New Style Order
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Fresh decorno.
So seeing as there is still no kitchen I’m still not living back in my place. On my way home tonight I just got it in my head that there would be something good waiting for me in the letterbox at home. Even though I hadn’t seen any on the racks, I just had a feeling that my new Belle magazine would be waiting for me. I was right ... fresh decorno.
Decorno is decor porn. It’s not my term, but the name of a favourite blog of mine that is now semi-closed.
At this stage I can’t find a cover pic online, but it’s the holiday issue and I hope to find a few treats to add to my Christmas list!
I’ve only a had a quick flick because I’m also watching ‘Rush’ as I write this post and look at the pretty Belle pictures. Of course the cover by-line on David Hicks’ new Melbourne home had me flipping ahead. So far I’ve only looked at the pictures, but there’s more than one Platner and Saarinen table in there.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Banana cake bliss.
I want to share this delightful banana monkey cake with you that I came across on smitten kitten via goop.
I’m by no means a domestic goddess, but I obviously think that presentation is just as important as the core of the thing when you’re trying to show someone that you care. This a perfect example. I also think that a store bought cheesecake can be made more special by sprinkling broken up chocolate Flake on top (especially the Snow Flake white chocolate variety) – it shows that just because you were time poor, it doesn’t mean that you don’t care.
For example, a colleague of fine has been unwell, so I sent some décor magazines over to her, but I made sure that I put them in a cute linen wrapped box. I wrapped ribbon in a great matching colour around the box a few times and finished with a perfect bow. The box was just from IKEA, but it’s a nice sturdy one that she can use to keep details of her upcoming renovation in. Just that little bit extra is what showed that I was really think of her and wishing her well, not that I just bought her some mags while I was picking up my own newspaper.
That’s what this cake is to me. Sure if I were to bake it I’d just do my regular banana cake recipe, but by taking it just that little step further like smitten kitten has shown me, it would really make someone’s day.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Good deal.
Personally I don’t need a reason to buy a mag, but if you do feel the need to justify it, this magazine will actually save you money. The Witchery offer is valid until September 30.
I haven’t spent much time on this issue yet myself, but I can say that I generally do not feel dumber after reading marie claire, which is something I have felt after other guilty pleasures.
Monday, August 30, 2010
A good day.
All the images to this point are ones that appeared in Belle, these are other images from realestate.com(.au) that didn’t appear in the mag. There was also a few other images in Belle that weren’t used to hawk the place.
All images by Sharrin Rees and via realestate.com.au
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
TV ratings.
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Yahoo7 |
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via media.avclub.com |
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Universal via blogs.chron.com |
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via zuguide.com |
Another good head of hair.
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Getty image via ninemsn |
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Perfectly primped.
Because it’s an Australian site there are more Aussie beauties and fashion shows than you’d find on other sites, which I must admit I quite like. Great commentary on the pics, and I quickly realised trhat they play favourites – one of which is January Jones. Being a Mad Men fan I’m OK with that.
I’m going through a middle part stage, I get a little stick about this from a colleague who thinks that women should avoid the centre part, but based on these pics I think that I’m onto something...
Just generally hair styling that I like...





Then there’s the make-up looks that I thought were worth bookmarking.


All images via primped.com.au.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Weekend grooming.
Is it wrong/insulting to take your own polish to a nail place? I was overall happy with the job but I prefer my signature shade for obvious reasons and the fact that I can do my own touch-ups if required. And I've got a chip on one fingernail and it's only day 2.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Elevated IKEA.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Magazine habit.
I know that my magazine habit may be considered by some (OK many) to be a problem. I once calculated the cover price value of my collection and I suddenly realised why I couldn’t afford the beautiful things that the magazines showed. I also face storage problems for my collection, but I treat magazines like books – other people don’t throw away their books do they?! So why would I chuck out my beautiful, glossy magazines. My subscriptions change quite a bit, I can’t resist a special offer I admit. Many titles have come and gone and come back into my subscription list, but at the moment the usual suspects are: - Belle - Vogue Living - Inside Out - Real Living - Marie Claire I don’t actually think that is very many subscriptions to have. I mean sure, I also buy other magazines ad hoc because I am so easily seduced by the cover credits – but that’s normal. And I’d like to point out that many titles I subscribe to only publish bi-monthly. I don’t generally keep weekly gossip mags, if it’s held together by staples then it’s not for me to collect – I need to draw the line somewhere. Although I must say that Grazia is the leader of the weekly mags because it doesn’t feel like I’m getting stupider just be reading it. Yes NW is fun but it’s like fast food, you enjoy it at the time and then it makes you regret it.

Anyway I opened and read the latest Inside Out (Sept/Oct) magazine on the weekend and I wasn’t blown away. It seems that Vogue Living has been getting that honour lately. While I enjoyed reading IO there wasn’t a real WOW story for me that I kept my finger in while I kept reading so that I could go back to it and pour myself over the images for a little longer. The cover image looks a little icy and I’m afraid that was my reception to the issue as well.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Sorry.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Grooming.
