There...that wasn't so scary!

This is it. My first post.  I have been 'sitting' on this blog for over a year too scared to get posting. I have been longing for a creative outlet for some time and this is it. I intend to use this space for posting images I love and sharing my thoughts on all things vintage and fab. I love design and always have. Since I can remember I have always been obsessed with colour, texture, furniture, lighting and all things in between. I live in a little 1950's house in inner city Brisbane, Australia and I love it. I have a husband (still to come up with some cool blog name for him) and two beautiful little boys who are the centre of my universe.

Our house is small. 3 bed, 1 bath!! With a growing family the whole '1 bath' thing is fast becoming an issue....but that's a whole other post. We've been here for 7 years now and our design aesthetic has evolved over that time. We seem to have come to a happy medium where French Country meets Retro Vintage meets Cape Cod. I have very few design rules when it comes to decorating my house other than 'if I like it and it will fit then it's coming home with me'. I believe in surrounding myself with objects of beauty and meaning.  Anyone can buy a vase from the shop but not everyone has that one off piece that stopped your heart at a vintage market on a great family holiday...yadda yadda...you get my drift.

Fortunately, or perhaps otherwise, my Husband (who appears very 'blokey' on the outside) loves interiors and design almost as much as me. I am one of the few women I know who brings home a throw cushion only to be told that 'the texture just isn't right for this space'. It just sounds all wrong coming from a man in work boots and a High Vis shirt. That said, he is the muscle behind all my crazy decorating ideas and has spent years sanding, painting, lifting, moving (and financing!!) our house into the home I have come to love. I'm also hoping he may be the Technical Support I need with this blog because I am the anti-technology.

My goal for this week is to take some clever, artsy shots around my house so I can share them.  Who knows, maybe by then I will have a follower or two (that isn't my Mum or my Husband).

I have high hopes for this little venture of mine :-)  Here's too creative juices and letting them flow!

Joydee