Happy EOFYS!

How catchy is that pesky foxtel ad?! - I've been singing "happy EOFYS"! all day - mainly because it is the end of the financial year! (i can feel your excitement from here....) - Well, for accountants this is kind of a big deal and celebrated suitably with an end of financial year shin dig, which the firm where I work at insist is held on the ACTUAL night 30 June falls on, no matter what the day of the week! So I've donned my party shoes, and I'm out the door.

Oh and I'm a little excited too - will be announced tonight by the partners that I was promoted today - so that's MANAGER Brown Button to you all now! he he he. See you 'next year' xx

Contemplating the Kitchen....

My thoughts on the new kitchen are constantly changing. Weighing up cost, function, how much longer do I plan to be in my little place and then will it become a rental or will I sell, do I create a mini version of the dream kitchen or do I put in the bare basics. However - one thing that has remained throughout the whole thought process. The black and white flooring. A long lasting love affair I don't plan to give up anytime soon.

image from decorology flickr stream

Weekend Wondering

Contemplating unchartered waters....... super scary, but it is about time.

But enough of that - it's Friday. Wooooo Hooooooo!

Hang on a minute, let me check my diary. What's that? Nothing on Saturday and Sunday?! BRING. IT. ON.

Enjoy it beautifuls, see you Monday xx

PS Are you lucky enough to have visited New York? Lil Pip is off to the Big Apple on Monday (so I did Melbourne for my 30th and thought I was pretty good, she's off to NYC!?!) - got any "must see and do" tips for her? Please let her know over the weekend via here.

image by Rodney Smith

Cute Kitchens

I'm hoping to redo my kitchen (finally!) very soon. Wellllll, if anyone wants to finance the operation I would be more than happy with Aerin Lauder's kitchen - and I'm not picky - I'll take either the Manhatten or East Hamptons one...... Images courtesy of Elle Decor, see more of her two abodes here. Me thinks I'll need this issue - Anna has posted some images of Scott Currie's home which are also featured in the July/August issue. ta to point.click.home for delivering these beauties to my inbox!

The sweetest of dreams.

In my opinion, this room is a dream. The white. The colour. Such a clean yet luxurious look. Tres sophisticated. Via Marie Claire Maison.

My Cupcake Courier!

Last week I ordered a cupcake courier - today it arrived, yippee! I've been known to make the odd cupcake in my time but I always found it difficult to store and transport them - not any more! These nifty little numbers carry 36 cupcakes on three separate trays. Best bit, they are currently on sale for $39.95. I bought the clear one but they also come in blue, pink and yellow. Get yours here.

Because sometimes we need reminding...

Perfect Posies

These bouquets scream perfection to me. These are heading straight to 'my favourites' file.

Thanks Oh Happy Day - via Sea Saw - via labor of love - by Amy Osaba phhheww - did you follow that?

Thank You, Thank You

Thank you to the following fabulous blogging friends for mentioning Brown Button Trading, your support really rocks my round about!!! xx

The House that A-M Built

Mondo Cherry

My Life My Loves

Design Delights

News just to hand....

I am really, really, really good at this four day weekend business! Who would have thought!??! Ok, back to the red wines on a Sunday night, because I can sleep in Monday morning..... Oh to do this every week....... xx

image via slowernet flickr stream

gimme a W-E-E-K-E-N-D

I'm always 'working for the weekend'. And I've decided I've worked extra hard for this one. So I'm taking a four day weekend. Going to the Clare Valley for two days, 'mooching' around the house for the other two. Although, If I had a bedroom like this one I think I'd probably spend the four days in bed, so pretty!

Love lots and thank you for taking time to visit my blog. "Brown Button" is one year and two days old (yes, I missed my 'first bloggy birthday'...) it has been so much fun and has been a source of so much joy. It has been the best medicine and just the outlet I needed.

