Home Office | Live-work + giveaway

the nook surfing before dinner, a 20 min time limit applies 
during peak times!

the soho all present + accounted for with modern storage 
and vintage accents

 

the incognito is it an office, is it a study... no it's the space
at the top of the stair, super!

WHETHER YOU ARE WORKING FROM HOME (like I) or just bpaying & blogging
your life away (again, like I) then you need somewhere to put all your matchy, matchy linen magazine holders and pencil bouquets. Sadly, none of the above are rooms in my house
( s i g h ) although often some of my personal items do make it into the shots (flip flops by the pool, reading glasses on the bedside table) I don't actually live there...even though that is MY leather jacket resting comfortably on the black chair above.

...you want to know where I bought the leather jacket?

Well if you MUST know it's from one of my favourite cities in the world, next to Sydney
and the city of Shoalhaven and I'm sure Paul Hewson (who?) has one just like it !!

giveaway

The first to post the name of the city 
on my facebook page wins a copy of 

apartment therapy's  

the eight step home cure

apartment therapy- saving the world,
one room at a time.

here's how

1. Click on the link beautiful south
2. Like the page and leave your answer!
Sorry, only australian residents

For product info or where to buy 
post a message | send an email
jomccomiskey@bigpond.com.au

Cushion Storage Challenge WINNER

Rack and stack

Congratulations to Leah Viney of Little Bohemian for a beautiful image and a
simple solution to stacking those pillows and cushions after lights out.

A big thank you to all who entered the Store, Stack or floor them challenge,
love your ideas and images. Also a very big thank you to The Bedspread Shop,
in Malvern for donating the deluxe Danish goosedown pillows and to Fiona Peel,
former winner of the Cushion Cluster Competition who had these very clever ideas:

The Cushion shelf

Behind the "window furnishing" or, in 

laymans terms the bedroom curtain  

Fiona has attached a hinged shelf. 

During the day it's folded 

up neatly along the wall, hiding behind 

the curtain. Then at night it's folded 

down and the extra pillows off the bed 

are placed on the shelf....

voila, no more floordrobe!

The Pillow Rack 

Finally the pants hanger moonlights as 

a pillow rack and, yes we think it 

definitely has some "Martha" appeal! 

If you would like to see the mechanics of the 

cushion shelf concept have a look at the 

'Secret Shelf" video, below- I discovered 

this American classic sometime ago. 

Spoiler alert...art collectors be warned

                                     

                             ttfn Jo

Cushion Storage

This is what I'm talking about!

Pillows + cushions that look good when resting comfortably on the bed or 

stacked in a cupboard. Loving yellow all over again and glad to see it has 

ditched its former blue BF and hooked up with charcoal and linen...

see how much better they get on?

Dont forget to enter the Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway... 

it's F.U.N and the pillow prize promises eternal restful 

sleep and extremely posh dreams..cause they are sooo deluxe!

Competition ends Feb 17..start stacking, storing or flooring!

ttfn  Jo

 

image from pinterest

Storing pillows & cushions

  

Store, Stack or floor them?
Cute n' clever ways to say goodnight to bed pillows...nighty night featherbags

Imagine waking up to a pillow free floor where you dont have to search the far flung 

corners of the room or dodge pillows that have passed out bedside and morphed into
a pet bed, at...oh I don't know ...was it around midnight, Maxie?

 

Whilst at The Works, aka Bed Bath N' Table I noticed their VM displays had

some really lovely ideas for storing pillows, when they are not reclining as 

excessively cosy, colourful bed toppings

The ottoman at the bedbase is always good for a sweet stack of pillows, and 

fortunately far too small for my dog to negotiate as is the suitcase of cushions 

resting on, what else but a suitcase holder.

Put on your thinking cap and pj's to win...

2 Danish Deluxe Goosedown pillows, valued at $300..nighty, night posh feather bags

ttfn Jo

WIN Goosedown Deluxe Pillows

Wake up in style

For your chance to win a His & Hers set of Danish goosedown pillows, 

recommended by Kerry Whitaker, cushion connoisseur and owner 

of Melbourne's fabulous Bedspread Shop take the challenge and enter the

Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway

Danish Goosedown Pillows

Total European luxury and an investment in ultimate sleeping comfort.
Cotton covered, plump, comfortable and recommended by physiotherapists.

 

Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway!

Enter the Pillow Storage Challenge for a chance to win a 

set of  His & Hers deluxe goosedown pillows RR $300 from 

The Bedspread Shop

The  Brief:

Simply style + photograph your Pre Bed Pillow storage idea, then send 

me the digital image (as a tiff or jpg) and I will post the most creative 

entries on the Beautiful South blog + fwd to the H&G editorial team.

