Apartment update :: bathroom inspiration

Now that I'm all moved into my apartment I'm starting to think about how I'm going to decorate it. One of the first things I'm going to do is give the bathroom a little update - I'm lucky in the sense that it has just been renovated so its all fresh + lovely; plus its a white, blank canvas with zero personality (= bonus for me!).


Because I've never had my own apartment before, I haven't had the joy of adding some decidedly feminine touches (aka pink), so without going too overboard, I plan to turn the bathroom into a chic, fun + colourful space that I know will make me smile every time I get ready in the morning!


Here's what I'm thinking so far...

1. Shower curtain // 2. Missoni towels // 3. Tilly Maison tray // 4. Soap // 5. Diptique candle //

6. Ceramic stool // 7. Peggy Wolf art // 8. West Elm rug.

Thank goodness West Elm ship to Oz now, otherwise this rug would have just been a fantasy. Oh and West Elm are also offering 50% off international shipping right now :)


Happy hump day friends!


Rachel xo

A new week + the beginnings of an inspiration board...

Welcome to a brand new week lovelies! How the weekend flew by; my day job has been keeping me busy so my workspace has seen a lot of me recently! I've started piecing it together so thought I'd show you a little peek and the beginnings of my inspiration board...

Hope your week is off to a brilliant start!

Rachel xo

Introducing Miss Marilyn...

Happy Monday lovelies, I hope you had a brilliant weekend!

I hinted last week that I had been working on a project featuring the gorgeous Marilyn Rubie Green fabric & today I'm excited to share with you my DIY headboard project...

I first had a crush on the Marilyn fabric when I saw Michelle Adams' used it for her headboard and I wasn't disappointed when the fabric arrived - it is even more gorgeous close up!

I followed this DesignSponge* tutorial to make it and I'm really pleased with how it turned out. 

Deciding to keep it the square shape, it definitely makes more of a statement in the room, but a very good statement at that!

Goes nicely with the IKEA Rast hack, don't you think?

Hope your week is off to a lovely start!

Rachel xo

Holiday decorating projects

One of the reasons I am looking forward to the holidays is that I have a whole lot of decorating projects I'm hoping to start. One of which is a gallery wall in the bedroom, above a little nook I created. I've ordered all of the prints online, so now I'm just waiting for them to arrive!


I've also been playing around with how to position them all, so I thought I would share this with you today.


The centre piece is this stunning painting by Leigh Viner - isn't she gorgeous?

Clockwise from L to R: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 

Happy Thursday lovelies!


Rachel xo