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Featured Elsewhere & Win!
I hope you had a great weekend. We had the most amazing weather both days and unseasonably warm for this time of year. We managed to pry ourselves away from the sunshine and squeeze some time in to add some more touches to our home. We’re at the difficult stage of the odds and ends that we just don’t know what to do with and areas that need something that we don’t own! Overall it’s coming together nicely and it would have to my favourite place to date. The house is an L shape and the two living areas (or one living area and one playroom) over look the sunny garden.
Styled Canvas HQ
Well it’s been a crazy busy couple of weeks. The sudden move of house threw us into chaos and then last week, one by one, each of us got a good dose of the flu. We’re still not fully recovered (from the move and the flu) but today, I do see the light at the end of the tunnel.
New Beginnings
I’m sitting on my bed writing this to the sounds of cartons being taped. Thankfully it’s not me doing it. We are expats and because we have to move, a company will pack and move for us. Being what feels like a professional mover, this makes the experience a little bit easier as anyone who has moved house will know.
#styledcanvaschallenge | Vintage Today
Are you ready? This month’s Styled Canvas Challenge is, “vintage today”. How do you see the use of vintage in the modern world?
**Extended to the month of August due to moving house**
Before I begin, I have to say that I had some really lovely entries for last month’s “breakfast in bed” theme on various blogs and around Instagram. As the theme officially closed yesterday, I’ll take the next week to go over them and feature my favourite in both categories here on the 15th of this month. Thank you to everyone that took part, it’s going to be tough to choose!
Urban Jungle Bloggers | Make Your Plant Pop
For the July edition of Urban Jungle Bloggers, we were asked to make our plants pop with some colour. This bright and happy theme is also a send off before they break for the summer months in the northern hemisphere. Even better though, and more room for celebration is the impeccable timing of this theme with the joy that is spreading around the world #LoveWins.
On The Move (Again)
So we have to move again. Yep, that’s right and it’s an inconvenience to say the least. We’ve been in this house two years now and while we feel a little cramped, I always knew we were on a good thing. It’s in a great location, it’s renovated, warm, and it has the most incredible view that goes out to the Waitakere Ranges.
Urban Jungle Bloggers | Plant Gang
It feels good to be joining in on the Urban Jungle Bloggers fun again. With everything going on with the rebranding, school holidays and family visits, I simply couldn’t squeeze another thing on to the agenda. I was this close to doing last topic, even had the best idea… but no, I couldn’t. Then I saw this month’s theme, “Plant Gang” and well, I had to because, I do have a bit of a collection happening.
Friends for Dinner | Hot Smoked Salmon
Our friend Teia, has spoilt us many times with his homemade hot smoked salmon. I remember the first time he made it for us; Guillaume and I felt like it was a bit of a revelation. It’s something we quite often purchased pre-made, but when you taste the homemade version… well it really is something else.
