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During the 1980's my family did the whole US country look, my parents built a house from the Southern Living architectural plans books  and surrounded it with cottage gardens.  Our home was filled with braided rugs, quilts, checked and plaid fabrics, travel trunks as side tables, coffee tables, as blanket boxes at the end of beds.   Mail boxes, decorative pieces and American pressed brass and tin lights were purchased and rewired. Even though most of that is gone now, a few things have stayed in our homes.  Us kids have travel trunks/blanket boxes and the old quilts are still used on cold winter's nights.

Looking at theses  images above just reminds me that practical, functional furniture will always find a home  in my house!

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Living in vivid colour!

It's been a tough week for Geoff with his eye surgery and his visions still isn't 100% 

It will take putting a contact lense back in for vision to be restored.

It's had me thinking about how fortunate and blessed I am with my vision.

Feeling thankful for the gift of sight! 

White Hot

I was in Sydney yesterday because Geoff  has recently had eye surgery 

and we had to return for a post op examination. 

It just so happens that the the Vision Eye Institute is in Chatswood, 

right opposite The Chase - perfect opportunity to get some Christmas shopping done!

We had coffee at Pattison's and walked past Pearsons Florist to get there -

the flowers were divine!

Row after row of beautiful colours and assorted varieties. 

If it wasn't for the fact that it was 39c/ 101f, 

I might have arrived back in Bowral with bunches of flowers.

Instead, I got picking.....

First four images from Pearson's Florist 

Sweet Temptations - Dash & Albert New Additions for 2012!

I can't contain myself!  I just had to share....

These a some of the Dash & Albert woollen micro hooked rugs 

that will be added to the Australian collection in 2012

Dash & Albert rugs just make you smile!

Happy Dash & Albert Customers

Hello Sarah,

Absolutely you can use the pic of our laundry room. I am a very happy customer!!!!!!  I'm delighted with the color, quality and durability of the rugs. The speedy delivery of the rugs was a bonus!!! 

This was a recent comment I received from a lovely American lady living in Australia 

Her laundry and mud room look fabulous with the addition of her 

Dash & Albert Framboise Cotton Woven rug & runner.

If you'd like to purchase this or any other products from the Dash & Albert range

just send me an email and I'll head you to your nearest stockist 

If they don't have what you're looking for in stock, I'm sure they'll look after you 

and order it in on your behalf

Dash & Albert's - Bed of Roses - Kaffe, Annie & Georgia

Walking in the garden the other day just after the rain stopped, 

I was drawn to the beauty of the roses.  I just had to photograph 

them all!  

It got me thinking about inspiration and where people get it from.

As you know I'm a fan of colour and I love the work of Kaffe Fassett, 

Annie Selke of  Dash & Albert & Pine Cone Hill 

and the American artist  Georgia O'Keefe.  

Just wish it was possible to sit and have tea with these three, 

unfortunately it's not to be but what a fabulous afternoon it could have been!

Thinking 

Colour, Patterns & Design

with Tea (of course!)

Dash & Albert's Bed of Roses  

Designed by Kaffe, maybe inspired by Georgia and made by Annie

Is available in Australia in four sizes

With stockists nationwide, send me an email and I'll head you in the direction.....