Today I Love...

Just a few rooms and images I am loving from Country Living Magazine today....

Don't throw stones at Glass Houses.

Image via Helen Norman.

This is the kind of glass house I have forever been in love with, but then I ran across this little number the other day and I died. Then I came back to life and could only imagine, what if this were my bedroom?

Image via Marie Claire Maison.

I am not a modern kind of girl but I am very into nature and it's beauty. Then yesterday while I was real estate stalking the shores of South Australia and found this gem.

Last three images via Domain.

WOW!!!!!! Put that bedroom on this property. I would just die again only to realize that I was in Heaven. Please talk me out of this amazing dream. Tell me that I would get sun burnt in my house and that the windows would forever be covered in sea gull poop. Tell me horrible things to convince me that this is a very bad idea. Tell me that people would throw stones at my glass house and I couldn't afford the insurance for stone coverage. I need to add another descriptive word to my profile "ESCAPIST". Enjoy, Heidi

Friday Flowers

It's been another big week and I am glad to be heading into a couple of days off with my boys. I am very excited about a few things I have in the pipeline which I will be sharing with you all very soon. This image above is a little sneak peek of what I am working on. Also, a reminder to anyone who may be interested in attending the seminar I am holding at the Reed Gift Fair in Brisbane this Monday at 11.00am. I hope to see some of you there.

Have a lovely weekend!!
xx
Anna


Image photographed by Elouise Van-Riet, styled by Anna Spiro

Closet Case.

Image via Flickr.

This I found on Ikea Hacker and it is brilliant. I am not a clothesaholic or a shoeaholic but I am a mirror and clockaholic, more so mirrors. Anyway if you have a prob. with the whole closet situation may I suggest this fabulous solution. Enjoy, Heidi

Ikea Hacker.

Ikea Hacker.

Ikea Hacker.

Lunch Outside

If only I had the energy to hold a beautiful Sunday lunch just like this one. I adore the concept of the floor rug on the grass and all of that wonderful upholstered furniture outside...


Image found over at M.A. Belle from Country Living

I love it when a plan comes together.

Image via Coastal Living. Float in Cottage.

As you can tell I cannot seem to shake this beach house bug, so I am going full force, full blown dream it up until every detail is ironed out. I figure that if we start with building the garage and add a second story to it, only 367 square ft. is all it would need to be. The following is my inspiration for what the garage apartment would look like. This is the Cabot Cove in Kennebunkport, Maine. It consists of 16 Beach cottages that were built in the 50's and renovated in a designer's challenge. 16 designers each had a cottage and a modest budget to work their magic and that they did.

Image via Coastal Living.

Image via Coastal Living. This one is named Float in Cottage.

Image via Coastal Living. This one is named Harbor Cottage.

If 367ft. is not enough for a garage we can add a screened in porch. The washer and dryer and can also be hidden in the garage along with all the fishing and beach stuff that seems to come with a beach house. Hope you enjoyed my brain storm for the first part of my Dream Beach House Plan. Heidi

Black & Spiro Today

Some more lovely things have arrived in the shop this week. My favourite piece is the Antique chest of drawers which you can just see the top of in the picture above. I snapped this terrible hazy picture as I was racing out of the shop tonight. We also have some really beautiful blue and white and orange and white ginger jars back in stock too for those who have been enquiring.