A real treat.....

Yesterday evening a girl friend and i were kindly invited to view this amazing garden; just down the road from where we live. The owners have developed this garden in the past 8 years into a living piece of art where you can loose yourself in amongst the beauty that exists around every corner. The front garden was designed from inspiration derived from many European gardens visited by the owners on there last trip overseas.
The gorgeous potting shed sits proudly at the top of the potager where mass plantings of vegetables and cutting flowers are grandly displayed in various structured beds. You will see the owners are extremely clever at positioning various vintage finds around the garden to only better enhance the already beautiful design.
The rusty rooster sits magically on top of the fence post; you expect him to come to life.
And lastly but certainly not least the chook shed that the husband built out of recycled materials. Every bit enchanting , as it is practical.....at this stage no chooks. We will have to see what we can do.
And so there we have it ; an inspirational evening where we returned to our home totally inspired and proud of what our neighbours have accomplished in such a short time. Not a moment was there lack of conversation about this amazing garden well into our evening with a glass of wine in hand. Congratulations to our friends and neighbours.xxxxxxx

Some more inspiration.....

As things are nearing the decorating stage at our new home, i am madly going through my files for more inspiration. I guess you just want to make the right choices; and choices that also suit your lifestyle. Do you go for polished wooden floors like in the photo above or do you have lime washed flooring.....this will all depend on wall colour, bench tops, colour of cabinets etc etc.
Love the ladder for displaying my linen tea towels.
Repetition with prints....quite like this
The fresh smell of freshly picked blooms always makes a house homely......
The layering of linens and throws etc is something that beckons me to hop in.......Take care everyone.

I'm back.....

Sorry for my lack of posts lately....but i have been away on our summer break. I must say we have had an amazing time.We went on our boat to Maria Island, between Christmas and New Year, then a week painting in at our new home, and then finally a week on the East coast of Tasmania. The weather was great and the fishing was good; so both very relaxed and ready for what the New Year brings us. Here are some shots of The Vintage Rose now i am back at work, ordering new stock and having a change around. The bags in the above photo are new in store selling for $29.
The clock is a new addition...
A range of our handmade pottery by Lily and Lu Lu......

Well hopefully you will here a little more from me from now on , and i will keep you up dated on whats coming into the store and also give you a sneak peak at some of the finishing stages of our new home. Things are coming along well but we still have a lot to do; and anyone who has restored an old home before will know that the final things always take the longest. Take care x

Festive times.....

My daughter had a few friends over last night.....gorgeous girls. So let the festivities at our house begin.....
The wreath is hung
One on the door
And our beautiful fresh tree from Killiekrankie farm ( featured in Country Style Mag). Take care everyone and enjoy this very festive time.xxxx

Its me.....

From me ...and The Vintage Rose...Merry Christmas to everyone out there in blog land. Things are getting quite hectic and i may not get a chance to wish everyone well....so i guess now is as good a time as any. Thank you for all your support this year...and i hope Santa comes to each and every one of you.

The store hours between now and Christmas are

Friday 16th....10.30-5.30, Saturday 17th 10-2, Sunday 18th 11-3, Monday 19th 10.30-5.30, Tuesday 20th. 10.30-5.30 , Wednesday 21st. 10.30-5.30 , Thursday 22nd 10.30-5.30 and Friday 23rd 10.30- 7.30, finally Saturday 24th 10- 2pm. Take care xxxx

More gifts in store.

Don't forget The Vintage Rose offers free gift wrapping for all those customers who shop in store.
Such a beautiful day today....lots out shopping; see our new products that have just arrived.

Our new green houses great for the avid gardener.
Gorgeous zinc chest of drawers....great for many uses.

so so proud.....

I just wanted everyone to know that my clever daughter, Amy won a photographic award at her college last week. We all went along to the college exhibition and Amy was given an award for her photographic work . Very proud parents, as there was so much amazing work. She had concentrated on portrait shots, and the photo above was one she had on display.
This is a landscape of the vineyard Joesph Chromys just up the road.
Another portrait....

Hope you enjoy them......