It took me a while to get here but finally I’m posting the last instalment of all of the directions of the feng shui bagua! If you’d like the links to previous posts, part 1-4 you can find them at the end of this post. If you are new to this, please note that for this post to make sense and to be able to implement the enhancements, it is very important to be familiar with your home’s bagua, so please read this first.
Since discovering Eclectic Trends over a year ago, I’ve been an avid follower. Gudy, the creator of the blog, is a German girl, living in Barcelona and puts together a very interesting selection of interior focused articles. Gudy’s day job is an interior stylist and international visual merchandising trainer and her work takes her to all of the major design trade shows around the world, giving her (and us) the advantage of keeping up to date the emerging trends. Gudy has also been invited to be on a panel of trend forecasters for Global Colour Research in London, posts a monthly trend report on Decor8 and has most recently contributed to an upcoming interior book to be launched next month. Thank you so much Gudy for taking part in Armoire, Pegs and Casserole’s “My Space” series and giving us a taste of your beautiful home and style – what a stunning setup and those tiles will no doubt be the envy of many!
Shepherds pie is the ultimate comfort food and having a British father, it’s a dish I pretty much grew up on. I remember when we’d visit my Nanna, she’d always send us home with a huge dish of it and we’d eat it for days until we couldn’t bare the sight of it.
Photo by Fran Burrows
Being new to New Zealand, I first read about Claire Donaldson of One Lovely Day over at The Design Chaser. Claire, who was born into an artistic family, tells us that when she arrived in this world; it was literally in a pot of paint. Growing up in these creative surrounds later led her to lending her talents to styling and the opening of her company, One Lovely Day. Take a look through her work and I’m sure you’ll agree that the events that Claire pulls together are nothing short of perfection and while each of them are unique and to her customers brief, there’s still that “One Lovely Day” stamp. She has most recently come up with a fabulous idea of acquiring a retro caravan, “One Lovely Wagon” that will be a mobile bar, available soon and perfect to hire for summer events.
Wow, I’ve been so busy catching up with everyone since arriving in Sydney on Friday, I’m feeling rather exhausted but content all the same. I had a little setback the day before we left when I realised that my son’s passport had expired! I can’t tell you the stress levels I experienced on Thursday while I was trying to find a solution on the phone to Immigration and the airline but thankfully they were so helpful and we managed to get to Australia to apply for another passport. It’s crazy and one of those things you think will never happen to you because it’s the obvious right, to check the passports when you plan to leave the country?
