How to transform an ugly, old wall into a striking mosaic garden feature? I have a genuine compulsion to smash plates and cover things!! My husband, Paul jokes that if you stand around for too long at our place you will get covered in mosaic! Mmm… that is pretty true so, an ugly wall in the garden was too hard to resist. Transforming the wall is one of the many garden projects we have embarked on since buying our late 1950’s brick home 6 years ago. The garden and the back of the … [Read more...] about Mosaic madness in the garden
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Raining red in Hobart
Oh My God! It's raining red, Hallelujah! It's raining red in Hobart It’s been pouring red actually, over the past 16 days due to the annual winter contemporary arts and music festival, Dark MoFo run by MONA. A few would say that Dark MoFo is a celebration of all things dark and sinister but I think it is a celebration of all things RED! It gets dark early here in Hobart at this time of the year, is cold and can be wet for days and on occasions, has smatterings of … [Read more...] about Raining red in Hobart
Getting real about Nature’s colour palette
Some inspiration and meaning on the 'TRUE' natural colour palette. It seems that every interior magazine, homemaker show or person you speak with is extolling the virtues of a natural colour palette. Various shades of brown, beige, latte, wheat, rust, charcoal, cream, white or perhaps with a little pale blue or a green seems to be the standard. But what is a natural colour palette really? So much more than this, as you will see! If you look back through history, all colours originated … [Read more...] about Getting real about Nature’s colour palette
Black is the colour!
How to make colours ‘POP’ by using the colour black A little diversion here from the colour black...I have always wanted to play the saxophone. For 20 years I have been ranting about how I was going to take it up when I turned 60 and be a “groovy granny” and form an all-girl geriatric jazz band. Thankfully, I was persuaded to take it up much earlier than planned! Two and a half years have now past and my little brain cells (which have never experienced learning to read music or play an … [Read more...] about Black is the colour!
Smashin’ Fashion from times past
Looking at my fashion from the 1980's and 1990's. I recently got the urge to drag out all my old fashion photo albums to do a bit of good old reminiscing. I was confronted by my various fashion incarnations, generally, beaming back from the pages, dressed in what I thought were “groovy outfits” (although, in some I was scowling and downright horrible!). Squeals of disbelief emerged from my mouth and emotions stirred in my belly! Bad hairstyles aside (and believe me there were … [Read more...] about Smashin’ Fashion from times past