Road Trip

And if last week wasn't busy enough then this week certainly will be!  Just about to get in the car with a load of beautiful bedspreads, cushions, lamp shades etc. for a road trip to Sydney.  We will be in Sydney until late next week installing a beautiful house we have been working on, meeting a couple of new clients for projects in Sydney and attending a morning tea at Porters for my new wallpaper range.  If you want to follow our journey then make sure you click onto Instagram as we will be posting updates along the way.  My Instagram name is annaspiro just in case you want to follow us on our journey! 

11 hours or there-abouts of driving ahead of us!!  Oh and look at what the Porters Paints Waterloo store has done with my Round and Round the Garden wallpaper in the taupe colourway above!  So pretty Waterloo! xx

See you soon.

xx

Anna

Porters Party

Last night we celebrated the launch of our wallpaper collection with Porters Paints at Black & Spiro.  I thought you might like to see a few pictures of the store and window displays which we themed around the collection.  As you know, the designs were inspired by my childhood and my mother's garden.  If you are walking past the store in the coming days you will see and be able to read the little story I wrote about my inspiration for the collection as painted by the very talented Pip Boydell {see image above}...

 Late yesterday, just before our guests arrived, the sample book was delivered via express courier and I have to say that it was just so exciting opening up the parcel to see right there in front of me my very own sample book with my name on the front.  I have been using fabric and wallpaper samples of other designers and fabric houses my entire career and now I have my very own sample book...so excited!

If you are a Designer and would like to order one of the sample books for your Library just call Porters Paints in Sydney.

Thank you to all of our beautiful clients, friends and supporters for coming along and celebrating with us last night and most of all, thank you Porters Paints for giving me this wonderful opportunity!

xoxo

Anna

Beautiful Bits

I thought I would post a few beautiful things which I am obsessing over at the moment.  Beautiful spaces, a few reminders and lovely colour palettes.  How divine is John Derian's house...so in-love!

xx

Anna

images - john derian's home via bon appetit via neo-traditionalist, quotes via miss wall flower tumblr and sequins & pretzels, piano image via note to sarah, top image via a note to sarah, lounge image - deborah needleman via a lovely being blog

Pretty

Here are some very pretty pictures which I took last week whilst installing a few new things at the Norman Park house which we have been working on over the past couple of years.  You may remember seeing this house before as I did post pictures of it here on the blog a year or so ago. 

It's not hard to see that there is only 1 man and 4 gorgeous girls who live in this lovely house...the youngest one being only a few months old.  We started working on this house just before it's owners completed renovating it.  My very first appointment here was just 2 weeks after I had Max and now he is 2.  I often tell my clients that creating a beautiful home filled and layered with special things takes alot of time and this house is pure evidence of that.

xx
Anna

Max Turns 2

Our entire weekend has been about our beautiful baby boy's 2nd Birthday.  Lots of cake, lots of lollies, lots of balloons and lots of fun.  Thanks for the fab train cake mum.  You're the best.

xx
Anna

More Pics

Here are a few more pictures of my wallpaper's in-situ at Black & Spiro.  Hope you're not getting too bored of seeing these pictures!!  If you live in Willoughby NSW and want to see some of my wallpapers, the Porters store there has just installed a beautiful window display around my new collection!!  Very exciting!

xx

Anna

Round & Round The Garden

Here's another ad which shows my favourite wallpaper design Round & Round the Garden.  This ad hasn't yet been published in any magazine so this is a big sneak peek!!  You might also notice the lovely weiss bar painting by Pip Boydell hanging on the wall.  Pip painted us a few pieces especially for the photo shoot a few weeks back.

This design is available in blue and white and taupe and white and here it is in our bedroom display at Black & Spiro in the blue and white colourway.

The pattern was inspired by my days as a little girl running around mum's pretty garden beds in our old family home which I posted a picture of last week.

Talking about flowers look at these beautiful fresh Chrysanthemum's we had for sale at Black & Spiro yesterday for mother's day.  They actually remind me very much of the flowers my mum used to grow in her garden all those years ago.

Hope Everyone had a wonderful, happy Mother's Day.

xx

Anna



For all enquiries on our wallpaper contact us at Black & Spiro or any Porters Paints showroom.