G'day beach babes, I have had one of those mornings that starts ok until one gets oneself into the car for the school run and all hell breaks loose. And silly old me I thought those days were behind me. Starting with forgotten lunch and ending with little Beach Cottage boys treading in revolting things…you know those mornings right, just love 'em.
Anyway back here, safely ensconced in the cottage, enveloped in white, nursing a humongous coffee and about to set out on a mammoth clean-up I thought I would show you what's on my coffee table this morning.
Real Living of course with me in it haha! A great Australian home magazine that is just what it claims to be on the cover...full of inspirational ideas for you home and your lifestyle that are do-able. Gotta love a magazine like that. It gets it just right, just enough eye candy to get you swooning but not too much unreality that you shut the darn thing feeling inadequate and eyeing everything around you with disdain.
When Real Living emailed to ask me could they come by and shoot I have to admit I was a tad apprehensive, yes I know I broadcast to you guys all week and yes I know this is not my first dalliance with magazine shoots.
But, you know this place is exactly what is says on the tin…an old tatty cottage, on the wrong side of town and certainly not up there with the designers. I considered saying no, not wanting to get myself all in a spin, and having visions of banishing the Beach Cottage Kiddos from breathing the week before they arrived, getting myself a massive makeover, trading Mr BC in and cavorting through some ludicrous pantomime of beachy perfection.
But in the end, funnily enough, I didn't have to put myself through any kind of pantomime at all, because, as it often does as a mum to three active kids, life took over and I found myself in the weeks before D-Day positively buzzing with school functions and a sporting event that took me away from the cottage for most of the week before they came.
Yes people, that means that I was away the week preceeding and males were left in charge at home. And I'm telling ya, those males are pretty good you know, but c'mon you don't need me to tell you that men, well my men anyway, just don't really give a rat's a*se about all things cottage and magazines, do they? …right on over their heads…
So, the night before, we arrived home late, riding high on the dizzying heights of sporting success, I, playing proud mum in this scenario was an emotional wreck, physically exhausted and mentally fit for absolutely nothing. The last thing on my mind was cottages.
So, the next morning, I tried to remain calm and just did what I do…jeans, t-shirt, flip flops, a quick tidy and seriously hoped for the best…it so had not been whipped into an uncluttered paradise..there was real life everywhere on show
… before long stylists and photographers, creative directors (gulp) and assistants arrived and took us as we were…all the while little Mr BC injecting his hilarious commentary on all things magazine…
and that's what they say in the business is Real Living.
I will see you around, adios amigos
p.s I am reading every single comment & question, thank you* & am working on answering
comment to win main prize of an ANTHROPOLOGIE gift card and magazine combo I AM GIVING AWAY and because I'm feeling nice Sarah I thought I might throw in a few extra copies for runners-up.
You look adorable Sarah and I’m so excited for you. Did you ever imagine that when you first looked at your “tatty”(your words) house that things would end up like this. You are a natural!!!
Oh too too neat Sarah. Quite something to go from blog beginnings to being in mags, huh? I remember discovering you not long after you started up, thinking, “wow, she could really go places!” and I would run over to my mom’s house and we would just dreamily drool over all of your lovely pictures. We still do!
Hi Sarah …yes love the real living article , your family and your house look lovely .Good job …I would have been in a panic myself but you do look amazingly calm .
Michelle x
I looove this mag, I had my bloomers in last Novembers mag. I must get this one with your gorgeous home in it. Its exciting when someone loves your stuff as much as you! Especially enough to publish it to the world! Good for you, your home is a real credit to all your hard work… although you make it look easy!
I don’t buy RL every month and actually walked past it this month as the cover wasn’t really me, but after I saw that you were in it, I went back and grabbed a copy! Congrats! Looks great (and hey, I’m up on the beaches with you and I don’t think it’s the ‘wrong’ side of town! Wouldn’t be anywhere else!) I also loved the other local house in there too
WAHOOOO! So excited for you Sarah! You deserve it! You poor your adoreable sweet little white washed heart into that sweet little beach cottage and it is loved truly and utterly loved… by all of us.