How to enter:  

Email your PBP image(tiff or jpg) to:

jomccomiskey@bigpond.com

Don't forget to include your name + contact details! 
Bloggers:

Put your entry/pic on your blog plus a comment and then please 

send me an ahoy with a link back to your blog.

Entries close: Friday Feb 17   Winner announced: Monday Feb 19

Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway

Pillow talk

Do you store, stack or floor them at night?

Ahem....Good Housekeeping is of the opinion that your bed pillows 
"shouldn't take up more than half of the bed". My husband is of the 
opinion that they shouldn't take up half the floor either.

A friend of mine says her hubby dodges both the cushions and her 
"floordrobe" and once counted 36 random cushions in the house
not including pillows...welcome to the cushionista club!

Here is one solution re feather bags on the floor:

The Wicker Basket

If you have any solutions or funny husband stories please enter 

the Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway for a chance to win sumptuous  

His & Hers Pillows valued at $300 from The Bedspread Shop.

ttfn Jo

Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway

 

where do you go to my lovely

When you're alone in your bed.....with 47 extra pillows

There was a philosopher who spoke of the cat that mews to be let out and 

then mews to be let in again. In the interim, does it exist? 

 

When the lights are off in the bedroom do excessive pillows, cushions or bolsters, 

on a bed cease to exist? Where do they go to when the covers are pulled back? 

Mine generally pass out on the floor, the proximity to the bed being in direct 

proportion to the time + tiredness of the retiree. Making your way to the bathroom

in the morning is like negotiating a feathery minefield. Could there possibly be

a solution to this bedroom dilemma?

I NEED ANSWERS + GOOD IDEAS FOR PILLOW STORAGE!

Stack, store or floor them?
Do you have a natty idea for storing your discarded bed pillows at night?

Is it a special storage receptacle, pillow hanger or cushion cupboard?

Where do they go to when not resting comfortably curled up on your bed?

 

Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway!

Enter the Pillow Storage Challenge for a chance to win a 

set of  His & Hers deluxe goosedown pillows RR $300 from 

The Bedspread Shop

The  Brief:

Simply style + photograph your Bed Pillow/Cushion storage idea, then send 

me the digital image (as a tiff or jpg) and I will post the most creative 

entries on the Beautiful South blog + fwd to the H&G editorial team.

How to enter:  

Email your PBP image(tiff or jpg) to:

jomccomiskey@bigpond.com

Don't forget to include your name + contact details! 
Bloggers:

Put your entry/pic on your blog plus a comment and then please 

send me an ahoy with a link back to your blog.

Entries close: Friday Feb 17   Winner announced: Monday Feb 19

Goosedown Deluxe Giveaway

Best dressed beds
Which personality type are you?
Having spent my youth in an all girl Catholic boarding school I can't possibly leave 
the house without making the bed or eat fishcakes on friday. I'm also not into 
full fat pillows, they’re a pain in the C7 so next time we go holidaying up the coast 
the skinny flatty is coming too.

Unfortunately my sad, skinny runway model of a pillow looks like it has passed out on 
the bed after its made so, for the sake of aestheics I have a stash of fuller figured feather bags ...nothing says deluxe comfort like a plus sized pillow!

Arranging pillows on a bed is not only a skill it's another category on the Myers Briggs test. Do you layer symmetrically + vertically, stacking until the final mini bling cushion (entj) or opt for the asymmetrical look, one side vertical the other horizontal (esnp) or do you just throw them on the bed overarm like my husband (meh)

And what of bedlinen- are you a smooth or crunchy? Crisp sheets and tucked in 
blankets or feathery doonas? Personally I'm a doona fan, the chameleon of bedland 
plus I like shaking them in that big, slow way to get all the little recalcitrant feathers 
back up the other end!

Next to mint slices, there is something delicious about a freshly made bed and in a perfect world there would be a 'just made bed' force field repelling bouncing children, jumping dogs and husbands putting on socks.

Are you a self made bed fan?

1. Can you walk out the door without attempting to make the bed?
2. Does trampolining on a freshly made bed fill you with pure joy?
3. Are there less than 2 pillows on your bed once made?
4. Is a 'hospital corner' a place for naughty sick people?
5. Bedruffle, Bedlam and Bedazzle are all types of fitted sheets?


If you answered NO to any of the above stay posted for the next styling challenge 
and the Pillow Places Giveaway!

