My new home in Adore Magazine

Oh dear….has it really been almost 3 months since i last posted?!?!

How did that happen?…..

Well, my business is super busy with lots of great projects & I've had to focus on that for the time being. 

But i haven't forgotten about the blog or you my bloggy friends!

What better way to come back to the blog than to share the story Adore Magazine has done on my new place!

And don't you love that my dog Violet managed to score a double page spread in her favourite spot (yes…on the couch!)

ADORE {The Book!}

There are so many exciting things happening at the moment!

One of which is the long anticipated launch of the ADORE book.

I am so thrilled for Loni who hosted a pozzible campaign to get the book funded.

My copy arrives yesterday & its full of amazing homes, spaces & general gorgeousness….
AND my old apartment {and ME!} feature in the book!

My house….and me…in a BOOK! Crazy.

{my nanna is going to order about 50 copies! Which you too can do here from the Adore Shop}

Heres a little taste!

My Work in Home Beautiful {May 2014}

I am so excited to see the gorgeous cottage i worked on last year in this months Home Beautiful!

A whole ten pages - and its come out looking divine!

The house had amazing feel to it & both the client & i were so excited to bring it to life.  

My client had some lovely things to say about working together which was so nice to read too :)

Black & White {with a touch of Hex.}

A few from the inspiration file on a current bathroom job. 

I can see a clear theme here...

My Work - Cottage Kitchen

In the same house with the cute bathroom i showed you last week, we also re-did the kitchen!

We knocked a wall out between the existing kitchen (think coloured 1970's laminate) 

& a sitting room (that was dark red & very gloomy) to open it up to one big space & it came up a treat!
Here are a few shots i took before the client moved in (hence no fridge!)

You can see more of my work at www.sallyrhysjones.com

My Work - Cottage Bathroom

Remember way back here when i showed you the before shot for a bathroom i was working on?

It just occurred to me i never showed you the 'After!'

Heres another look at the 'Before' {during demolition, but you get the idea!}

And the finished result!

Our Kilimanjaro Expedition Documentary!

A few months back i was the Australian member of a team of 12 Type 1 Diabetics to go to Africa to climb mount Kilimanjaro. 

We hope to inspire others with Diabetes, other illnesses or indeed no medical issues, to get out there & have a go! 

We had a camera crew with us & this was the film they made about the expedition. 

It was released today for World Diabetes Day. 

Hope you enjoy {and get a laugh out of how terrible i look!}

Makeover your desk with TYPO

I dont know about you but I love Typo! It's rather hard to go in there & come out empty handed! 

Something else i love is a great workspace!

So when Typo asked if i would like to take part in their Desk Rescue Campaign it was a no-brainer! Um, YES!!!

Yes, you heard it folks, Typo are giving away 3 'Desk Rescue Packs' worth over $600 each!

Its really simple to enter, just head over to their Facebook page and upload a photo of your tragic looking desk! 

Let me inspire you with my own 'Desk Rescue'

My workspace was looking a bit lacklustre....However a trip to Typo has fixed all that! 

Behold my new desk space! Its all in the details, so let me take you on a tour!

First up, what you cant see off to the left is my new friend & the gorgeous magnetic baroque white board.

Ive been loving working at night with the Hydrangea lanterns on! 

I am a bit old school & like to send hand written cards. 

I filled the mail holder with a variety of Birthday & Thank you cards - always good to have a few on hand! 

How cute is the OMG gold foil card? 

Im also a bit of a bandit for colour co-ordinated stationary (did someone say OCD?) 

I used a milk bottle to fill with pencils & pens & grabbed a 'Morning Cup' full of tiffany blue pins, paper & bulldog clips! 

Some tunes on a cute radio and a cup of tea from a pretty teacup always makes working more pleasurable! 

Ive been using the little gold toadstool to store my USB sticks that always tend to go missing!

Then just for something different, I created a corner as a wrapping station.

Its aways handy to have paper, some cute cards & ribbon or twine on hand - especially with Christmas approaching.

In my opinion the wrapping is as important as the gift inside {i spend far to much time on wrapping}! 

And of course, given my obsession with all things French, i can see a bit of a theme developing here! 

Hello awesome Eiffel tower scissors!!!

I've filled a vase with ribbon, twine & gift tags, & used some stamps to decorate envelopes!

The gorgeous gold faceted vase is also actually a pen holder!

And last but not least I think its always nice to have fresh flowers on your desk

I used typo's skull pen holder as a vase! Loving their super cool 'Book of Skulls' too!

Big thanks to Natasha Mulhall Photography for the beautiful images!

My Clients New Armchair

Last Friday i received the best text message & photo from one of my clients..

This amazing chair i had made for their bedroom had arrived!!

I fell in love with this fabric the second i saw it, and luckily they trusted me & ran with it.

Needless to say both myself and my client are thrilled with the result! LOVE! 

{Not only is it pretty, its also extremely comfy!}

You can see more of my work at www.sallyrhysjones.com 

My Work in Home Beautiful

I was a little more than a tad excited yesterday when the latest Home Beautiful hit the shelves.

Not one, but two of my recent projects are featured in the November issue! 

This is the first time since going out on my own that any of my work has been featured.

And in my favourite magazine too - As you can imagine I'm thrilled!