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I love how crazy you all went for the new garage c

I love how crazy you all went for the new garage cabinetry yesterday 👌🎉❤. Makes me so happy that I have found common ground with so many people 🥰. I have saved all the details to my highlights and will do a post when everything is done, but for now - I thought I would elaborate on the few questions that I got yesterday regarding entrances 🌸. We park in the garage and don't wear shoes inside; we therefore enter the house via the garage 99% of the time (and that is why our shoes are kept in there). This is what we see when we come inside ❤. 🌸 I try to avoid showing our front door for privacy reasons but the second image is our 'front entrance'. They are right next to each other, but on opposite walls. When we have friends/family over, their shoes are left at the front door. The basket with the flowers actually has slippers inside it for those that want them 💖. We leave our shoes on if we are entertaining outside or have like 20 people over because at that point, who cares 😂

Came home today and decided I urgently needed a ha

Came home today and decided I urgently needed a hangrail in the laundry, right now, ASAP, however I have no supplies and can't be bothered going to @bunnings for the 12th time this week - problematic. 🌸
10 minutes later, I had a hangrail in the laundry: I cut up an old bag strap and used it as the hangers and pulled apart Delilah's tee pee for a piece of dowel - voila 🎉😂. 🌸 I will get proper stuff another day but this will do for now! Swipe over for a 'before' photo. (The absolutely beautiful shelf is from @goldenwhistlerwoodshop ❤❤)

Loving how colourful our yard is looking 🥰🌳🌸. @dom_and_delilah thinks I have overdone it on the fairy lights but I think he is wrong 😂. 🌸
Anyways, another question for you all 💖 - should I paint the trellis behind the kennel white? I do have a creeper planted there so hopefully it covers the trellis soon? 🌸
Also, any ideas on how to cover the putty filler on the roof? We didn't paint it - the roof came like that and it is a green and textured material for what I can only assume is waterproofing purposes. I was thinking of painting the whole thing but it is such an uneven surface, I wouldn't even know where to begin 🙏
🌸
#backyard #diy #smallyard #icleaned #withthefeds #courtyard #dogkennel #garden

Last year's biggest game changer for me was hands

Last year's biggest game changer for me was hands down the @hizeroaustralia and the fact that there was such a thing as a two-in-one cordless mop/vac. Prior to the hizero, I had a barrel dyson and a steam mop; both of which required to be plugged in. 🌸
🌸
I had to drag out the barrel, plug it in, vacuum, lift the cord while vacuuming because it would get stuck under chair legs and stop extending, then unplug, drag it to the middle of the corridor, plug it in again and leave it there. Then I'd go and get my steam mop, plug it in, mop, lift the cord while mopping because it would get stuck under chair legs and stop extending, then unplug, drag to the middle of the corridor and leave it there so I can vacuum the other half of the house while the mopped half dries, then repeat. You exhausted/bored from reading that? Yeah, me too. It was my most hated job. 🤦‍♀️
🌸
Now, no cord = 15 minutes and all the tiles are vacuumed and mopped, with no streaks. The battery lasts for ages and it's so quick and easy to do. Love it when my most hated jobs are solved. 🎉🎉🎉🥰 My current discount code is valid until the 31st (FGBHNY2020) which gets you $100 off and free postage. Don't forget that they have showrooms where you can trial one of these wizards at your house for free so you can make sure it works just as well for you 👌🙌 #ambassador #cleaning #hizero #twoinone #cordless #lifesaver #gamechanger

Here is another before and after for you all today

Here is another before and after for you all today 🙌 - I bought a trellis from @catch_au that hides our very ugly aircon unit, very nicely 🎉. Now, I have two questions for you guys: 🌸
🌸 There is about a 10cm clearance on either side of the unit. The front of it (where the fans are) is completely open. There is nothing specific in our manual about clearance levels, but I assume I don't want to be restricting airflow (which may be an issue once the jasmine grows). Do you think the clearance is enough or should I put the pots and trellis on wheels so we can wheel it out when the aircon is in use? 🌸
🌸Also wondering if anyone has any magic tricks to remove the stain the jasmine pot has left on our pavers?

