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Thank you to everyone who supported this blog since it first began in 2008. We ceased publication in 2016 but keep these posts for you as an archive of inspiration and information.

She Wore Blue Velvet

She Wore Blue Velvet

In my family we have a little habit. Some would call it a bad habit, I prefer to think of it as an eccentricity. We sing about everything. Yes, you read that correctly, it is often like a broadway disney mash up over here. Every little thing that triggers a line from...

Don’t Look Back

Don’t Look Back

As vintage lovers, we spend much of our time looking backwards. Backwards into the history of pieces we love, romantic, nostalgic versions of the past. We live for a great part, in our memories. It is habit forming and perhaps not the best of activities for those...

Treasures of Dubai

Treasures of Dubai

One of the best words I can use to describe Dubai is “Surreal”. The way the light hits the buildings, bleached of colour and towering in stature. The grandeur in its clean and tidy splendour that feels simultaneously ancient and new. Although it has a long and rich...

Seventies Summer

Seventies Summer

The great irony in building my amazing pool and outdoor area, is that I'm not a sunshine kind of girl. Like all we porcelain white ladies, I burn to a crisp as soon as I look at the sun, so my idea of pool side glamour is very much the over the top, not getting wet...

How to Declutter. Minimise to Maximise your life.

How to Declutter. Minimise to Maximise your life.

As I stood looking at it all prior to Christmas, I realised something, that light bulb went off. I don’t actually need to declutter. Clearly, the “definition of insanity is doing the same things time and time again and expecting a different result”. What I actually...

Tell Me A Story

Tell Me A Story

I’m not a resolution maker; I like to question myself all the time. I’m also a hoarder, a dreamer, a hedonist and an impulsive decision maker. Some of these things are good, some are not. As a vintage lover and collector, it is so hard to let go of anything in my...

2015 The Year of Living Bravely

2015 The Year of Living Bravely

Like every year, this year seems to have taken place at warp speed. Barely a moment to pause and reflect, barely a moment to take stock of where life is taking you. Over the last month I have stopped to ask myself one question; are you headed to where you want to be?...

Daily Outfit – Retro Swimwear Style

Do you know what this picture means? It means we've finally finished our pool project! Yes, there is still quite a bit to be done on the landscaping front, but the epic project that has been removing the old garden and putting in a fabulous, classic style pool is...

Happy Holidays Hang Out

Happy Holidays Hang Out

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Happy Holidays my friends! While it seems the year has passed almost too quickly (once again), it has been a particularly memorable one. One in which I've learnt a lot about myself, about how we all see each other and how much...