Life Instyle | Cushion Nirvana..who do you love?

   

Loving the small things at Life Instyle, Sydney over the weekend.

Chock-a-bock full with a collection of home | lifestyle | kids stuff 

here's a sneak peek of what's in store soon 

'cushion in a basket' plus more on the side from NZ's Bianca Lorenne
 

I'll have what she is having- one in every colour, thank you Ferm Living
 

 

The funky + textured Walter G...note pink lamp in opening image

The amazing patchwork wall of handmade designs from Sally Campbell 

 

Floor stacks going straight to my living room delivered by Pony Rider

Pony Rider's long + lean bolsters on a long and winding road

Love your work Brown Trading Co..that was my unmarried name..nice to be in the Co. 

 

Dwell Studio is fun and serious too...lots of European inspired designs 

What's not to love about bonnie and neil  beautiful colour palette and unforgetable design

Feather the nest with a cushion comment... 

which one is your very new, best, favouritest cushion designer?

ttfn Jo

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

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

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
 

Eco friendly & stylish cushions!

Ourlieu (our-lee-oo) a marriage of English & French, meaning our space.

Australian owned, Ourlieu begun in 2010 with the aim of creating beautiful, stylish homewares for any space.
I would love any of their beautiful ranges at my lieu from the current Gypsy Coast to the Woodland collection, a personal favourite for us forest dwellers.
Minimising materials and using only environmentally responsible sources Ourlieu aims to produce beautiful eco friendly feather bags!

Ourlieu, not just a pretty space!

www.ourlieu.com/web

ttfn Jo

CUSHIONS: The Facts & Feathers

Who Knew?

Cushions have colonised most of the world's interiors!

The largest gathering can be found in apartments, townhouses and most notably family dwellings. Like all feathered creatures they congregate in flocks and rarely live a solitary existence.

Their size varies according to habitat, the largest of the species is the Beanbag (Common Floor Cushion) and is found in spacious interiors with direct access to electronic devices whilst the smallest, the domestic Pin Cushion is so tiny it can fit on your wrist!

If you have a cushion colony please enter the 
CUSHION CLUSTER CHALLENGE 
It's a styling competition, but really it's just a bit of fun.
jomccomiskey.blogspot.com/2011/11/win-designer-cushions-for-christmas.html

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 pudding

 

 

pink, purple and plum

It's no surprise that I love The Works, in Hawthorn. 
The Fiat 500 has been know to wait patiently for hours as I source products for shoots or shop....not entirely mutually exclusive activies either!

Last time I was there I was sourcing for a Mothers Day table and couldn't resist the visual merchandising...or maybe it was just the plum pudding of cushions...yummy!
Chesterfields are tricky to pretty up however the rich plum colours here look sensational...more colour combos later.

hhmm must review Qu. 6, 7 & 8 of the Cushion Quiz
jomccomiskey.blogspot.com/2011/11/obessive-cushion-disorder.html


Visit The Works, at Hawthorn they've got it all, 
including good coffee and inspiration for 
THE CUSHION CLUSTER CHALLENGE
jomccomiskey.blogspot.com/2011/11/win-designer-cushions-for-christmas.html

The Works, 

aka Bed Bath 'N Table

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!

Cushion addiction

The Road to Re-Covery

What is it with women and cushions...it's obesessive, compulsive and totally addictive. I love the power of the cushion, it's the promise of a new beginning...the decor equivalent to Spring in all its potency. Cushions may feather the nest but no longer are they just a soft place to fall, they create the accent and flavour in a room and they do so economically, maybe that's why we love them. They create change without financial chaos. 

I fell in lust with these Atticus & Milo handmade chair pads the first time I walked into their studio, 2 years ago. Despite the designer fabric tag, they are a simply a patchwork of remnants with a strong graphic colour scheme, lots of texure and a few giddy up elements to get the heart racing.

Mines racing...racing for my remnants stash.

Atticus & Milo create pefect living spaces 
and really nice cushions too!

www.atticusmilo.com.au