I woudl like you to know this girl from New Jersey, sadly sans a beach home, loves your blog. With the weather here having been wet, windy and wiley, to see a clean, well-organized fun house with thrifted finds–well my spirits have been lifted.
I am about to embark on a cross-country trip by car, California coast to Gulf coast to East coast in serach of a place that calls my name and makes sense to me.
Your style and home will be guiding my thrifting purchases along the way! I intend to stop at many flea markets, thrift stores and swap meets!
I recognized your place the moment I looked at that bowl And, yeah, I thought: “How the hell did she manage to keep THAT a secret?”
Now you’re a double-guru! Excellent!
Hi Sarah
The article in Real Living is fantastic, the cottage looks gorgeous and you should be most proud. And to think others people’s throw outs are photographed standing grand in a lovely cottage.
Nel
Congratulations, how exciting for you….I just ? the way you transform something old and tired into something fresh and trendy…..I wonder if you could spend some time on me? (Just joking)…
Love your home and Congrats…for all of us “cottage” wannabes…really a dream to be featured in a real magazine. I am in the US but find you so refreshing-wold love to sit on the front porch chat “cottage” and drink tea!
I seriously covet all things Beach cottage has to showcase. i simply click onto your website and I find myself walking away coveting everything I just saw, but it’s okay because it has inspired me to not just go out there and find my own beach cottage lovelies but to make my own when I couldn’t find what I was looking for. True creativity all an internet click away.
They captured everything I imagine your life to be — relaxed and full of life, living, an appreciation of nature, and a love of the unearthed treasures of our past. Perfection. Sigh.
I’m in a forgetful funk tonight! I subscribe to your blog and love it – guess what I found today and thought of you. A galvanized metal lantern. Looks similar to the one in your photo.
lisa
Love that photo! You look so pretty – truly! Mr big and little BC look like they are just about to do something (trash the place!)and you are just calm – real life!!!
Congratulations on the magazine shoot and an even great congratulations for not stressing about it! Your laid back beachy style is one to emulate in decor as well as in life itself.
PS: You look quite cute in your jeans and flip flops – happy to see a rare photo of you for a change!
My friend!!! You are a star!!! I just love the fact that you have been recognized for your beautiful home! I’ve gotta find a copy of the magazine so I can see the article about you in all it’s glory!!! You are so deserving of this recognition sweet friend!! Congratulations are coming to you all the way from Arizona. Hold on tight it’s a ginormous celebration of all that you are!!!
Hi Sarah,
I picked up Real Living yesterday (one of my absolute favourite mags..) and hadn’t had a chance to read any of it. I saw your blog yesterday and saw that you were in it! Very exciting. I finally got a chance to look at it today and flipped straight to your page. congratulations!
Everything looks lovely.
Karen with no blog xo
What just happened? It must be the time difference, but two posts in one day for me! Woo HOo. Then, the one question I had was answered. Sweet! Now I have a face to go along with the brilliance. brilliant!
Love it. love it, love it, love it.
Congrats Sarah—I too wish I could get the magazine and read all about you–of course I do read all about you every day–but this would be different. Love the basket of shells. Even though there is very little that is white in my house–we do share “the basket of shells on the coffee table”.
Love your pic too!
The article looks fabulous Sarah, as do you, at last we see you full face!!! That magazine is not available here, would truly love to have one though, pretty please!!!
Sarah I found your blog about a week ago and have loved every minute. Thank you for sharing your home and life with us – you are such an inspiring decorator and homemaker!! I would love to win your magazine so I can read all the more about you.:) oh and I love anthropologie so it would be a win win.:)
CONGRATULATIONS Sarah! That is great! You are so darn cute. I wish I could get my hands on this magazine. Thank you for sharing the pictures with us!
Take Care,
Maria
So so fun!!! I love love love your blog and wish we got that magazine in the States so I could read it today!!! Congratulations and thank you for sharing your life and home with us.:)
G'day! I'm Sarah, I live in a tatty old cottage, near the sea in Australia with a battered old deck & a big old fig tree out the back...stripped wooden floors, old sash windows & a jumble of vintage furniture. [Read More …]
Beach Cottage ladies, we have some vintage linen and some wood/twig washed up on the beach today here in Beach Cottage Land….don’t say I don’t keep you entertained now will you . Â Come on in. So, yep I have posted about colanders on this blog, about things sourced from the side of the road, about [...]