PS: jasmine has been here for a while and seems yo be growing very well so not too concerned about it dying at this stage

How to get two *BRAND NEW pairs of (*the exact sam

Going to bump this to the top of my feed again for

Going to bump this to the top of my feed again for anyone else that is looking over their evacuation plans after the absolue devestations of the fire 💔. 🛑
We are a digital household; all of our personal documents and photos are stored online and backed up through a NAS. Original copies are kept elsewhere however after findind the third infographic on pinterest, I will be adding to the box as I have missed a few things I'd like to keep in the instance of a natural disaster and evacuations. 🛑
In terms of general organisation and insurance: 🛑
We download copies of digital manuals wherever we can. Those that we cant find online (uaually older stuff or second hand items) stay in these blue folders. 🛑
We throw out the majority of our receipts (after photographing the important ones) but keep the big ones taped to the back of big purchases as secondary copies. Our TV's for example all have receipts stuck to the wall. The dining room table has the instructions and correlating allen keys taped underneath, same with our faux mantles etc. (This obviously will be useless in an emergency, it's just a general tip on storage) 🛑
Hope that was helpful xx

I was going to write a long new years caption like

I was going to write a long new years caption like every one else about personal growth, changes, and all that jazz, but instead here is an end of the decade vs the start of the decade shot for you because honestly, I'm not that deep and sentimental 😂 (yes that's my childhood bedroom 10 years ago where I clearly thought I was some kind of interior designer judging by my hashtags #beautiful, #pristine) 🌸
Happy New year! Hope it's a fabulous one for you all 🎉. I wish you good health, financial security, great love, many great friendships, and all the very best ❤. 🌸
It would be fantastic if this year we miraculously sorted out climate change and our political system, as well as a trillion other things but, baby steps.

Season 2 of 'YOU' .. 😯😲. Who's finished?? Am

Season 2 of 'YOU' .. 😯😲. Who's finished?? Am I the only one who thinks it was SIGNIFICANTLY better than the first season?? 🤷‍♀️. 🌸
(Photo unrelated 😂) 🌸
#pastelpantry #pantryorganization #withthefeds #icleaned #organized #organization #scullery

One of the most common questions I get asked is ho

One of the most common questions I get asked is how we store our cans, sauces, and random bits and pieces in the pantry 🌸. Well, it is yet to be labelled but here is your answer: cans are on some shelf raisers from @kmartaus and sauces, spreads, refills, snacks, crackers, chocolate, etc, etc are just above in individual boxes separated by categories. The boxes are also from @kmartaus which I spray painted and then added a little pull handle to from @bunnings 😘😘. PS: I should note that our opened sauces that need to be refrigerated stay in the fridge
#pantryorganisation #organisedpantry #organised #pastelpantry #pastel #fgb #withthefeds #icleaned #organized #scullery #colourful

Firepit in the winter, platter stand in the summer

Firepit in the winter, platter stand in the summer 👋❤🌸. Made myself a whole jug of strawberry sangria and currently making a cheese platter as we speak. Waiting for the sun to go down so I can watch season 2 of 'you' on the projector outside 😂. Absolutely love how bright and cheerful this spot looks now considering the last photo was the 'before' 🙌. #outdoor #backyard #diy #diyfirepitcover #firepitcover #courtyard #smallyard #sangria

Happiest of birthdays to the man who didn't want a

Happiest of birthdays to the man who didn't want a dog but we compromised and got a dog and now he cuddles the dog, sleeps with the dog, builds/paints a kennel with/for the dog, sets up Easter treat hunts for the dog, fills up the dogs water bowl with filtered water and not tap water and tells her he loves her and how cute she is precisely 1000x more than he tells me a day 👍. I hope you have an amazing day, I look forward to this day every year because for the next 6 months we are officially the same age and you can't go around telling everyone you married a cougar and calling me cradle snatcher.
I love you 💖❤

Dom's as tall as our tree plus Delilah moved in ev

Dom's as tall as our tree plus Delilah moved in every photo 😂👍 Merry Christmas 🎄❤. (Numerous things had to be promised to get him to wear this, most not Insta appropriate 😂) Also, you can really tell why I need sneakers with a heel 😂

Merry Christmas to my absolutely fabulous bunch of

Merry Christmas to my absolutely fabulous bunch of friends - all 103,000 of you ❤🥰🎄. Thank you for sticking around and dealing with me for yet another year, for all of our chats, laughs, jokes, planning, organising, cleaning and cooking, for all the kindness you throw my way on a daily basis. Thank you ❤. I hope you all have an absolutely beautiful day and get spoilt rotten.
Sending love to all those who need a little extra love this Christmas. As always, I am here to chat anytime ❤. And a special thank you to the absolute heroes of Australia who are out there fighting fires and saving lives, homes and our beautiful land and don't get to spend Christmas with their families - you are all one of a kind and I hope you're all safe. Thank you 🎄💖 and Merry Christmas 🎉. Ps: all baking has been saved to my highlights. I think my favourite has definitely been the rocky road wreath, it came our gorgeous!! But you're all frothing over the trifle in my stories so fingers crossed it lives up to its hype 😂
#christmas #merrychristmas #christmasbaking

