A Pretty House

I think this house is so pretty and charming. The all-white background is divine and I love the little hints of blue and pink and red and green.

All images via skona hem

Summer on the Otherside

One of the things I love about this time of year {Winter in Australia} when it comes to my magazine subscriptions is the beautiful Summer homes featured in my favourite American magazines. Even though we are a little lighter on this year without the likes of Domino to give us our hit, this month's issue of Elle Decor looks like it's a cracker!! Loving this house belonging to Scott Currie {Elie Tahari public relations} in Southampton, New York.

Pretty House

Amanda posted this gorgeous house yesterday so I don't want to steal her thunder however, I do really love this exterior shot with the billowing sheer curtains. Isn't it gorgeous? You must go and see the rest of the house on Amanda's blog.

Image - Country Living Magazine via Swish & Swanky Blog

Fun Fun Fun

My son would be in HEAVEN if this was our yard with that amazing trampoline and I as his mother would be in HEAVEN if this was our house...the yellow shutters are seriously beautiful...I'm in LOVE!!

I'm off now until next week. Have a great weekend!!

Images via Pink Wallpaper - Sixx Design

A Pretty White Cottage

Over the weekend I was having a little look on realestate.com and spotted this very cute house for sale in Clayfield in Brisbane. It has all the right attributes in my opinion - it's white, it's a cottage, it has a pretty garden and a pretty white picket fence...

House Hunting

If I was house hunting in Brisbane right now this house would definitely be on my must see list...

Houses To Die For

Well it seems my blog block may have almost passed...phew! Thanks for all of your encouraging comments!! Look at these beautiful old houses captured by Erika over at Urban Grace. She and her friend Annmarie recently packed the kids in the van and went for a drive around Boston to 'stalk' some of the gorgeous houses around the place and WOW is all I can say! Here are a few which caught my eye!! The top one is my favourite!

Inspired By Others

Gorgeous wicker verandah furniture via Nibs Blog {House & Garden}


A beautiful old white timber house from Country Living via This is Glamorous


Beautiful kitchen cabinet via Habitually Chic

Stencil Library via My Notting Hill

Felicity's little pink tutu twins - so gorgeous!!


Loved this via Urban Grace via Design Crush via ffffound


Beautiful wedding dress via {I can't remember}

I have been a bit busy this week and consequently my posts have been a bit light on so tonight {to make it up to you} I thought I'd show you some of the things I have loved lately from some of my favourite blogs. Thank you to all my favourite bloggers out there {and I have lots of favourites} for your inspiration....I am continually inspired by the beautiful things you post!!

Talking About Pretty Cottages...

How cute is this little cottage??!! I love the vine creeping around the windows and doors and that old iron sun bed looks like it would be a perfect spot to sit on a Sunday afternoon with a few favourite magazines and books!!

Image via Skona Hem

And Today I Love This Too...

And why would I stop at one "Today I Love" house when there's this gorgeous one too also from House Beautiful via The Inspired Room.

Today I Love...

Loving these 2 images from Skona Hem! They make me dream about Summer!

Nappa Valley Weekender

Loving this white timber house in the Nappa Valley as featured in House Beautiful. Apparently the property boasts the original 1940's ranchers cottage (revamped, of course), a big barn house and two tent bungalows! Wow, sounds (and looks) fantastic!!

More Mollies

A few weeks ago I posted a beautiful picture of a room at Mollies Boutique Hotel in Auckland as a link to a post This Is Glamorous did on Mollies. I recently stumbled across these images of the exterior of Mollies on Trip Advisor and felt I had to share them. Such a pretty building!! Enjoy!!

White Cottage Love!!

Two gorgeous white timber cottages via Martha Stewart swept me off my feet and took my breath away today...

Soft & Serene

Australian rug designer and importer Robyn Cosgrove's New South Wales Southern Highlands retreat is so pretty, graceful and serene. I particularly love her all white attic bedroom with the touch of pale pink which she says was inspired by the pale Savonnerie-design carpet from Romania. I also love the pink and white rhododendrons which frame the driveway and the white cottage - such a pretty and welcoming entry to this lovely home. Images via Australian Vogue Living.

Blog Browsing

After being away for a few days I had a lot of blog browsing to catch up on. One post which I really loved was by Habitually Chic on Ralph Lauren. She has featured lots of beautiful pictures of his Bedford, New York home. It is definitely worth a click of your mouse in Habitually Chic's direction. After I read the post this morning I actually emailed this picture above of his pool and pool house to my mum and as I said in the email to her my house is literally the size of his pool house and in actual fact it reminds me very much of my little house but of course without the huge grounds and huge pool and huge house just nearby!!

Happy Weekend!!

Wishing you all a very Happy Weekend! Here are some beautiful weekend cottages above from Nibs Blog. I definitely think I could have a happy weekend in one of these lovely cottages!!

Image 1 - Southern Accents

Image 2 - Cottage Living

Image 3 - Ralph Lauren's cottage Elle Decor

Monkey Cottage

How cute is this little white cottage (originally a one room school house) completely refurbished and decorated by it's Interior Designer owner John Loecke!! There are more pictures to enjoy over at Country Living Magazine and on John Loecke's website! Thanks Urban Grace for the link!

A Pretty Little Cottage

I love this gorgeous little White timber cottage which has just gone on the market around the corner from where I live. Every time I go to the supermarket I drive past this house and I have always loved it and then just last week I drove past it and there was a for sale sign out the front of it. Unfortunately this house will have to be someone else's as we just bought our house late last year and we are about to embark on a large renovation and I know it is going to be beautiful but I love this house too! My poor husband married me knowing I had an obsession with pretty houses and I think he almost has a heart attack whenever I call him saying "Oh Honey, you know that pretty house which I have loved forever and ever it's just gone on the market......etc. etc. etc." Does anyone else out there have an obsession with pretty houses and searching on realestate.com because let me tell you I almost think I have a severe problem!!!