So the fact you come by and visit every now and then is still so overwhelming, thank you. xxx

image by Sussie Bell

Wicked White House

The clear standout in the latest Australian Vogue Living would have to be the feature on Lyn Gardener's country retreat. Swoon. Lyn is well known for her fabulous eclectic style and ability to turn 'trash to treasure'. Emma has featured her place before over at White and Wonder (she has an exam next week but fingers and toes crossed she is back posting soon after (no pressure Emmy)....).

You can share in some of Lyn's style at her fabulous store, Empire Vintage.

"The White House" in Daylesford Victoria is described by Lyn as "Part industrial, a bit New York, a bit black and white - it's a look I love". Well, snap Lyn - I love it too!

You can even stay at the White House, maybe one day!

See the latest July/Aug 2009 issue of Vogue Living for all the beautiful details and make sure you visit the website - LOVE the styling of the website and it is where I found all the images seen above.

Summer Sun

I've always been a winter girl. A winter wardrobe has always excited me more (right Bronte?) - and I think growing up in the country led to me favouring the cooler months. The countryside is always more beautiful in the winter, lush and green - and it is certainly a more sociable time as the town gathers to play netball and football. However, after coming across these images by Chris Craymer, the colour and light have got me yearning for days over 20oC!

And the elephant? - so hermes hey! loving the pink toe nails.....

A bit of a slow start to the week....

A little blog block - so enjoy the pinks in this image by Carolyn Barber I found last week.

A Bright and Beautiful Weekend to you....

My favourite time of the week again friends, FRIDAY! Two days of work free bliss now follows. Cocktails at the Tivoli, breakfast at the markets, massage, quality "Ruby and Mimmy" time, roast dinner with good friends in the Hills, coffee catch ups........loving the weekend. x

My Chicken Little Experience

The sky fell in this morning. Ok, ok - maybe I'm exaggerating. Honestly? - it was just the bathroom ceiling. Seriously. Having noticed a bit of water damage to the bathroom ceiling last week, the plumbers were called in. Time was taken off of work. The ever so obliging upstairs occupants on the phone were missing in action when the plumbers arrived to inspect the problem. So we rescheduled for this Friday and it didn't seem like it was getting any worse.Showering this morning I felt a little, shall I say, claustrophobic...... and then I realised why. The ceiling had collapsed in the corner over the shower. So the builder was called in. In his attempt to resurrect my ceiling the whole corner collapsed. So now I have a massive hole cut in the ceiling. Not. Happy. Jan. - the joys of living in an apartment block. That is all.

image from toast

Model Home

Loving the glimpse into the home life of model Stella Tennant in these images by Francois Halard. Priceless art on the kitchen wall, all the lovely potted 'green stuff' by the fire place (they're the good type of indoor plants peoples) and her too cute daughter. Delish.

The saying goes.....

.... "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"..... so til then, enjoy the beauty of these pics from Roland Bello xx

Have Fun with your Friends!

With two 30th parties and a winery tour - I don't have a choice but have fun this long weekend!

Enjoy and I'll see you Tuesday x

images from fffound

Thanks for having us Michelle!

You may have seen Michelle's home before, but if you haven't you are in for a treat. And if you have, you know how fabulous it is and you can't tire of it! Snap! - I have one of her Rubie Green east village cushions in raspberry and I still likey very much.

I have never seen the Ikea "Lack" book shelf used so beautifully, love it!

Perfect home office space, definitely something to aspire to.

Can't get enough of the book stack

Michelle's bedroom showcases her beautiful new bedding range - delicious!

Enjoy more of Michelle's fabulous sense of style at her blog, MA Belle

Thank you to Real Living for a corker of a July issue- I'm trying to be so good with my magazine purchasing but I couldn't pass it up!

Pretty Pretties

This is as girlie as I get, so enjoy it while you can! How pretty are these images by Joanna Henderson? My favourites? the cushions in the first image, especially the union jack pillow on the seat with the pom pom trim. I can't get enough of the pom pom fringe. Oh, and the garden roses in all the images steal my heart every time x