Monday, December 20, 2010
Colour and Christmas
I absolutely LOVE this house featured in Lonny Magazine this month. The wall colours and art are amazing and the prints on the wallpaper, rugs and furniture are just stunning. The mixture of old and new is wonderful and the Christmas decorations are perfection.
Monday, December 13, 2010
My Christmas List
Dear Santa,
How are you and Mrs Claus? I hope you are both well and have had a great year. This year for christmas i would please like
1. Nubola sofa
How are you and Mrs Claus? I hope you are both well and have had a great year. This year for christmas i would please like
1. Nubola sofa
2. Vigilius chair by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez for Driade
2. Chiffon Tableware by Royal Doulton
3. Pearls in Peril Candy Necklace by Tom Binns
4. Rorschach Magyar silk-blend organza dress by Dion Lee
4. Rorschach Magyar silk-blend organza dress by Dion Lee
5. Sculpture cutout bandage bikini by ETS by Jessika Allen White Label
6. Code lace underwire bra by La Perla
Thankyou Santa.
Love, Sarah xox
p.s I love you.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Wishing for Wedgewood
As the title of this post implies, I am indeed wishing for Wedgewood dinnerware. I have already posted about my fetish for well designed cutlery and now I am telling of my longing for designer dinnerware. I think it is a sign of aging that these are the things I desire most.
But how can you not want Wedgewood? It oozes classic style and sophistication, there is a reason it has been some of the most desirable dinnerware for over 250 years. I am especially enamored with the Jasper Conran for Wedgewood collection.
For the full Wedgewood dinnerware collection look here.
But how can you not want Wedgewood? It oozes classic style and sophistication, there is a reason it has been some of the most desirable dinnerware for over 250 years. I am especially enamored with the Jasper Conran for Wedgewood collection.
For the full Wedgewood dinnerware collection look here.
A Lovely Vue
Today I did something I've been dying to do for months, visit Vue de Monde's cafe offspring, Cafe Vue.
Cafe Vue is located right next door to the Vue de Monde restaurant and it's older brother Bistro Vue at Normanby Chambers 430 Little Collins Street (between Queen & William Streets).
There are also Cafe Vues at 401 St Kilda Road (near the corner of Toorak Road) and 7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen.
The three Vue's are owned by chef, Shannon Bennett, as seen on Masterchef. Shannon Bennett is one of Australia's most highly regarded chefs, he even spoke about his ground breaking and inspiring creations at the 2009 AGIdeas design conference.
Vue de Monde is about creating a dining experience you cannot achieve at home, it is a total sensory experience. Vue de Monde's interior is simple, yet elegant and makes a lovely background for the extravagant and beautiful art works Bennett serves on a plate.
Whilst Vue de Monde is a little out of my reach (at $150 per person), Cafe Vue is a little slice on the Vue experience.
The setting was trendy and cosy and the menu was familiar cafe items with a Vue twist, e.g. tissue thin potato chips as a side.
I recommend you get in early as by 1.30 when me and my friend arrived half the menu was sold out. Breakfast is available til 12 and I am certainly going back for the poached pear with yohgurt, dates and walnuts.
I had a classic chicken, lettuce and mayonnaise sandwich which was delicious. We then had earl grey (the Simon Johnson tea is worth the trip, the tea bags are over locked!) and amazing raspberry macarons. There are few things I love more than macarons.
Most of the menu items at Cafe view are under $15, including their famous lunch boxes, so it is a great way to taste the Vue experience at a smidgen of the price.
Check out Cafe Vue, Bistro Vue and Vue de Monde here.
Cafe Vue is located right next door to the Vue de Monde restaurant and it's older brother Bistro Vue at Normanby Chambers 430 Little Collins Street (between Queen & William Streets).
There are also Cafe Vues at 401 St Kilda Road (near the corner of Toorak Road) and 7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen.
The three Vue's are owned by chef, Shannon Bennett, as seen on Masterchef. Shannon Bennett is one of Australia's most highly regarded chefs, he even spoke about his ground breaking and inspiring creations at the 2009 AGIdeas design conference.
Vue de Monde is about creating a dining experience you cannot achieve at home, it is a total sensory experience. Vue de Monde's interior is simple, yet elegant and makes a lovely background for the extravagant and beautiful art works Bennett serves on a plate.
Whilst Vue de Monde is a little out of my reach (at $150 per person), Cafe Vue is a little slice on the Vue experience.
The setting was trendy and cosy and the menu was familiar cafe items with a Vue twist, e.g. tissue thin potato chips as a side.
I recommend you get in early as by 1.30 when me and my friend arrived half the menu was sold out. Breakfast is available til 12 and I am certainly going back for the poached pear with yohgurt, dates and walnuts.
I had a classic chicken, lettuce and mayonnaise sandwich which was delicious. We then had earl grey (the Simon Johnson tea is worth the trip, the tea bags are over locked!) and amazing raspberry macarons. There are few things I love more than macarons.
Most of the menu items at Cafe view are under $15, including their famous lunch boxes, so it is a great way to taste the Vue experience at a smidgen of the price.
Check out Cafe Vue, Bistro Vue and Vue de Monde here.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Magic Water
The new Billi B-5000 is amazing. It's a tap that gives you instant boiling or chilled water. And other than being super convenient, it's super well designed. It actually looks like a tap (a nice tap) and not some kind of retro space station. It's got the smallest footprint of any boiled/chilled tap available. It also saves you power and money, there is a handy little calculator on the Billi website which shows you exactly how much you're saving.
Because life's too short to wait for the kettle to boil.
Because life's too short to wait for the kettle to boil.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Context
Krista Berga's text art works are some of my favourite pieces of art. She selectively blacks out parts of book's pages to create new phrases and sentences.
I think these works show how things can so easily be taken out of context, especially words, and how new meaning can be given to things when the whole story is not told. I love the naivety with which the words are blacked out and the ambiguity of the new sentences.
Some of my favourite pieces..
I think these works show how things can so easily be taken out of context, especially words, and how new meaning can be given to things when the whole story is not told. I love the naivety with which the words are blacked out and the ambiguity of the new sentences.
Some of my favourite pieces..
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