For beautiful bedlinen online go to 

linenhouse.com.au

www.adairs.com.au

abodeliving.com

 

 ttfn Jo

CUSHION CLUSTER WINNER!

Cushion Safari....awww!

Congrats to Fiona Peel for her very cute, creative cluster of cushions...those BTc. cushions will be winging their way to you very soon.... but not before a bit of Q&A.

What do you do.. now, or in a former life before children?

In my sleep deprived state I don't recall a life before kids! 
Now when I have a few minutes I:
Bake (recipes with chocolate)
Read (flick the ipad for design sites and the news)
Photograph cushions.

You are obviously a cushion fiend, care to elaborate?

I love them because they bring a sofa or bed to life adding pattern, drama and colour. 
Oh, and they make you more comfy too!

Decorating tips to share?

Spine bookcases are great for stacking discarded cushions from the bed at night....funnily enough Edward Cullen prefers books in his spine bookcase.
Also good storage is a must for hiding extra 'stuff' when people come over.

Thank you to everyone who entered..I have sent a lot of the images through to 
House & Garden - the Ed. team were very impressed! 

Stay posted for more challenges, prizes + great decorating tips!

Have a fab festive season
Jo x

CUSHION CLUSTER CHALLENGE

The CCC winner announced Monday

The judging panel are very busy making final decisions and the winner of the
Cushion Cluster Challenge will be announced on Monday 19th December.

Thank you for all your great clusters, hope you had as much fun as I did.

Keep following for more seasonal style challenges and 
great prizes in the new year.

CUSHION CLUSTER CHALLENGERS 3

 

Cushion Contenders

I have been getting so many amazing entries for the challenge its hard to showcase all the talent...here are just a few more

1. All I want for xmas

A gold medal goes to Fiona for her PB in the Olympic Xmas tree stack...under 3 seconds before the inevitable toddler crash tackle...amazing, I don't know how she does it!

2. Cushion Couture

A stylish hessian cluster on a linen chesterfield, thanks Leah
If you would like to see more of Leah's style visit

Leah-theinsidestory.blogspot.com

Keep those cushion challenges coming...you have till Friday, so get clustering.

ttfn Jo
 

Addicted to cushions

A is for Addicted to cushions ccc entry

WHY ARE WOMEN ADDICTED TO CUSHIONS?
It hit fever pitch for me when I was pregnant with my daughter. Lost in Lincraft for hours in search of baby gingham, toile, ric rac and bouncy, cloudlike wadding. The blood sugar levels would plummet and I knew if I didnt escape the Textile Zone, and find a friand I would collapse!
The house became so excessively comfortable in that final term that the Irishman would come home and ask how many cushions, quilts, throws I had made today? 
I still make cushions, still addicted and still lose all sense of time and place in homewares stores. 
Is it the innate nesting instinct of women or is it just part of their DNA to soften hard surfaces...floors, leather sofas, men?

Thank you Mandy for your entry

Its not too late to enter:
jomccomiskey.blogspot.com/2011/11/win-designer-cushions-for-christmas.html


ttfn Jo

CUSHION CLUSTER CHALLENGERS 2

Some cute CCC entries..

1. Cat amongst the pigeons 
2. Tea Towel Still life

Keep them coming!

Cushion Traders

Divine cushions to WIN,

just in time for Christmas!

Enter the CUSHION CLUSTER CHALLENGE today!

The Brown Trading Co. have an amazing range of cushions and tablelinen. After using their Bungalow range for a recent House & Garden shoot, a dreamy mothers day lunch setting in the gorgeous George's Heatherly garden, I became a big fan and placed an online order before I packed away the table!

Can't wait for Christmas and the Bungalow tablecloth & napkins ..should go very nicely with the turkey! 

The Brown Trading Co. collections are stocked in beautiful stores across Australia-visit their website to find out about locations or simply place an order online!

or enter to win 5 TBC cushions, details on my blog!

The lovely Kate at Montobello Emporium, Balwyn provided the product for my H&G shoot and have a great collection of TBC.

Also have a squiz at the Gorgeous George's
Heatherly Designs...you'll love the Fenwick Bedhead in Belgium linen...I do every night!

www.montebelloemporium.com.au/contact/

 http://www.thebrowntradingco.com.au/stockists/

http://www.heatherlydesign.com.au/

CUSHION CLUSTER CHALLENGERS 1

CCC entries

1. Holly's Lollies
2. Lemons + limes

We love Holly's Lollies clever double sided cushion collection for a different look everyday of the week! The Lemon + Limes cluster are all hand made and perfect for an outdoor setting.

Can't wait to see more clusters & collections.

enjoy the challenge!