G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? Â The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
 1. beat the cream cheese  until it is soft
2. Â whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
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6. layer on top the cream combo
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7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
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*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)Â
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. Â I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.Â
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Â Oh yeah. Â Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. Â C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Congratulations, Sarah!!! Your little cottage is really awesome, I’m not surprised that others see it the way that I do. Hugs, Cindy S
Bravo~Bravo Miss Sarah, You always keep me coming back for more.
I have a Childhood Friend in Australia, love the Beach and Cottages how could I not Love you.Job well done.~Kim
Great feature!! You deserve it! Your home is certainly an inspiration.
You look adorable Sarah and I’m so excited for you. Did you ever imagine that when you first looked at your “tatty”(your words) house that things would end up like this. You are a natural!!!
Oh too too neat Sarah. Quite something to go from blog beginnings to being in mags, huh? I remember discovering you not long after you started up, thinking, “wow, she could really go places!” and I would run over to my mom’s house and we would just dreamily drool over all of your lovely pictures. We still do!
Sarah, I blogged about you today:
http://www.thecosmiccowgirlinjeanniesbottle.com
Hi Sarah …yes love the real living article , your family and your house look lovely .Good job …I would have been in a panic myself but you do look amazingly calm .
Michelle x
What a thrill! The spread looks really good.
I looove this mag, I had my bloomers in last Novembers mag. I must get this one with your gorgeous home in it. Its exciting when someone loves your stuff as much as you! Especially enough to publish it to the world! Good for you, your home is a real credit to all your hard work… although you make it look easy!
Congrats on having the cottage appear in the mag. Hope you enjoyed the day after all. xx
I don’t buy RL every month and actually walked past it this month as the cover wasn’t really me, but after I saw that you were in it, I went back and grabbed a copy! Congrats! Looks great (and hey, I’m up on the beaches with you and I don’t think it’s the ‘wrong’ side of town! Wouldn’t be anywhere else!) I also loved the other local house in there too
Bravo`Bravo! Miss BC, you always keep me coming back for more.Great job!
I have a childhood friend in Australia, love the beach and cottages.How could I not love your blog.
This is like my 5th comment they seem to not be going through.Hmmm! You may end up with 10.LOL!
Real Living Magazine in the USA Amazon.com 12 issues/12months for 115.24 not bad.Enjoy~Kim
WAHOOOO! So excited for you Sarah! You deserve it! You poor your adoreable sweet little white washed heart into that sweet little beach cottage and it is loved truly and utterly loved… by all of us.
I woudl like you to know this girl from New Jersey, sadly sans a beach home, loves your blog. With the weather here having been wet, windy and wiley, to see a clean, well-organized fun house with thrifted finds–well my spirits have been lifted.
I am about to embark on a cross-country trip by car, California coast to Gulf coast to East coast in serach of a place that calls my name and makes sense to me.
Your style and home will be guiding my thrifting purchases along the way! I intend to stop at many flea markets, thrift stores and swap meets!
Thank you for your blog.
I recognized your place the moment I looked at that bowl
And, yeah, I thought: “How the hell did she manage to keep THAT a secret?”
Now you’re a double-guru! Excellent!
Hi Sarah
The article in Real Living is fantastic, the cottage looks gorgeous and you should be most proud. And to think others people’s throw outs are photographed standing grand in a lovely cottage.
Nel
You’re SO cute! Good job and congrats on the magazine spread!
Congratulations, how exciting for you….I just ? the way you transform something old and tired into something fresh and trendy…..I wonder if you could spend some time on me? (Just joking)…
I love the magazine, and you are very talented. thank you for the giveaway!!
Love your home and Congrats…for all of us “cottage” wannabes…really a dream to be featured in a real magazine. I am in the US but find you so refreshing-wold love to sit on the front porch chat “cottage” and drink tea!
I seriously covet all things Beach cottage has to showcase. i simply click onto your website and I find myself walking away coveting everything I just saw, but it’s okay because it has inspired me to not just go out there and find my own beach cottage lovelies but to make my own when I couldn’t find what I was looking for. True creativity all an internet click away.
