A big week here @ The Hedge is ending - THANK GOODNESS! We closed off FY10 yesterday at work & I for one am mighty glad to see the back end of it. I start FY11 today with a whopping increase in my sales targets, so it looks like the 24 hours a day I currently work, will need to be doubled to even give this fanciful target a nudge. Lots of lovely social things on this weekend, & a mad panic to find something to wear to a dinner in Sydney next week. A dash up the Freeway in the Millie-mobile to the see the ever-so-patient girls at Balhannah By Design is in order & hopefully I can come home with one of Ilse Jacobsen's pretties in a BBD bag.
Although it's time for BBD to tempt us with their annual range of Ilse's awesome wellies -gorgeous huh! One day Millie, one day.
While I'm over @ Balhannah, MOTH will be toiling away in the trenches - the dramatic dodgy downpipe story continues. Photos will not be forthcoming, I can't even bear to look out the windows to the shocking current scene in the courtyard. However, I noticed that a whole heap of gravel had been delivered yesterday, & he has promised me that he'll be starting to backfill all the trenches this weekend & he may even be able to start on replacing all the paving that's been uncerermoniously ripped up in this whole process. I reckon there's a Cooper's or three in it for you mate if I see pavers down by Sunday night.
Thank you to Rachelover at raenovate. Her feature renovation story today is yes, you guessed it US! We are in very snazzy company & Rachel had some really kind words to say about what happens behind The Hedge. Do swing over & say hi to Rachel here, her fabulous blog is full of wonderful Before's & After's & great ideas. It's the weekend, so go enjoy!
and somewhere in between all that work a trip to the Amalfi will be required.... I am sure there will be something spectacular with your name on it at BBD. Enjoy your weekend! Axx
Wellies are my shoes du jour, but nothing as lovely as those! Gravel arriving here this weekend too and I will be on the end of the shovel... may need tending to by a back surgeon on monday. Will pop over to Rachel's... enjoy your weekend... Georgie x
Oh Millie you crack me up with your wonderful descriptions and humour!
Have a wonderful weekend. I am off to the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show on the weekend ~ can't wait ~ and I will teleport some inspiration MOTH's way for you!
Go and shop until you drop Millie. I seem to remember you saying you'd never achieve this years targets last year, and just look...!! End of FY for us this week too. I'm so pleased the stocktaking is done and dusted! Yay for the weekend. Amanda xx
Millie, I just can't come at the white wellies. They were the footwear of choice for my obstetrician, and after 3 babies, no just wrong for daywear.. Please feel free for yourself though. Happy shopping.
Life in the little village of Stirling in the hills above Adelaide in South Australia is just about as good as it gets! Enjoying a cool climate and 'hill-station' feel, Stirling is well-known for its 19th-century stone villas set on large grounds dense with roses, camellias, rhododendrons and huge old Oaks.
With 3 sons, 3 grandchildren & my work in a scientific business dominated by yes, more men, The Laurel Hedge was born out of my sheer desperation for something the boys just don't get & never will!
Quote This!
'No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it all too seriously.'
15 years of renovating was over - we'd just completed everything & were really enjoying our lovely old Victorian villa in the Eastern suburbs of Adelaide. However we'd always had a fondness for the country life & without warning we found ourselves transported by alien beings disguised as Real Estate Agents to a house on 1/2 acre of wild, rambling gardens in Stirling!
The house is circa 1972 & with all the 70's features. Open-faced brown brick walls, raked ceilings, exposed beams, split levels - totally yuk! However, it's inherent design is great & the location amazing - tucked behind a wonderful old laurel hedge in a quiet country lane in the heart of gorgeous Stirling.
and somewhere in between all that work a trip to the Amalfi will be required.... I am sure there will be something spectacular with your name on it at BBD. Enjoy your weekend! Axx
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the shopping trip and spend big! Hope the thought of a few Coopers is enough to motivate MOTH.
ReplyDeleteClare x
Wellies are my shoes du jour, but nothing as lovely as those! Gravel arriving here this weekend too and I will be on the end of the shovel... may need tending to by a back surgeon on monday. Will pop over to Rachel's... enjoy your weekend... Georgie x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun shopping trip that will be!
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering what was happening in your courtyard! Oh dear!
Have fun Millie :)
ReplyDeleteAnd enjoy your weekend.
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Oh Millie you crack me up with your wonderful descriptions and humour!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend. I am off to the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show on the weekend ~ can't wait ~ and I will teleport some inspiration MOTH's way for you!
Go and shop until you drop Millie. I seem to remember you saying you'd never achieve this years targets last year, and just look...!! End of FY for us this week too. I'm so pleased the stocktaking is done and dusted!
ReplyDeleteYay for the weekend.
Amanda xx
Millie, I just can't come at the white wellies. They were the footwear of choice for my obstetrician, and after 3 babies, no just wrong for daywear.. Please feel free for yourself though. Happy shopping.
ReplyDeletethanks for the shout-out millie, it was a pleasure writing about your amazing home's transformation! have the loveliest of weekends!
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