What is it about luxurious textiles? They make my day. Every time. xx
First image from This is Glamourous, second image from Everything Fabulous. x
All about the fabric...
First image from This is Glamourous, second image from Everything Fabulous. x
A few pretty things...
Here are a few details of Nicole's gorgeous home and beautiful, beautful teacup collection.
I think this is where my love for them has come from. Whilst unfortunately I don't have as many little beauties decorating my home, I find that drinking tea in anything else but a teacup just doesn't taste the same.
What I particularily love about Nicole's collection is no two are the same, each has a different meaning and was collected at various times in Nicole's life. She also never uses the same teacup each day and rotates each of them so they all receive equa amounts of love.
Kellie xx
Photos by Kellie Collis for Ada & Darcy x
Who lives here?
What an elegant interior with all that white and cream. And those cherry blossoms are divine which reminded me, not too long before they will be available at the flower markets.
The practical woman in me thinks, whoa now this is beautiful, but how on earth could anyone possibly maintain something like this? And it made me think, I wonder who lives here? A person who spends limited time in here but loves to come home to something fabulous? Or perhaps someone that is lucky enough to have a cleaner or clean themselves religiously? Or perhaps it's someone who has mastered the art of being pristinely clean at all times...
Regardless of who lives here, it's incredibly glamourous. Although, let me just confirm, certainly myself, Luke and our 2 dogs sadly wouldn't be welcome! Kellie xx
Images from Laura Day via Pink Wallpaper
A beautiful long weekend!
What a lovely weekend. Thank you to Nicole, Ashlee, Bethany and Breanna for a weekend full of love, laughs and fun.
I thought I would show you a couple of flowers from Nicole's beautiful garden. Oh and her teacup selection which is ah, shall we say, quite extensive... Gorgeous!
I will post a couple more of her tea cups tomorrow. Kellie xx
I thought I would show you a couple of flowers from Nicole's beautiful garden. Oh and her teacup selection which is ah, shall we say, quite extensive... Gorgeous!
I will post a couple more of her tea cups tomorrow. Kellie xx
Photos by Kellie Collis for Ada & Darcy x
A gorgeous substitute...
I didn't quite make the flower markets this weekend. This is beautiful in it's place. x
From Hayley Johnson x
Where did you come from?
Turns out today is my birthday!
Have a lovely Saturday everyone... Kellie xx
Have a lovely Saturday everyone... Kellie xx
From The Cupcake Company x
Friday joy!
I adore the anticipation of Friday nights... Waiting for it all week then knowing that you don't have to wake up early for work the next day. The simple joys in life. Have a beautiful weekend! Kellie x
Purple did you say?
Two fabulous things - both gorgeous colours. Ah, I can never go past a feather or two either... Kellie x
Home made caramels...
I saw this posted at Cupcakes and Cashmere and it reminded me of the divine caramels I had at Rockpool for dessert recently. Oh they were so delicious. Everyone thought I was weird ordering caramels for dessert but when I shared them around everyone else had food envy. I must, must, must try these at home! Save me heading out for dinner to enjoy them. Kellie x
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, more for greasing pan
1½ cups heavy cream, preferably not ultrapasteurized
2 cups sugar
½ cup light corn syrup
Pinch salt
1½ teaspoons vanilla extract, optional.
1. Lightly grease a 9-inch-square baking pan. Combine all ingredients except vanilla in a broad saucepan or deep skillet and turn heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves.
2. Mixture will bubble and darken; when color is dark beige and mixture measures 235 degrees on a candy thermometer, it is butterscotch sauce. (Use immediately or refrigerate for up to several weeks; warm in a microwave oven or over hot water to soften.) To make caramels, keep cooking and stirring until mixture is even darker, nearly brown, and measures 245 degrees (or until a piece of it forms a firm ball when dropped into a glass of cold water).
3. Stir in the vanilla and pour into prepared pan. Cool, then remove from pan in a block and refrigerate, but not for too long - what you want is a mixture cool enough so that it's not too sticky, but not so cold that it's solid; this is the easiest state in which to cut and wrap.
4. Use a sharp knife to cut caramel into pieces, then wrap each square in waxed paper or plastic wrap. These keep for weeks, especially if refrigerated, but are best eaten fresh and at room temperature.
Yield: At least 50 caramels.
Recipe from here. x
Something else bright for today
Sadly this is not my bathroom with that divine wallpaper, it is however my last day of work for this week so I am celebrating! Flying off early tomorrow morning to Brisbane and then Toowoomba for the weekend! Kellie xx
From House Beautiful x
Pink inspiration...
I just can't get enough of pink, really. I don't wear it at all in my clothing, just love it through interiors... Perhaps though with these beauties I could start incorporating it more into my actual wardrobe... Kellie x
LOVE this...
Such a lovely little collection of things... The poster, the roses, the lamp, the bowl and the art in the background. Full of style. Kellie x
SALA CEBRA ZEBRA LIVING
Una sala de color blanco con un acento en verde limón. La decoración de la sala tiene motivos de cebra con unos bellos sofás. Se trata del modelo Taylor de Diotti que cuenta con un sofá de diseño con unos brazos que hacen que sea original y fascinante. Me encanta el cuadro de cebra y la alfombra con estampado de zebra.
Descrizione: Taylor è un divano riconoscibile per il design dei suoi braccioli che lo rendono originale e fascinoso. Disponibile nelle versioni a 2 o 3 posti è inoltre possibile comporlo liberamente e completarlo con cuscini.
Materiali: Divano sfoderabile disponibile solo in tessuto.I cuscini sono in lattice.
