Tap Tap Tapping... Working Away.

Ever get that surge of inspiration that keeps you awake well past your 'bed time'... that same feeling that masks the over tiredness?

Well for me that's my creative juices flowing... I was working on a few things, and also sorting & organising my image library, and one thing always leads to another! Much like with reading blogs it's an endless trail of new ideas - just have to keep going!

image via tumblr original source unknown

Happy Weekend!

Hope you have a super fun weekend! Our darling little girl, Isabelle, who we affectionately call 'the little poodle' is 6 months old today! Gee, I can't believe where I was this time 6 months ago! Time does fly!

Thank you for all your kind comments, joining me here at Palatial Living - the blog or via twitter! And a BIG Palatial thanks to all of you adding me to your lovely blog rolls & twitter lists.

Look forward to seeing soon on Palatial Living x Enjoy & Take Care

image via Roland Bello Photography

A Big Thanks x

beautiful letterpress by ruby press via Etsy.com

my signed copy of homelove by megan morton x

A Big Thank You to the ever gracious Megan Morton, International Stylist and HomeLove author, whose presentation last night at the ISCD trend evening 'Tomorrowland' was no less than awe-inspiring and ever so helpful by imparting some of her top fave places to shop for styling props and items for clients, as well as best design books, great food+styling+design blogs to visit [one day Palatial Living will make her list!] and of course for being so lovely to sign my copy of her published book of beautiful rooms, helpful advice and triumph creativity - 'HomeLove'! Thanks again Megan  - hopefully one day Palatial Living will provide some details or images that might inspire you! S x

images Ruby Press via Etsy.com & photo by Sarah Verity - of 'HomeLove' inside cover - signed by Megan Morton

Just Keeps Getting Better... Anna, Wow!

Wow... now two Mondays in a row and I have been treated to not only getting my interior magazines in the post but also another 'absolutely' favourite stylist & designer - Anna Spiro - in a rather fabulous editorial spread with none other than the style bible 'Australian Vogue Living'!! I was so surprised when I tore open the plastic sachet and the pages opened to a room with a black & white striped awning with a lolly pink cane lounge coupled with the eclectic patterned cushions... my first thought was - gosh I know that awning it's so familiar! And yes it was familiar - because it belongs to the house I seem to know so well by following all the blog posts by Anna Spiro on her blog 'absolutely beautiful things', both of whom are very close to my inspirational heart...

Some of you may not know this but after reading a brief write up in Real Living magazine some 2 years ago about Anna and her blog - she inspired me to find out more about blogging, how to get into it and naturally was hooked on her blog and her daily work as an interior designer & her chronicled inspirations in her world, in Brisbane. From this - like so many - I have continued to check in to Anna's blog to see what's new in her store or home, or family and am always inspired or more learned for it.
I adore Anna's sense of colour & style and most of all her appreciation of art, and for the pieces from a past era that can so readily be adopted into modern life with a deft stylish hand! So from me [and I'm sure everyone who's a fan] it's a HUGE congratulations to Anna {her family & team} for how wonderful her beautifully renovated home looks in the shiny new pages of this months Vogue Living issue September / October 2009.

"Having grown up with mass-produced decor like everyone else my age," she says, "I am pushing for people to challenge themselves and embrace something bold". Here, Here - well spoken Anna there would be so many who would second you on that, I move the motion....

Hope you enjoy these images from Vogue Living, many will recognise Anna's study with it's pink & white Kelly Wearstler wallpaper from Anna's profile pic, tres belle....

Images from Australian - Vogue Living issue September / October 2009.