Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Our House”
I’ve written before about certain milestones that signify the one-way, no-turning-back transition into adulthood; purchasing a brand new bed (this is HUGE!), making a will, solving problems with wine, admitting that Friday nights in with Netflix trumps all etc, etc. Possibly preceding all other mature financial decisions is the realisation that we need to protect the things we love and …
The words ‘luxe’ and ‘organic cotton’ seem like a bit of a juxtaposition in general but in the case of these gorgeous sheets from Babu they are totally synonymous. Nix is still waking quite often at night, climbing into our bed and then commandeering the lion’s share of our king-sized bed. I never, ever imagined that I would wish we …
The past two weeks in New Zealand have seen Winter announce its arrival. It’s wet, thundery, cold, dark bleak arrival. Sigh. There are however, approximately three things I like about winter: coats, layering and a cozy lounge with an open fire. Oh wait. We have a gas fire grrrrrrr. I agonise over using our aesthetically pleasing, slightly less effective, non-wood …
If you’re talking about one ‘toy’ or piece of play equipment that just hasn’t disappeared from New Zealand backyards over the past 50 years, it’s undoubtedly the trampoline. Seemingly immune to trends, kiwi kids simply LOVE to bounce! In typical NZ Dad fashion, my first trampoline was made by my father who was an engineer. He carried me downstairs to …
My bedroom linens have been on my make-over-radar for a while now. I’m still in love with this pretty pastel mash-up featuring one of my fave Kip & Co duvet covers but unfortunately it’s suffered some major sun fade. And that BUGS me no end. We get almost all-day sun in our bedroom so a fresh white duvet is really …
Our dining room table was not a pretty guy and was really letting down the overall ambience of the dining room. I joke! I would never use the word ambience and mean it, I promise. Our table was a hand-me-down from Mum and Dad and was still in awesomely solid condition, but the original varnish on the top was thin and the finish …
Nixon’s arrival last year heralded a rather large sea-change in our family, albeit a wonderful one! Things like sleep can no longer be taken for granted so we decided to make what little of it we can get, into good, cozy slumber. That meant upgrading our tired old queen size for a delicious new king sized Sleepyhead. Oh. My. God. Why …
Oh my lord. This was one of those finds that I have hoped for, imagined in my home and finally scored! Waipu has quite the plethora of second hand shops, so I was really looking forward to some lazy browsing last week. As it turns out the shops in Waipu operate on Waipu-time, meaning they either don’t open at all …
Getting the nursery ready for our winter baby is requiring a little re-jigging in our house. Unfortunately we don’t have an empty room, painted in neutrals, ready and waiting to transform into the nursery of my dreams. What we do have is our office that we have to re-home. Dave works from home at least 50% of the time so …
Before Christmas I ordered the Turning Triangles Terrarium from UO and miracle of miracles it arrived unbroken! Planting it was a bit of a mission, I bent a teaspoon to use as a spade and lowered my mini cactus (found at The Warehouse) into position with a lasso made from a paper towel. I love it. Follow