Bevelled Beauties.

How could anyone resist the charms of a beautifully aged bevelled mirror... many a visit to a local auction house has seen me come away with not one but several of these beauties.

My advice is to hold out for pieces that have a good mirror surface, unbroken edge and a secure backing/chain for hanging.

Grouped together on a wall or on their own they add that little bit of vintage chic.

Source: designsponge.com, shannonfricke.blogspot.com, thisisglamorous.blogspot.com:, vintage-house.blogspot.com, itsjessicarose.tumblr.com

Mid-century furniture finds. Melbourne.

I am a little addicted to The Block at the moment. I know it is cheesy and orchestrated but god I love it. One of the fantastic things about it for me is the eclectic, mid century, second hand furniture bent that participants Jenna and Josh have.

I have been keeping note of some of the fabulous Melbourne shops featured and Grandfathers Axe is one of them. Some of you will know it and it is straight on my list of 'Shops to visit when next in Melbourne...' (I have a more ambitious one for New York, when we finally manage to get there...)

Check out some of the gorgeous furniture and finds on offer...

An original one of these is on my dream list

Lovely.

Vintage chic.

Gorgeous inspiration from vintage fashion, lace, fashion and places as I design a few new jewellery pieces on a lazy Sunday....lovely.

Images:adore-vintage.tumblr.com via Emma on Pinterest, sundaycollector.blogspot.com via Emma on Pinterest, Flickr, arthousegallery.com.au via Emma on Pinterest, theyallhateus.com via Emma on Pinterest, paris2london.tumblr.com via Emma on Pinterest

A Little Vintage Inspiration.

I often find myself looking to vintage styling for inspiration, as many of us in the design world do. I just love the shapes, colours and that cosy age old feel.

As I work on new pieces for the jewellery collection, here are a few interiors, art and styling which has caught my eye lately. I just need some more wall space (and $$) to pop up all the vintage posters and little artworks I would love to buy....

My recent sneaky purchase from the talented US artist
Halima Washington-Dixon

Would love this on the wall...if you can't afford the real thing
All Posters is a great alternative I discovered.

Images:Design Sponge, Halima Washington-Dixon, French By Design, Daydream Lily, 

Anthology, All Posters, Sunday Collector

Vintage Bottles + Simple Florals.

You can do beautiful things with a few vintagey glass bottles and some stunning blooms...simple is often best.

Images:  Design Sponge, Poppytalk,  Down and Out Chic, Lilyg, NZ Girl, 

I've got that vintage feeling...

Images: Bijou and Boheme, Beach Vintage, Down and Out Chic, Everything Fab

Vintage Treasures.

I am spending a lazy Saturday morning with a cup of tea and the latest Inside Out magazine (bliss)...

I enjoyed a beautifully styled article on vintage treasures and thought I'd jump online and share a few lovely oldy-worldy pics I have found lately.

From a lovely blog I just found Sunday Collector

Images: Beauty Comma, Miss Moss, Sunday Collector, This is Glamorous, JKL Design Etsy