This past weekend my mates and I disappeared on our annual 'June Long Weekend Getaway', which over the years has included the charms and wild beauty of Sanbona Game Reserve and the chilly scenery of Tulbagh. This time, it was spacious Farmhouse Erika in Pat Busch Mountain Reserve that called our names, along with the equally friendly calls from Graham Beck, Springfield, ... Read More
All the Reasons Why I Love Little Boys’ Rooms
I am sitting here on a Tuesday evening watching a rerun of The Truman Show, and I realised that our lives sometimes tend to play out like another episode of our favourite show: get up, make sure the kids are fed, changed, cuddled and off to school, go to work, do a grocery shop, sit in traffic, make dinner, have a shower, go to bed... and repeat. It's so important to ensure we ... Read More
Inspirational Grey & Charcoal Home Offices
I worked from home today. And home, really wasn’t so much about being at home, but about being available to my kids (baby had his 6 month doctor’s appointment) and also to avoid being in the soul-destroying Cape Town for at least one day this week. It was rather blissful. But I ended up working in silence (is golden) at my parents’ house which turned out to be supremely ... Read More
Shades of Grey? An Update on Our Exterior Paint Job
So I've not posted for a week and a bit, but man alive, life is busy. Just trying to get out the door in the mornings with everything under control and having remembered to put on mascara is an achievement. Also just realising that getting out the door is enough of a pat-on-the-back moment that I can't get myself down for not blogging 5 days a week (because, really). But BIG ... Read More
In Renovation Heaven with Home Magazine
These past holidays when my family and I escaped to a little farm outside Bredasdorp, my hubby surprising bought - for himself - the new Home Magazine - Renovations 2016 Edition. Suffice to say that my mom and I simply devoured it during baby sleep breaks and toddler nap times and it has got me so inspired to start on some of our big ticket planning for 2017. The Home ... Read More