Love at first Site

TRY

www.ikeahackers.net

A worldwide network of clever people who personalise their Ikea purchases and post the results online. You will be amazed at what they do.

www.sayyestohoboken.com

Liz Stanley's charming blog features quick and delicious recipes, fashion and craft ideas - from sewing pockets into dresses to decorating glass jars.


BUY

www.shophorne.com

An American mecca of unique , style driven homewares.

www.fatherrabbit.com

This New Zealand based site has beautiful, vintage inspired treasures such as tin measuring cups, linen and gardening tools and much more.


BE INSPIRED

www.apartmenttherapy.com

If you are stuck with a small space bookmark this site, make yourself a cup of tea and spend hours ogling stunning departments in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and beyond.

www.delightsbydesign.blogspot.com

This blog features gorgeous photography of homes from around the world - original design ideas, products and upcoming trends.

Courtney Cox's new home

Well it's been a while since I have been inspired clearly! However, now I am looking for some interior inspiration.

I saw these pictures of Courtney Cox's new home in LA in Elle Interior and I really love the simplicity and spohistication of the design (all her own doing apprently). Grey, white and black are my new colours too so I thought I might borrow a few of her ideas... what do you think?

Do you like it or do you think it lacks a little personality and colour?

Happy

Australia Day!

Melbourne definitely inspires me.

I spent it at St Kilda, It is something else. An inner city suburb, with its own beach, fun park, theatres and the best cafes and shops around. Enjoy some photos.

My new neighbourhood

My new neighbourhood for the next three months is in an inner city suburb of Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia.

The suburb contains an eclectic mix of expensively converted warehouse residences, public housing high-rise flats and Victorian-era terrace houses, along with a lively retail sector. The suburb has a vibrant and popular Little Saigon area just around the corner from where I live where there are small fruit and vegetable markets and many Vietnamese restaurants and grocery stores.

Here are some photos of my neighbourhood. 2011 is the year I have set aside for living differently and while its stretching me and pushing me outside my comfort zone its exactly the mid-life change I need and will expand my horizons in a positive way.



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1. The side lane where I live. 2. In a converted warehouse at the end of the lane 3-8. Which is an amazingly quiet and peaceful place to live 9. Here, you walk everywhere or take trams. Luckily this tram stop is at the end of the laneway. It takes me to some of the best shopping districts I have ever seen. No doubt I will be fitter and poorer after this stay.10. One street away from where I live is Little Saigon, where I am being educated .....and confronted.....on many, many levels.

Oh the shopping in Fitzroy....

Fitzroy is home to Melbourne's bohemian culture. Its streets contain an edgy mix of alternative, artistic and trendy elements.

Colour of 2011

"Honeysuckle" is the color of 2011 chosen by Pantone Color Institute, the research arm of Pantone Inc., the company that largely sets color standards for the fashion and home industries.

So what colour is Honesuckle?

Really lovely! Now if I can only give up wearing mainly white, black and grey I might give it a try.

What do you think?

Lofty heights

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Jane Fonda is selling her gorgeous loft in Atlanta given she has resumed her acting career in Los Angeles.

I just LOVE this loft. It's so feminine, curvaceous and timeless. Totally my cup of tea, and I would move in tomorrow, just a shame about the seven figure price tag....