Tap to trifle 🍨🎄 But it's a post not a story

Tap to trifle 🍨🎄 But it's a post not a story so you have to swipe.
And also the photos are out of order so it isn't really a 'Tap to trifle' at all, but I just wanted to say it 😂
Thank you to @living_an_organised_life for introducing me to mini trifle bowls! Now I can portion control my trifles instead of making a huge one like I did last year and eating it straight out of the bowl for a week straight. (These were from @woolworths_au) **trifles have now all been eaten

Tomorrow is forecasted to hit 49° in certain part

Tomorrow is forecasted to hit 49° in certain parts of SA 😫 (the mantle is fake and does not produce heat, FYI 😂)

There is still time to get one of these babies und

There is still time to get one of these babies under your tree 🎄. Between Facebook and Instagram giveaways, four lucky winners were very, very chuffed yesterday. The best I can do for the rest of you is give you my discount code 😂 - FGBXMAS gets you $100 off and free shipping (valid until Dec 24th). Loan units are available to try for yourself from your local @hizeroaustralia retailer - @laurastaraustralia are nation wide and @adelaideappliancegallery is where you can trial one if you're in Adelaide. You can actually take them home, free of chsrge and see if it works for you as well as it works for me. Love that they do this 🙌 Merry Christmas 🎄🎄💖. #ambassador

The umbrella stand arrived so here is up in the ga

The umbrella stand arrived so here is up in the garden (@templeandwebster). I love it 🥰❤. I also went to @bunnings and got a piece of timber because I intend on making a firepit cover for summer. I want it to be like a giant platter that will double as a coffee table. I have recruited my sister to try and replicate the pattern on the gorgeous cushions (@thread_candy) onto the board so they all match. So excited! Fingers crossed it works out!! #backyard #diy #garden #outdoor #seatingarea

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I love how crazy you all went for the new garage c

I love how crazy you all went for the new garage cabinetry yesterday 👌🎉❤. Makes me so happy that I have found common ground with so many people 🥰. I have saved all the details to my highlights and will do a post when everything is done, but for now - I thought I would elaborate on the few questions that I got yesterday regarding entrances 🌸. We park in the garage and don't wear shoes inside; we therefore enter the house via the garage 99% of the time (and that is why our shoes are kept in there). This is what we see when we come inside ❤. 🌸 I try to avoid showing our front door for privacy reasons but the second image is our 'front entrance'. They are right next to each other, but on opposite walls. When we have friends/family over, their shoes are left at the front door. The basket with the flowers actually has slippers inside it for those that want them 💖. We leave our shoes on if we are entertaining outside or have like 20 people over because at that point, who cares 😂

Came home today and decided I urgently needed a ha

Came home today and decided I urgently needed a hangrail in the laundry, right now, ASAP, however I have no supplies and can't be bothered going to @bunnings for the 12th time this week - problematic. 🌸
10 minutes later, I had a hangrail in the laundry: I cut up an old bag strap and used it as the hangers and pulled apart Delilah's tee pee for a piece of dowel - voila 🎉😂. 🌸 I will get proper stuff another day but this will do for now! Swipe over for a 'before' photo. (The absolutely beautiful shelf is from @goldenwhistlerwoodshop ❤❤)

Loving how colourful our yard is looking 🥰🌳🌸. @dom_and_delilah thinks I have overdone it on the fairy lights but I think he is wrong 😂. 🌸
Anyways, another question for you all 💖 - should I paint the trellis behind the kennel white? I do have a creeper planted there so hopefully it covers the trellis soon? 🌸
Also, any ideas on how to cover the putty filler on the roof? We didn't paint it - the roof came like that and it is a green and textured material for what I can only assume is waterproofing purposes. I was thinking of painting the whole thing but it is such an uneven surface, I wouldn't even know where to begin 🙏
🌸
#backyard #diy #smallyard #icleaned #withthefeds #courtyard #dogkennel #garden

