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A New Blogging Site

Have you heard about Houseblogging.com?  Houseblogging.com is a new blogging community that features the news feeds of many home decor blogs.  You can see the posts of every blog that is a member in one place.From the site: Welcome to HouseBlogging.com, a new community site for all of us working on, blogging about, and looking for inspiration on all things related to our homes.  At

Veranda's House of Windsor

I don't know about you, but I can't wait for the official unveiling of Windsor Smith's latest project. Windsor is one of my very favourite designers (and if you know me, that's a big call), and she's really outdone herself here. In conjunction with Veranda magazine, and assisted by a few of her fabulous designer friends, Windsor has designed the most amazing property - complete with designer

Sweet Girl's Room: The Reveal

YAY!!!  It's finally done.  It's taken me a little while but only because some parts of this room had me stumped.  I didn't realize just how much space I had to fill before I started.  My daughter loves it so all the hard work has paid off.We started by painting the wall a fun shade of green.  The color is Japanese Fern by Behr.I found the bedding at Target and used the comforter as my color

Sweet Girl's Room: Name Art

Ever since my daughter was born I wanted her name on the wall but never got around to it.  This was my chance since I was starting from a clean slate.  I decided over her bed would be the perfect spot.I bought some white letters from Hobby Lobby (I think I'm in that place every week).  I was just going to hang them as is but I thought I would add some more colors to tie in the rest of the room. 

House of Turquoise feature

House of Turquoise is one of my daily must-reads. Without fail, Erin manages to find the most spectacular homes from around the world, and they all feature one of my very favourite colours - turquoise. So you can imagine my excitement this morning when I woke to find her latest post:My Sea Fan Series in Turquoiseas seen in the Stately Homes by the Sea Designer Show Houseroom designed by the very

Have You Seen It?

So I got the early Fall edition Pottery Barn catalog the other day and I am lovin what I see.  So many calming blues and greens.  And just the right accessories.  I'll take this mirror, coffee table, pillows...ok, everything pictured please. Check out this bedding.  Love it!  I could sleep for days here.I'm leaning more towards cooler colors in decorating our new home.  I was more of a red kind

Spring it on

It's cold and rainy here in Brisbane this morning, and just between you and me, I'm completely over winter. So, if I can't hurry Spring, I can at least indulge in a little virtual daydreaming, courtesy of Sig Bergamin.I feel better already.....