Easter 2026

 We had the most relaxed Easter weekend. Amazing weather, food, a visit to the Easter Show, Urbnsurf and of course lots of chocolate!

Some photos from our long weekend ...

Staycation

 Simon and I had a little staycation the other day.  We had such a lovely time!

We started the day using some vouchers we got for Christmas at Gillian Adams Spa. Time in the  aquamedic pool and a massage was the perfect way to start our staycation.

We then headed into the city and scored an upgrade to a suite at The Intercontinental. Such a fab location and the view from our room was amazing!!

We had the sunshine for most of the day but a storm rolled in as we had cocktails at Aster on the 32nd floor of the hotel. We enjoyed the light show!

We then walked to dinner at The Meat & Wine Co. 

We loved the food and the moody vibe in the outside area.

Thanks to a late check out we enjoyed a sleep in, a delicious buffet breakfast before heading over to the Art Gallery of NSW to check out the Ron Mueck exhibition.

We loved it and couldn't get over the realism of the sculptures! So good!

We wandered around the rest of the gallery before heading home.

It's amazing how restorative a night away can be. Definitely something to schedule more often x

Noah is 14!

 Happy Birthday Noah!

We had a great day celebrating Noah turning 14.

A day full of his favourite things and ending with an afternoon surf at Urbn Surf. A perfect day x

Kitchen Renovation - 2026

 We started this year off with our kitchen renovation. As soon as the school holidays were over the kitchen was ripped out and the renovation started!

We built this house 24 years ago and in that time we have given the kitchen a mini makeover about 15 years ago when we changed the bench top, replaced appliances as needed and refreshed the cabinet colour. The structure and internals of the cupboards never changed nor did the layout.

The footprint of the kitchen had to be kept as it worked best for the flow and space of our home but it definitely needed improvement and updating.

We knew we wanted something neutral and classic in colour and style. 

We wanted all appliances integrated and we wanted a white oven. 

We chose a Billi tap with boiling, filtered, chilled and sparkling water and the main item to bring it all together was the bench top and backsplash.

We knew that would be the main feature and interest and we spent a couple of months looking at marble, sintered stone, engineered stone, porcelain etc. In the end we chose Calacatta Royal Ultrasoft from Neolith.

We liked the colour, pattern and hardy nature over marble as we didn't want to be precious with stains etc when cooking. 

We went with a slim shaker door profile and white handles to blend in and create a seamless look.

The whole kitchen took about 4 weeks from beginning to completion which was quite good really although it was hard going at times without a kitchen! Uber eats & the bbq worked overtime for a while ;)

Although we had a temporary kitchen set up in the living room!

We are so happy with the finished result! 

Everything looks so fresh and blends in well with the rest of the house.

 We are thrilled with the extra storage, bigger pantry and fridge and seamless look of the cabinetry.

 Everything flows easily when cooking and having a few people in the kitchen at the one time.

I'm so glad we kept the kitchen shelves to style and add interest and break up the colour palette.

We also added lighting under the cabinets which looks lovely and warm at night.

Our suppliers -

Kitchen company - Kitchen Connection - Belrose

Stone supplier - Marble Hub

Appliances - Harvey Norman

Tap - Billi

Handles - Momo - Keeler Hardware

Let me know if you have any other questions! x