Soft Furnishings Blog Posts

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums out there! I just wanted to give a shout-out to our brand new sponsor Thea & Sami who design and hand screen-print fabrics and linen locally in Brisbane. We are so proud to be associated with such a f...

I love the textiles and wallpapers designed by Florence Broadhurst. There is something so luxe and flamboyant about her designs, which originally had their heyday in the 60s and 70s in Australia. Over the past decade or so the Florence Broadhurst co...

We did a quick trip to IKEA today...that is, with the kids in tow as it is the Spring school holidays. I know. What was I thinking? Since we've been busily working on the boys' room, we needed an extra IKEA wire storage thingy for the boys' built in...

I'm still banging on about how great Ipswich is...and I know that some of you have been sneaking out there to see what I've been raving about. Good on you! Anyway, here are a couple of the treasures I found. The first is another Japanese dolls head...

What a crazy busy week we've had. Hence the lack of blog posts from around here. It was nice however to end the week with a visit to Thea & Sami which is one of Brisbane's best screen-printing design studios. Thea invited me, and a few other Bri...

It's getting quite chilly in Brisbane as winter approaches. This usually means another wool blanket on the bed. I found this orange blanket at the local op-shop. I bought it purely for it's 'orangeiness' and also in honour of the 2012 Pantone co...

It's been mentioned out there in Blogtopia that to under-cushion is a deadly sin. It slots in at number two position, between Lust and Greed in the lifestyle blogger's bible. Retro cushions Beautiful embroidered fabric repurposed into a cushion...