Inspiration: {Lovely and Unrelated}

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Required Reading: {The Finest Rooms}

{The Finest Rooms by Thomas Jayne is an update of the 1964 edition and features rooms in a range of periods, styles and locations.  Beautiful!}

* 1stDibs

Inspiration: {Who I want to be...}

{Are you like me? Always seeing the beauty and uniqueness of other woman and wishing you could emulate them in some small way... then you'll love this photograph...}

* Little Blue Deer; discovered via Haute Design.

Noteworthy Cover

{Awestruck by the gorgeous interior that graces the cover of this book, by New York architect and designer Campion Platt}

* Read 1st Dibs' interview with the author and view a few stunning pictures contained in the book, here.

Spotlight: {The Allure of Style}

{some lovely photographs from Mary McDonald's first book, The Allure of Style...}

(Source, discovered via All the Best)

Inspiration: {Lovely, lovely books}

{This post actually has a purpose. I am about to share a bit of my day. Ready? Despite today being a cold rainy day, deplete of sunshine, I was actually feeling optimistic and I had an objective... to find a good book to read. The thing is I rarely read any more. Instead, I "treat" myself to reading two or three books during annual beach vacations. So I asked myself, why am I depriving myself of something I love and enjoy doing, even as a young girl...

 ...so off I went to the local goodwill store close to my workplace during my lunch hour. It isn't that I cannot afford to buy new books from a bookstore, I simply like the idea of recycling books and the money spent at goodwill goes to support people in need in the community...

...incredibly, I found four amazing books. They are: "Red Dust" by Gillian Slovo; "A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry; "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers and the one I am most looking forward to reading... "L'histoire de Pi" (The Life of Pi) by Yann Martel. I have never read "The Life of Pi" and when I saw the french translation of it, I had to purchase it...

...the images of this post are meant to convey my story... image 1) optimism, which I felt today as I set out to fulfill my objective; image 2) pleasure of curling up in a comfortable chair to read and image 3) an imagery analogy of where I hope these books will transport me to, foreign and exotic places.   Have a nice evening, as for me, I'm off to begin reading one of my books!

"Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and in the human spirit, where I hope to find not absolute truth but the truth of the tale, of the imagination and of the heart." ~ Salman Rushdie.}

Weekend Signoff :)

{leisurely sipping a herbal tea or browsing through a lovely bookshop to find the next hidden treasure are two possibilities for me this weekend, how about you? Before wishing each of you a lovely weekend, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to everyone who left a comment this week... thank you so very much. I would also like to welcome new followers, yay! And on that note, have a truly lovely weekend!}

(Source, Models Liu Wen & Mathilde Frachon by Benoit Peverelli for Elle China May 10 via
Fashion Gone Rogue.)

For the love of the Sweeds...

A few sundays ago my family and I took a day trip out to a wonderful part of Sydney called The Blue Mountains. It's one of my favourite places to visit, especially during winter. The air is so crisp and the autumn colours still present on the foliage is beautiful. It's a very old part of Sydney about a 3 hour drive inland from the coast. It has so much character with it's quaint cottages and