Meaningful Mementos & Practical Souvenirs

Over the last few years, my tourist experiences has made me question how buying souvenirs can create an unique home when there is so many mass produced, poor quality souvenirs around? How can you bring treasures back into your home that are of a good quality, are meaningful, thoughtful and ethical.  In this blog I share a few experiences, but more importantly offer you some alternative options,  away from the tourist traps.

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Interior Decorators - How Much?

In a recent conversation with a fellow school mum who'd had a great design experience, I learn't how she, like many others, didn't actually understand what service a interior decorator could provide. Conversely, people generally get very nervous about recruiting professionals to give them advice, especially when it is subjective based like design. This blogs touches on what the process should be like, why recruiting an interior decorator is something not just for the rich and famous and why you should do it. There's even an outline of costs. Transparency at its finest.

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Forced Design Eras - Design Styles to the Rescue - A Loop!

By following interior fashions you are instantly caught in a trap of needing to update your space(s) as fashions fade.  But theres always been an interior fashion, or style, so to speak, for centuries. So why is it a problem now? Is it a problem?  If so, what's the answer?

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