Soaking Up Summer

It's that time of year when the days start to warm up, the sun starts shining a bit brighter, and the days grow longer.

Summer is on its way, and it's the perfect time to start getting your backyards ready for long days laying by the pool, and summer parties.

Outdoor furniture is always the perfect finishing touch to a great backyard. Whether you have thousands to spend or just a few hundred, the choices are always there no matter your budget.

Its no longer the small and cramped wooden table, but a metallic weaved lounge with bright cushions, a simple yet classic Cape Cod style white wooden chair.

Before this summer have a look at your outdoor furniture, and update it with a splash of fresh paint and some bright cushions. Or splash out and buy something with a wow factor that you can enjoy year round.

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Pretty Gardens and Lovely Homes

I took these photos at an open garden day late last year. Each year PLC, a local girls school, organizes a fundraiser around the Peppermint Grove area. For a small donation local homeowners open their gardens allowing you access to some of the most stunning gardens in Perth. Each year different homes are selected. Mum and I do it each year and always look forward to getting ideas for our garden, and me in particular like walking around the suburb at the architecture of the homes.

Some of the houses are heritage listed.Upon the start of the walk you are given a brief overview of the history of the home in a pamphlet, which contains your map of the gardens you are to tour in the area with a description of each garden.

At lunch you stop at a house with a large garden for lunch. Coffee, tea, cakes, and sandwiches filled with an assortment of decadent fillings all for a small price.

These pictures were taken on my mobile phone so I do apologize for the bad quality. I cannot wait for the walk later in the year.

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Lights, Camera, Action!

Chandeliers are gorgeous in any room. I think they add a touch of class to a bathroom or kitchen, that is usually only seen in a formal living area.

Modern, or classic chandeliers are a classic addition to a space. Growing up, I remember my Grandparents enormous chandeliers in their dining room, and one in the bedroom, which was quite unheard of back then.

On the weekend I will be going to lots of garage sales, and a morning market on Sunday. I know I will probably find my way to a few antique and op shops along the way, hoping to find some gorgeous Chandeliers in the antique shops.

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Beautiful Beds

I have a love of bed heads. Leather upholstered, curled wrought iron, pretty florals, bright fabric upholstered heads. They make me want to have revolving bed heads for my bedroom.

At the moment I have a gorgeous black, wrought iron, curled bed head. Id love to have a cream, leather upholstered bed head, it would be a lot more comfortable, when I lean up against it to read my book at night.

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