Statements

Our space is starting to look more like home and less like a renovation project. While we are not quite there yet, the progress is giving me hope.or delusions of completion.Almost there, she said five months in a row.

What better way to stay motivated and get it finished, then to start decorating? Our home is quite formal with angles, mantles and sharp lines. To soften the aesthetic and add a bit of uptown funk, I am really into large-scale mirrors, especially in soft hues.

Francis water color, Menu darkly (sale!), AYTM Circum, Reflective glass

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Favourites

I know, I know, we are not even halfway through February but hey, February is crunch time with three birthdays, valentines and all the rest, so I thought I'd get ahead. I usually fall in love seven times a week, so this is just some of my current favourites. Right now, I'm really into brass but with a modern and warm twist to match the look of our modernised 1907 beauty.

Mediterannea floor lamp, brass wall hook, Arc globe.

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Modern Macrame

I'm the first to admit being anything but adventurous with my walls. I have three pieces of art by the same artist, all on white walls. The idea of texture really appeals to me and would be a welcome change. Something with height (hello, almost 4 metre ceilings) and drama but still allowing all the details of our home to show true. Shockingly, I think these macrame-inspired wall hangings by Milla Novo might be just the thing. I never thought the word macrame would fill me with anything but dread but these look good. They look really good. In fact good enough to have me now lusting after macrame..

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Mika's spiced autumn baba

When the weather outside is cold..bake cake. I'm actually very serious about this. Not like there is ever a bad time to eat cake. But after a beautiful summer full of gorgeous sunny days, the current palette of grey and rain and a garden that has been hacked back to prepare for winter, has left me craving something warm and the kiddos something sweet.

In comes this seasonal version of a baba au rhum. I love any dessert with an alcoholic twist so I'm all over baba's. Add to it the warming fragrance of cinnamon, vanilla, nugmet, ginger, piment, orange zest and topped with a spiced Grand Manier syrup and leftover maple butter dressing (more about that later) and we're done. Named after my little helper, bestest tester and not to forget beater-licker 😋. Everyone had seconds and some no names even had thirds.. It even had the baby, who we recently started weaning, giving me eyes. 

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Fall green

It's been awhile since I took any pictures and even long since I added any new greenery to our home. This little asparagus is the smallest and simplest of the bunch but surprisingly it is the thing that makes me most happy. I love it's feathery soft leaves. That, a little pink and some candles and I am ready to hunker down and enjoy the change in weather.

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Power pose

Artistry meets practicality. Every piece from Momoko Higashifushimi is equally beautiful in its simplicity but it is the large scale power mirror that makes me skip a beat. I am that neurotic chick that hurries to class to get exactly that spot in the mirror where I'm not stuck in the seam of two fused pieces and can see myself from crown to tip but most importantly while seeing no one else. I need to focus on ..sorry not sorry.. just my own movements and poses.

So how I long to have a space and ditto equipment at home to focus on just finding some quiet in my time alone. This mirror is the perfect size for just that. Coming with a built-in holder, if that is your jazz. For me, though, it's just the mirror and my mat. And the best part, when I'm all done and perfectly zen this piece still looks pretty darned good. Dare I say it is one stunning mirror.

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