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You know it is winter when the cheeky Jonquils pop up . Their sweet strong fragrance envelopes the garden. I adore these beautiful flowers and they make perfect cut stems for the home, as they are long lasting. My favourite, the Paperwhites, are literally in every empty vessel and vase I have come this time […]

Many of you may know that I am renovating my petite cottage here in Brisbane. We are close to finishing our first room – the bathroom. For one little room it needed a lot of love, a lot of patience and a lot of hard work; walls knocked down, walls repositioned, new floor slab, windows […]

  © Kara Rosenlund   © Kara Rosenlund   © Kara Rosenlund One of my most favoured gestures is ‘Saying it With Food’ – where you or someone in your circle makes and shares a much loved recipe. There is nothing more honest than making a meal for someone from your very own kitchen. I […]

The White House   Growing up my mother had this rule that once the beds were made first thing in the morning, you could never sit back down, let alone lay down on the bed again until the coming evening. You and the bed were strictly done for the day. I think this is where […]

© Petrina Tinslay This would have to be one of my Top Ten ‘Favourite All Time Shots’; the colours, the pattern combinations, the wood fire… the cake!! … it doesn’t get much better than this….. vR x

I definitely am ‘Hooked on Hooks’. I trawl and rummage for hooks at any given opportunity; I think it is the utilitarian and practical qualities they possess that I am attracted to; they give the house order and a sense of place and in turn offer a great opportunity to layer and hang simple everyday […]

©Kara Rosenlund & Ditte Isager First day of Winter! Ooohh; how I love Winter! The textures, the colour palettes, the fragrances! I’m automatically drawn to illuminate the house with candles, decorate with golden brown accents and cook anything with heart warming cinnamon. One of my favourite things to do with cinnamon is to actually not […]

© William Waldron Welcome to von Rosenlund! This step has been a long time coming! I am so thrilled to be starting my very own blog about the ‘honesty of home’. Home is the place that I love so much; a haven to escape to and a place that carries the honesty of who we […]