia we tend to claim anything successful from New Zealand as our own. Take Russel Crowe, Crowded House and Australia's Greatest Racehorse Phar Lap for example, however, those New Zealand...
We stumbled across this February 1976 issue of ‘Home Journal’ for just 40cents at our favourite op shop over the weekend and with and the feature article made us want to pull out our childhood mec...
During the Christmas sales last year we went on the search for the longest string of LED fairy lights we could find. We weren’t sure how we would use them but we knew that the first Summer in our ow...
Over the weekend, we were sitting outside with a cup of tea and enjoying the good weather. Then we noticed a black stream of ants traveling towards our house. There is only one thing that makes our sp...
What do you get when you cross a cabbage, metal pole, pill bottle, rose petals, knife, ribbon, roses, vintage knife and fork, mallet, plate and a pin? Click below to find out…...
The latest range of ‘Designers for Target’ features homewares by Jenny Kee. With two ranges, Opal OZ based on the striking colours of Australian Opals and Mali Oz based on the simple strength of c...
The latest issue of Australian Vogue Living has a feature on the home interior created for the up coming Baz Luhrmann film, ‘Australia’. We haven’t checked out the magazine yet, but will definit...
Having just broken a tooth, we’re feeling awful and teary. Thankfully there has been a bright light in this dreary day. These images from Melbourne based stylist Clair Wayman lifted our mood and got...
Name: Rachel Pitts Location: Footscray, Melbourne, Australia Size: 82 square meters [882 square feet] Years lived in: 3 years >> Enter Slideshow Rachel and Leigh’s home has a really open, genuine...
We were shocked and stunned when we calculated this today. By getting more sleep we will save $63,524 on our homes mortgage and have it paid off 5 years and 8 months sooner. Are you potentially losing...
We really enjoy the Australian content over at Desire To Inspire– especially Jo’s local real estate stalking. The other day she drew our attention to the above bathroom vanity and we’re been thi...
[images from Jason Loucas & Greg Natale] While we’ve planned our bathroom renovation and are about to start doing, we have got caught up in some amazing Australian bathrooms. From white to bright, e...
With it being spring here in Australia, all our vegetables are starting to sprout in our vegie-patch. However, insects are starting to nibble on these little growths! We don't want to use harsh chemic...
While useful, ceiling fans are generally ugly and the ones with a light attached can be even worse. When we stumbled across Fanaway we were surprised that we hadn’t seen this concept before. Fanaway...
When we were in our yard the other day- this is what we saw. A meter high mass of bees might have made us feel nervous if we didn’t know what they were doing. But you have to keep an eye on our flyi...
There has been a reoccurring discussion in our house ever since we moved in- “Can we have a rug and carpet?”. We have a textured carpet through the whole house [except for wet areas] and we plan o...
We have a confession– we’re still using store bought cleaning products. We’ve heard all the praises for vinegar and bi-carb soda but until today we hadn’t realised just how much money we’re ...
While we love living small and plan to do so forever, but sometimes it is nice to daydream about living big. The hottest piece of real estate on the market at the moment is The Walker House, located a...
We’re a big fan of our local Fabric Exchange. Not only do they have an amazing range of vintage and rare fabrics but you can also earn some extra money for any excess fabric you have lying around. Y...
We’re trying to convince one of our friends that he needs to do something similar to this. Living in a small studio apartment he’s after all the storage he can get!! While we would be hesitant to ...
We tried our hand at doing collages’ when we were at school and the results were rubbish. Anika Cook of Sneak Design puts us to shame with her handy-work. Anika’s work is both a combination of col...
We always enjoy having a day out at Ikea, but we cant help notice that not everyone has such a fun day. Every time we go to Ikea we hear couples, friends and families arguing about all kinds of measur...
We visited the Canberra Glassworks over the weekend and while there were a lot of great works, Jacqueline Knight’s pieces were outstanding. A one meter high solid green glass clothes peg dominated t...
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