absolutely beautiful things

Friday, 6 June 2008

Happy Weekend!!

Hope you have a great weekend! See you next week!!

Image via Point Click Home

Sex & The City was fantastic!! I absolutely LOVED it! The clothes, the hand bags, the shoes were all divine but I especially loved Carrie's apartment!! The turquoise blue walls and the mismatch of furniture was gorgeous! Elements of Style has done a fantastic blog post on the interior of Carrie's apartment so if you would love to try to re-create this look for yourself or if you just want to have a sneak peek head on over!!

Image 1 - via Hollywood.com

Image 2 - via Chicago Tribune

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Girls Night Out

Hi Friends, sorry I have no post tonight as I'm off to the preview of Sex & The City with 5 of my girlfriends. I can't wait to see Carrie's shoe closet!!! Oh BTW - this beautiful shoe illustration above is by talented artist Leanne Shapton which I found via Ez over at Creature Comforts.

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

For The Library...

Just in at Black & Spiro are these two gorgeous books - Bazaar Style by Selina Lake & Joanna Simmons & Chinoiseries by Bernd H. Dams & Andrew Zega. I absolutely love the bohemian styling in Bazaar Style - so pretty. Chinoiseries is also wonderful on a completely different level - the illustrations are beautiful and the information it provides is fantastic! Two more great books to add to the design library wish list!!

Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Black & Spiro Today

We've got lots of lovely things in the shop at the moment. Here are a few pictures which I took today. Lots of green and yellow coming through as you can see.

Monday, 2 June 2008

Etsy Love...

Loving these little cuties from My Folk Lover @ Etsy...wouldn't they be gorgeous hung in a child's room!!

More Mollies

A few weeks ago I posted a beautiful picture of a room at Mollies Boutique Hotel in Auckland as a link to a post This Is Glamorous did on Mollies. I recently stumbled across these images of the exterior of Mollies on Trip Advisor and felt I had to share them. Such a pretty building!! Enjoy!!

Friday, 30 May 2008

It's the Weekend...

Thank goodness it's the weekend! Unfortunately the weather here is a little different to the weather in that glorious picture above. It's cold and rainy here today and I believe this weather will continue into the weekend. To be completely honest, I'm thrilled as I can't wait to spend the weekend snuggled up with lots of magazines and possibly a bit of cooking for my boys on Sunday!! Hope you all have a great weekend!! See you next week. xx Anna

Image from Martha Stewart via gorgeous blog A Room Somewhere

Thursday, 29 May 2008

{Current} Favourite Things

Personalised Stationery from Whitney English

Sunshine Pillow from Hable Construction

Moroccan Key Table from Burke Decor (via Creature Comforts)

Love Heart Map Scrap Art from Bombus

Pair of Vintage Cane Armchairs from C. Bell

Chinnoiserie Cushion from Thomas Paul

Vintage Pagoda Chandelier from C. Bell

Xi Li Chair from Burke Decor

Here are a few things I have been obsessing over lately...

Happy Birthday Avril!

Today is my gorgeous, beautiful, happy, organised, best in the whole wide world Design Assistant's Birthday. Happy 20th Birthday Av! If you all remember back a couple of months ago I posted a vintage brass chair which I was about to get recovered. Well of course things got a little hectic around here and the precious little chair got pushed into the back room. Av has always loved this little chair so the girls and I decided to cover it in her favourite fabric and give it to her for her birthday. She was beside herself this morning when we presented the chair to her! I hope you have a wonderful day Av and I hope you treasure your special vintage chair always!! xx Anna

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Colour Connections

Just a quick post today friends as I am a little pressed for time but I couldn't go to bed without leaving you a little piece of inspiration. I know, I know I keep on posting Chloe's hallway but how wonderful it looks with these three new images I just came across a couple of weeks ago - green, white and natural is today's Colour Connection!!

Image 1 - My Home Ideas - Coastal Living, Image 2 - My Home Ideas, Image 3 - House & Garden, Image 4 - Saipua Flowers

Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Get Simone's Look!!

I've had such a lovely response to my House Tour post from yesterday. Thank you everyone who either left me a comment here at ABT or emailed me directly. It was so lovely to hear from you. The obvious thing we all loved in Simone & Richard's house was the framed vintage swimsuits. What a fantastic idea for a beach house. Simone purchased all of these swimsuits on Ebay so keep your eyes peeled!!

In response to yesterday's post I thought it would be fun to put together a few things currently available on Ebay which would be similar things Simone would have purchased when decorating her house. Enjoy my selections and take a leaf from Simone's book - don't pay too much for anything vintage as there will always be something else just around the corner!!

Note - Click on label under each picture to be directed to the item listing on Ebay.