Elle Decoration Nov issue

I was very excited last night to find out that my very own (well mine and my husbands!) bedroom has been featured in Elle Decoration UK, November issue - thats our lovely Spot in Caviar being "relaxed glamour"! Thank you Elle Deco and I cant wait for it to arrive in the letter box. 

What's inspiring me today

Im thinking of our next Winter 2011 photoshoot and Im very inspired by the golden glow on this ornate mirror topped off by the rustic wall - "vintage, modern, rustic"......

Pattern overload

One of the many things that struck me on my recent trip was how amazing the Spanish can mix and match patterning. These shots above are from just one little riad style house we stayed in a medieval villiage. 

hotel envy

After returning from Spain last week (and I havent stopped cooking Spanish food!) I have been going through the photos I took and I do seem to be obsessed with hotels but fair enough too! The above shots are from the Palacio de Villapanes hotel in Seville, one of the best (if not the best) hotels we were privileged to stay in on our trip. I was totally inspired, just amazing furniture and decoration everywhere I looked. The hotel is a renovated Palace in the cobblestone streets of Seville - oh Seville what a totally "cool" place, well cool in attitde not weather it was a stunning 45 degress! .....so glad the Melbourne weather has picked up! 

5 rooms Barcelona

The beautiful 5 rooms in Barcelona,  a perfect retreat in the middle of bustling Barcelona, I totally recommend it. The lovely Jessica has stylistly renovated 2 floors of a traditional spanish apartment in stunning earthy shades and fabulous furnishings - I was totally inspired. I loved the rustic exposed brick work and how she had mixed new with old. Our room had a typical woven sea grass rug under a beautiful natural wooden block side table and the simplist white linen. Perfect for our stay in the big city! 

Spain at last - Vincon in Barcelona

I have been lucky enough to travel to Barcelona and found the lovely Vincon store, which has been around for 60 years! Specialising in kitchen products, pots and pans, cook books, lovely linen tablelinen and anything to do with cooking, they also have a "kitchen con" section which makes very cool kitchens and they have a fabulous contemporary furniture department set up in the most beautiful building with an outdoor terazzo tiled terrace that had views of Gaudi's famous Mila apartments. Oh to have a store that had views overlooking the Passeig de Gracia! 

New Spring Summer 2010 Collection on line now

We are very excited to launch our brand new catalogue and website, the new Spring/Summer 2010 collection is online now! Make sure to check out the website and let me know what you think!