After a weekend of sanding, edging, puttying, sanding and edging, I have some results for you! We decided to go with Porter’s Paints Wood Wash in the standard colour (no tint), which I applied today with a brush and muslin. I decided to start in the bedroom, as my sensibility tells me that the bed […]

Thought I would share the latest on the sanding adventure. After doing a few liming solution tests (Feast Watson and Porters Paints), I hired a floor sander yesterday and sanded two rooms. I couldn’t believe how easy it was with the floor sander. I had used the belt sander over the weekend to do the […]

So, I doubt anyone will be coveting the above shot on Pinterest, though I thought I would keep it real and show you the behind the scenes chaos at our house mid sanding the floors. I am planning on posting a few more ‘sanding’ posts on route to achieving limed floor boards. So if you […]

©Kara Rosenlund So, we all know that macarons are the new cupcake. People take them very seriously… like some sort of colourful culinary bling. We also all know they are tricky to make and even something as slight as the humidity on any given day can deflate a batch of these pretty little things. Saying […]

You know when you start something and really wish you hadn’t… in the midst of celebrating the book launch of ‘Little bit of this, Little bit of that’ over the weekend, Timothy O and I decided it would be a great idea to get a start on sanding the floors before Christmas. I wish I […]

Happy Friday! Im excited about tomorrow’s cook book launch of ‘Little bit of this, little bit of that’ by Isabella the Junior Masterchef winner and her family, that I recently styled! Come along to the Mary Ryan’s bookstore from 1pm tomorrow to meet the girls and to get your book signed! Merthyr Village, New Farm, […]

©Kara Rosenlund I have such a weakness for faults; if it is chipped and broken I undoubtedly will love it. However, if it is crazed then that is just another story! Crazing is generally a fault that occurs in old glazed ceramics. Over time the elements such as heat cause crazing, which has a similar […]

I have just had a rather busy couple of weeks doing both event styling and arranging prop hire for some lovely brides to be and also mothers to be. All I can say is what a difference the details make on the day! Everybody gets so excited to see something different! From setting the tables […]

See you all tomorrow! K xx

©Kara Rosenlund Do you find that once you are attracted to a colour it just starts popping up all over the place? Last year I was mad about burnt orange (I still am), before that it was duck egg blue…just as a high lighting colour, nothing mad, just a dash. I think I have entered […]

Im getting crafty today…. don’t want to reveal too much, hopefully you will be able to see my debut crafting efforts on the trestle tables on Saturday at the market. Ill give you a clue… it in involves CHRISTMAS! Yup, Christmas and Crafting, ohmy… Can you believe Christmas in only something like 9 weeks away! […]

©Kara Rosenlund As many of you know, part of what I do is to seek out unusual and old world objects and bring them to you each Travelling Wares market – a modern hunter and gatherer if you like. Sometimes this is what happens…. I recently had the pleasure of having a chat with someone […]