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Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
Australian houses, from architectural masterpieces to suburban family homes, Victorian terraces, mid-century marvels, coastal shacks, city apartments, and everything in between.
Award-winning Australian architecture, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top architects.
Award-winning Australian interior design, inspiring homes, and interviews with Australia’s top designers.
In depth features on Australia’s most beautiful gardens and landscape design.
Studio visits with Australia’s most talented creatives, from artists to architects, ceramicists to stylists, furniture makers to lighting designers.
Studio visits with Australia’s top artists, and unmissable art exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and beyond.
Weekly recipes and meal ideas from our favourite cooks, authors and foodies.
Unique travel destinations, design-led accomodation and day trip ideas in Australia and New Zealand.
As part of Letitia's Guest Blog this week, she is offering 2 of her signed A3 prints to giveaway (you can see the lovely works here)! All you need to do is leave a comment on any of Letitia's posts this week before 10pm Thursday 26th of Jan. The 2 winners will be drawn at random and announced on Friday. Thanks Letitia! -Jenny x
Fear not the Spider, the bite is in your mind. Or in my mind, shall I say? It's always my imagination that keeps me up at night, I imagine lovely things like colour palettes, design hotels, typography, luxury homewares I can't afford! But I also imagine horrendous terrible scenarios too! My imagination - what a gift and a curse!
Last week I found myself at the emergency ward of the Alfred getting x-rays and tests for something quite unusual. My imagination was running wild, panic mode. The thought of the worst case scenario was so overpowering. The fear of 'what if'. I will not let that spider scare me again, because, hypothetically speaking - 99% of the time it won't bite!
The point is, don’t let your fears ever overcome you, or take control over you. Trust life and empower yourself.
- Letitia x
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