designed by love

I was recently approached by 'Ruffles and Cake' - a new local wedding magazine in my hometown of Townsville - to do a little story on me, my business and of course my beautiful husband and our wedding!

They asked me to collect special momentos from around my home which sent me digging through shoeboxes of maps, postcards and souvenirs from our South American adventure last year and our more recent trip to New York in February. Also featured are a couple of my White with Three art prints, a newspaper I grabbed in Dubai, paints and paintbrushes (and a watercolour pineapple I did a few weeks ago), my lovely leather shoes and polka jumper, a menu from my favourite restaurant in Melbourne Chin Chin, a yellow beaded necklace I got in Colombia and a gorgeous art work from my favourite artist Beci Orpin (see the bear print on the brown paper!)

Make sure you pop over and read the full story over on the Ruffles and Cake Magazine! Thank you Savannh and Skye for featuring such a sweet story! (flick to page 37 for my interview and page 95 to see my wedding photos)

Kimmy

lounge inspiration

Love the eclectic vibe and tufted button couch.  Source: Rue Magazine (June 2012 Issue). Photography by Marjon Hoogervorst.

Delicious mis-matching cushions. Source: Rue Magazine (June 2012 Issue). Photography by Marjon Hoogervorst.

Another tufted button couch with an eclectic vibe. Love the artwork on the wall - is it a Mary & Jesus painting? If so it's very South American and I love it. Source: Unknown.

I'm always so inspired by Vivian Mansour of ich & chi - this couch was a score off eBay! Too lucky.

Love the high arms and mis-matched cushions. Source: Brunch at Saks 

Tufted button couch with a more chic Moroccan vibe. Source: Coach Barn

Tufted button couch with colourful Moroccan / eclectic decor. (See a pattern happening here?) Source: That Bohemian Girl

Absolutely love this mixture of culture here - the Danish legs on that bench, the Moroccan/Indian-style cushions and the graphic artwork of Mary gives me a South American vibe! This is a look I'd really love to have in our home to show off all our treasures from around the world. See some photos from our recent South American adventure here. Source: Style Curator Blog

We have another small wall next to the couch and I'm thinking of finding a couple of antique chairs (perhaps even mis-matched) and placing them on an angle like this away from the wall. I think a small wine table could be nestled in between at the back or a tall lamp like that would make it a nice reading corner. Also LOVE the foot stool! I'm scouring eBay and Gumtree for foot stools at the moment! Source: Design Sponge

This is the actual couch we are getting! It has that lovely button tufting that I have a crush on but it's not too over-the-top regal and the beige colour will be a great canvas for splashing with colourful cushions and throws. This couch is the 'Tatler' from Oz Design. We have a very small wall available for the couch and this one comes in a two-seater which was the perfect measurement for our wall space. And it was on sale... yaow!

So this is where I'm at! We still have an empty lounge room as our couch is three weeks away... I just can't wait to start filling our home up with all these goodies so it starts to look like a home. All of these images (and more) are on my 'lounge' pinterest board so feel free to head over, follow me and see what I have in mind for the rest of our home :)

Kimmy