They captured everything I imagine your life to be — relaxed and full of life, living, an appreciation of nature, and a love of the unearthed treasures of our past. Perfection. Sigh.
I just love the article and photos. I would love to see the magazine. Is it sold in the states?
lisa
Congrats- i love your style, wish I was able to reproduce it. I always look forward to seeing what you have going on.
I’m in a forgetful funk tonight! I subscribe to your blog and love it – guess what I found today and thought of you. A galvanized metal lantern. Looks similar to the one in your photo.
lisa
Love that photo! You look so pretty – truly! Mr big and little BC look like they are just about to do something (trash the place!)and you are just calm – real life!!!
How cool! The next time I’m in the doctor’s waiting room, I’ll be sure to check out the article. You have made a lovely home. Well done.
Congratulations on the magazine shoot and an even great congratulations for not stressing about it! Your laid back beachy style is one to emulate in decor as well as in life itself.
PS: You look quite cute in your jeans and flip flops – happy to see a rare photo of you for a change!
My friend!!! You are a star!!! I just love the fact that you have been recognized for your beautiful home! I’ve gotta find a copy of the magazine so I can see the article about you in all it’s glory!!! You are so deserving of this recognition sweet friend!! Congratulations are coming to you all the way from Arizona. Hold on tight it’s a ginormous celebration of all that you are!!!
congrats Sarah. i recently came upon your blog & love it. so inspiring & simply beautiful!
Congrats Sarah!! I don’t know if I can find the magazine here, but I’m gonna go on the hunt!!
Hi Sarah,
I picked up Real Living yesterday (one of my absolute favourite mags..) and hadn’t had a chance to read any of it. I saw your blog yesterday and saw that you were in it! Very exciting. I finally got a chance to look at it today and flipped straight to your page. congratulations!
Everything looks lovely.
Karen with no blog xo
What just happened? It must be the time difference, but two posts in one day for me! Woo HOo. Then, the one question I had was answered. Sweet! Now I have a face to go along with the brilliance. brilliant!
Love it. love it, love it, love it.
Hi Sarah,
Wow the mag. spread looks great…congratulations! I just love your beach cottage and your blog. Well done.
Great story in Real Living and lovely photos of your home and family and you do look so pretty. Congratulations Sarah!
OH WOW….awesome….love the pics and the story of the week before….must get myself a mag me thinks!
Congratulations Sarah. THis is the one month I havent bought Real Living. Guess where I am going tomorrow? You deserve the recognition, enjoy:)
Congrats Sarah—I too wish I could get the magazine and read all about you–of course I do read all about you every day–but this would be different. Love the basket of shells. Even though there is very little that is white in my house–we do share “the basket of shells on the coffee table”.
Love your pic too!
The article looks fabulous Sarah, as do you, at last we see you full face!!! That magazine is not available here, would truly love to have one though, pretty please!!!
Beautiful pics of your perfect cottage!
Mary – ACROSS THE POND
I love the Ikea shelf with all of the glass cannisters and dishes. Beautiful, and homey look!
Amber
Sarah I found your blog about a week ago and have loved every minute. Thank you for sharing your home and life with us – you are such an inspiring decorator and homemaker!! I would love to win your magazine so I can read all the more about you.:) oh and I love anthropologie so it would be a win win.:)
Congrats on the publication.
Life down under or any where should have more days where we can run loose in the flipflops and enjoy ths sunshine.
Congratulations! You truly are an inspiration!
Congratulations Sarah, great article. Such nice photoz of you and yours too!
CONGRATULATIONS Sarah! That is great! You are so darn cute. I wish I could get my hands on this magazine. Thank you for sharing the pictures with us!
Take Care,
Maria
Ooooh….I am so keeping my fingers crossed on this one!!
Congrats! It must feel amazing to have your home published in a magazine!
So so fun!!! I love love love your blog and wish we got that magazine in the States so I could read it today!!! Congratulations and thank you for sharing your life and home with us.:)
Anna
Yahoo, a feature like that, wow you are big time now aren’t you!
congrats and the photos look fabulous! happy weekend!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! I love your blog and the photos are gorgeous! Ü