Last year's biggest game changer for me was hands

Last year's biggest game changer for me was hands down the @hizeroaustralia and the fact that there was such a thing as a two-in-one cordless mop/vac. Prior to the hizero, I had a barrel dyson and a steam mop; both of which required to be plugged in. 🌸
🌸
I had to drag out the barrel, plug it in, vacuum, lift the cord while vacuuming because it would get stuck under chair legs and stop extending, then unplug, drag it to the middle of the corridor, plug it in again and leave it there. Then I'd go and get my steam mop, plug it in, mop, lift the cord while mopping because it would get stuck under chair legs and stop extending, then unplug, drag to the middle of the corridor and leave it there so I can vacuum the other half of the house while the mopped half dries, then repeat. You exhausted/bored from reading that? Yeah, me too. It was my most hated job. 🤦‍♀️
🌸
Now, no cord = 15 minutes and all the tiles are vacuumed and mopped, with no streaks. The battery lasts for ages and it's so quick and easy to do. Love it when my most hated jobs are solved. 🎉🎉🎉🥰 My current discount code is valid until the 31st (FGBHNY2020) which gets you $100 off and free postage. Don't forget that they have showrooms where you can trial one of these wizards at your house for free so you can make sure it works just as well for you 👌🙌 #ambassador #cleaning #hizero #twoinone #cordless #lifesaver #gamechanger

Here is another before and after for you all today

Here is another before and after for you all today 🙌 - I bought a trellis from @catch_au that hides our very ugly aircon unit, very nicely 🎉. Now, I have two questions for you guys: 🌸
🌸 There is about a 10cm clearance on either side of the unit. The front of it (where the fans are) is completely open. There is nothing specific in our manual about clearance levels, but I assume I don't want to be restricting airflow (which may be an issue once the jasmine grows). Do you think the clearance is enough or should I put the pots and trellis on wheels so we can wheel it out when the aircon is in use? 🌸
🌸Also wondering if anyone has any magic tricks to remove the stain the jasmine pot has left on our pavers?

PS: jasmine has been here for a while and seems yo be growing very well so not too concerned about it dying at this stage

How to get two *BRAND NEW pairs of (*the exact sam

Going to bump this to the top of my feed again for

Going to bump this to the top of my feed again for anyone else that is looking over their evacuation plans after the absolue devestations of the fire 💔. 🛑
We are a digital household; all of our personal documents and photos are stored online and backed up through a NAS. Original copies are kept elsewhere however after findind the third infographic on pinterest, I will be adding to the box as I have missed a few things I'd like to keep in the instance of a natural disaster and evacuations. 🛑
In terms of general organisation and insurance: 🛑
We download copies of digital manuals wherever we can. Those that we cant find online (uaually older stuff or second hand items) stay in these blue folders. 🛑
We throw out the majority of our receipts (after photographing the important ones) but keep the big ones taped to the back of big purchases as secondary copies. Our TV's for example all have receipts stuck to the wall. The dining room table has the instructions and correlating allen keys taped underneath, same with our faux mantles etc. (This obviously will be useless in an emergency, it's just a general tip on storage) 🛑
Hope that was helpful xx

I was going to write a long new years caption like

I was going to write a long new years caption like every one else about personal growth, changes, and all that jazz, but instead here is an end of the decade vs the start of the decade shot for you because honestly, I'm not that deep and sentimental 😂 (yes that's my childhood bedroom 10 years ago where I clearly thought I was some kind of interior designer judging by my hashtags #beautiful, #pristine) 🌸
Happy New year! Hope it's a fabulous one for you all 🎉. I wish you good health, financial security, great love, many great friendships, and all the very best ❤. 🌸
It would be fantastic if this year we miraculously sorted out climate change and our political system, as well as a trillion other things but, baby steps.

Season 2 of 'YOU' .. 😯😲. Who's finished?? Am

Season 2 of 'YOU' .. 😯😲. Who's finished?? Am I the only one who thinks it was SIGNIFICANTLY better than the first season?? 🤷‍♀️. 🌸
(Photo unrelated 😂) 🌸
#pastelpantry #pantryorganization #withthefeds #icleaned #organized #organization #scullery

One of the most common questions I get asked is ho

One of the most common questions I get asked is how we store our cans, sauces, and random bits and pieces in the pantry 🌸. Well, it is yet to be labelled but here is your answer: cans are on some shelf raisers from @kmartaus and sauces, spreads, refills, snacks, crackers, chocolate, etc, etc are just above in individual boxes separated by categories. The boxes are also from @kmartaus which I spray painted and then added a little pull handle to from @bunnings 😘😘. PS: I should note that our opened sauces that need to be refrigerated stay in the fridge
#pantryorganisation #organisedpantry #organised #pastelpantry #pastel #fgb #withthefeds #icleaned #organized #scullery #colourful

