Landing

Love the idea of using the space on a landing as something more than a change of direction. B&B designed by Belgian architects Not Before Ten.

Wake me up

Wake me up when Monday is over. No go away. I'm serious. I want to stay under the covers and slip back into my dream. The one where I live in a small but perfectly formed beach house in Portugal. Simple and stylish, layers of texture and colours of the sea. A wonderful dream where there are never any Mondays, never any Mondayitis. A dream designed by Vera Iachia of course.

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Introducing Oneflare Scrapbooks – the Pinterest for Home Design!

Oneflare.com has just launched an Australian-first design inspiration tool called Oneflare Scrapbooks, to help Aussies design and build their perfect home. It’s an exciting new tool that helps people find and collect inspiring photos of their favourite home design, ideas and improvements.

To celebrate the launch, Oneflare are giving away 12 iPad Airs valued at $598 plus a $200 Oneflare voucher that can be spent on any of the hundreds of services through oneflare.com. A cleaner, a removalist, a gardener or even an interior designer – the list goes on!

Enter the draw, simply visit Oneflare Scrapbooks here, and click on your favourite image, share it on Facebook and tell us in 25 words or less why you like the image! Don’t forget to also ‘like’ the Oneflare Facebook page here.

With Oneflare Scrapbooks, you can now start planning the look of your dream home, and find the right trade professional to build it – all on one website. It’s essentially like a Pinterest for home design that is powered by over 37,000 qualified Australian home service businesses, guaranteed by Oneflare. And of course, just like finding a local service on Oneflare, it’s easy to use, and totally free!

Why use Oneflare Scrapbooks?

• Be inspired: You can pin images of your favourite design ideas from the web or their own device to their personal Scrapbooks account

• It’s social: You can share, like and comment on other people’s pictures and scrapbooks

• Connect to design experts: You have access to thousands of design/building/renovation experts who can collaborate with you to plan your dream home

• It’s transparent: Scrapbooks allows businesses to upload their portfolios. You also have access to past customer reviews and recommendations to you know how good they are.

• Save time and money: From inspiration through to choosing suppliers - the entire process takes place through the Oneflare site, taking the hassle out of planning any home improvement project.

What is Oneflare?

Oneflare.com is Australia’s fastest growing local services marketplace that connects Australians with over 37,000 businesses across Australia. Oneflare helps you find reputable local businesses, who are fairly priced – saving you time and money. All service providers are checked for licences, insurance and qualifications so you know they are reliable and trustworthy. Our key feature is our Oneflare Guarantee. Should something go wrong with your job, we’ll pay up to $500 to send another Oneflare business to repair your job and set things right.

How does it work?

1. Post a job you need done (posting a job is totally free)

2. You receive five competitive quotes from local businesses interested in your work, along with their full business profile, verification status and past customer reviews.

3. You simply hire the best!

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New around my house

I spent all day yesterday getting the majority of my Christmas shopping done so I didn't have much time to prepare a post for today. I thought I'd just share some photos of new stuff around my house. To start, I finally pulled something out of storage I've been dying to display for a few years. When I got married in 2010, Jo sent me a Moroccan wedding blanket as a wedding gift. It is absolutely beautiful and one of my most treasured possessions. I had planned to hang it in the bedroom of my new house but since that house has been delayed, I figured to hell with it, and hung it over a branch we found at my sister's cottage and positioned it over the bed as a headboard. I love that I can see it every day. And the cats leave it alone so that's a bonus. (To note, my bedroom is a dumping ground for furniture that doesn't work in any other room, and has linens picked more out of necessity than anything else so one day I hope to have my bedroom set up a little more planned/calculated)

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