


"Those fleeting moments when you feel like you are absolutely nailing it, which are usually shortly replaced by the feeling that you have absolutely no idea what you are doing!" I think I've learned a lot about myself through motherhood, and that’s certainly been interesting and unexpected." Sharing is caring. I have always been very driven and goal oriented as a person and having children has really taught me to let go and enjoy the ride. "Oh gosh, well we are talking about nine years now! I have really, really learned to appreciate what I have, and to slow down. "A pair of vintage Arne Norell safari chairs from eBay, a pair of 1950s Ercol school chairs from a flea market in England, and some Olli Ella baskets." My husband Charlie built it himself and I love nothing more than cooking with him while our kids clamber around the bar chattering." Lots of baskets because there is no end to all the trinkets and treasures that the kids bring home and who has time to organize it all? Into the baskets they go!" We love rugs, and mismatched chairs, and baskets. Everything from house plants to baskets has fallen to the peril of our two pups!" That said, since bringing two puppies into the home we have been challenged daily. And so with that in mind we have sort of held the philosophy that there should be nothing in our home that can get broken! At least until the kids are a bit older. Keeping in mind that while we love beautiful things and are big collectors of treasures from around the world, we have been mindful that we didn’t want our home to feel like a museum where the kids could not run around for fear of ruining or breaking things. "Yes! We designed our home around the kids to be fun, open, and comfortable. "Warm, layered, with a nod to the 1970s." We lovingly renovated the house being sympathetic to the time period in which she was built, while breathing fresh life into our new home." Rug by Olli Ella. We bought our home a year ago, originally a redbrick 70’s beach bungalow, with beautiful bones, but it was a bit of a rabbits' warren. "We call her Hilda, or at least, the kids did, because she proudly sits on the top of a hill overlooking Byron Bay and the sea.