Firepit in the winter, platter stand in the summer

Firepit in the winter, platter stand in the summer 👋❤🌸. Made myself a whole jug of strawberry sangria and currently making a cheese platter as we speak. Waiting for the sun to go down so I can watch season 2 of 'you' on the projector outside 😂. Absolutely love how bright and cheerful this spot looks now considering the last photo was the 'before' 🙌. #outdoor #backyard #diy #diyfirepitcover #firepitcover #courtyard #smallyard #sangria

Happiest of birthdays to the man who didn't want a

Happiest of birthdays to the man who didn't want a dog but we compromised and got a dog and now he cuddles the dog, sleeps with the dog, builds/paints a kennel with/for the dog, sets up Easter treat hunts for the dog, fills up the dogs water bowl with filtered water and not tap water and tells her he loves her and how cute she is precisely 1000x more than he tells me a day 👍. I hope you have an amazing day, I look forward to this day every year because for the next 6 months we are officially the same age and you can't go around telling everyone you married a cougar and calling me cradle snatcher.
I love you 💖❤

Dom's as tall as our tree plus Delilah moved in ev

Dom's as tall as our tree plus Delilah moved in every photo 😂👍 Merry Christmas 🎄❤. (Numerous things had to be promised to get him to wear this, most not Insta appropriate 😂) Also, you can really tell why I need sneakers with a heel 😂

Merry Christmas to my absolutely fabulous bunch of

Merry Christmas to my absolutely fabulous bunch of friends - all 103,000 of you ❤🥰🎄. Thank you for sticking around and dealing with me for yet another year, for all of our chats, laughs, jokes, planning, organising, cleaning and cooking, for all the kindness you throw my way on a daily basis. Thank you ❤. I hope you all have an absolutely beautiful day and get spoilt rotten.
Sending love to all those who need a little extra love this Christmas. As always, I am here to chat anytime ❤. And a special thank you to the absolute heroes of Australia who are out there fighting fires and saving lives, homes and our beautiful land and don't get to spend Christmas with their families - you are all one of a kind and I hope you're all safe. Thank you 🎄💖 and Merry Christmas 🎉. Ps: all baking has been saved to my highlights. I think my favourite has definitely been the rocky road wreath, it came our gorgeous!! But you're all frothing over the trifle in my stories so fingers crossed it lives up to its hype 😂
#christmas #merrychristmas #christmasbaking

Tap to trifle 🍨🎄 But it's a post not a story

Tap to trifle 🍨🎄 But it's a post not a story so you have to swipe.
And also the photos are out of order so it isn't really a 'Tap to trifle' at all, but I just wanted to say it 😂
Thank you to @living_an_organised_life for introducing me to mini trifle bowls! Now I can portion control my trifles instead of making a huge one like I did last year and eating it straight out of the bowl for a week straight. (These were from @woolworths_au) **trifles have now all been eaten

Tomorrow is forecasted to hit 49° in certain part

Tomorrow is forecasted to hit 49° in certain parts of SA 😫 (the mantle is fake and does not produce heat, FYI 😂)

There is still time to get one of these babies und

There is still time to get one of these babies under your tree 🎄. Between Facebook and Instagram giveaways, four lucky winners were very, very chuffed yesterday. The best I can do for the rest of you is give you my discount code 😂 - FGBXMAS gets you $100 off and free shipping (valid until Dec 24th). Loan units are available to try for yourself from your local @hizeroaustralia retailer - @laurastaraustralia are nation wide and @adelaideappliancegallery is where you can trial one if you're in Adelaide. You can actually take them home, free of chsrge and see if it works for you as well as it works for me. Love that they do this 🙌 Merry Christmas 🎄🎄💖. #ambassador

The umbrella stand arrived so here is up in the ga

The umbrella stand arrived so here is up in the garden (@templeandwebster). I love it 🥰❤. I also went to @bunnings and got a piece of timber because I intend on making a firepit cover for summer. I want it to be like a giant platter that will double as a coffee table. I have recruited my sister to try and replicate the pattern on the gorgeous cushions (@thread_candy) onto the board so they all match. So excited! Fingers crossed it works out!! #backyard #diy #garden #outdoor #seatingarea

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