Fuente: arredamentidiotti.it
A fabulous little project to get the ball rolling...
I am very lucky that after my "day" job, I can come home and work on projects that really make me happy and fulfill my hopes and dreams. I have just started to take on small jobs and this one is for a lovely client who has entrusted me to give this old antique chair a facelift.
This beautifying treatment will include some beautiful fresh white paint and we have decided on the Rubie Green East Village fabric in pink. I can't wait to show you the result. We will also be using this same gorgeous fabric for some cushions and lamp shades for their guest bedroom. Kellie xx
Floorboard art!
What a beautiful way to decorate the home from the floor up! Perhaps when I get sick and tired of our new floor boards I could take to them with a paintbrush, shame my artistic skills are less to be desired... And then when I was tired of that, a couple of coats of white paint would do the trick. Kellie xx
From Home Beautiful Magazine via Brabourne Farm. x
Needing a good clean...
My Mum is a lover of all things new, me, well I like a bit of both. Imagine my delight when she remembered she had stored a whole lot of vintage china and silverware from her Great Uncle's home that she really wasn't that interested in keeping for herself. She must of somehow known one day this would be right up my alley as she kept it all for me for years and years...
It's definitely not the kind of thing Mum would use to style her home with and was delighted when I was over the moon to see it loved in our little place. Three gorgeous little silver jugs are now gleaming in my home. Each of these were so black from not being cleaned for years and years but just with a little love and silver cleaner, they have come up beautifully.
I have shown you one here and will share the others with you all shortly. Kellie xx
The simplicity of making an impact...
Loving the headboard fabric and that gorgeous wallpaper. To me, these are two examples of how adding something simple can have such a profound impact on a space. Beautiful. Kellie xx
An elegant, classic Sunday look
What beautiful interiors. Elegantly finished, styled to perfection. The soft furnishings here are what makes these work so beautifully. In each room, there is something there that catches the eye, something interesting, something that still is aesthetically perfect. What timely inspiration for my Sunday. Kellie xx
Foggy beauty
The mind is foggy, I have to get up out of bed.
Still it's a Sunday so that makes it ok. Possibly my favourite day of the week. x
Image from Everything Fabulous x
A meal to remember...
I am absolutely no food critic however I have to say that I had possibly the best meal today I have ever had. I went to Bird Cow Fish in Surry Hills (for my international readers an inner Sydney suburb) and ordered the gnocchi with prawns, burnt, verjuice and crispy sage. Oh my, it was absolutely amazing and I would never normally order gnocchi! I was sad when I had eaten it all!
If you have not already been there, please, please go and try it and if you have been and didn't select the gnocchi, you must return. Delicious.
I'm planning on when I can return for round two. Wow, wow, wow.... Kellie xx
Table styling from Style me Pretty.
A decor lesson for my husband...
Seems my husband who really doesn't have the same love for interiors had forgotten what the Ghost Chair was. Silly boy!! Here is an example of how gorgeous they are. Beautiful. Just what I need for my desk too hint hint haha!! Kellie xx
A Plum Pretty Sugar kind of day...
I have to say I just love the Plum Pretty Sugar range! The prints are divine and the styles of just gorgeous. As well as beauties such as these they also have beautiful lounge pants that I just adore. When i'm at home, I wear lounge pants just like those all the time. Who needs jeans when you can wear gorgeous prints and feel so comfortable and relaxed at the same time...
I am delighted to let you all know since I just love Plum Pretty Sugar so much (I posted about it here months and months ago too) and so happy to share Charlotte's gorgeous designs with you all, we have teamed up for a giveaway in the coming weeks. Giveaway you ask!? Yes, I know this is my first one! And I must say I am delighted to be able to have such a gorgeous designer to work with.
Please stay tuned details are to follow... In the meantime take a dreamy trip into the Plum Pretty Sugar world. Just like me, you will love Charlotte's beautiful work.
Have a sunny and happy weekend. Kellie xx
Having to be resourceful...
Times are tough. My garden of flowers is almost non-existent. It's kind of in between season, too early for my annuals like sweet peas so i've had to become resourceful and see what I can find around my garden. Still, any flowers are good flowers to me.
Think I really need to make a trip to the flower markets and find some lovely roses to keep me happy over the weekend. Kellie x
Waving my light fitting wand...
I saw this image today and it reminded me of a house I see every day and each time I look at the light fitting I just wish I could put something else in their beautiful home. It's one exactly like this one here and personally I just don't feel it does the house the justice it deserves. It looks to me as though the designer choose it as it was the 'fashionable' thing to do at the time. Don't get me wrong, I love fashion and I actually think the light fitting would look perfect in the right home, just sometimes I don't think fashion applies to every possible design opportunity.
It's such a lovely home and the people who live in their are just a delight so I actually feel bad every time I look at the light and wish that I could wave my wand and swap it for something else. The home needs some thing fabulous and industrial like a big cluster of different sized glass ball light fittings, hanging together by metal rods. And at night time the lighting feature will look grand and stylish and fit perfectly with the home's aesthetic.
Does anyone else have the same thoughts to me around "fashionable" things and everything having a place? Perhaps i'm also being a fuss pot... Kellie xx
Another job nearly ticked off the list
I was very excited to finally hear my sample floorboards are on their way to us. I have chosen a gorgeous dark chocolate brown colour that I will share with you all as soon as it lands in my hands! They are similar to those in the pictures, possibly a little darker - just like a coffee bean.
They have a reasonable amount of gloss on them to give them a glamourous, stylish look but not too much that they will show up every scratch and bump. And, anyone who knows me is well aware of how clumsy and accident prone I am.
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