This week is the beginning of our festive season at lily-g, the decorations have arrived and the store is filling fast with gorgeous decorations for your Christmas tree, if you haven't guessed already I went a little bird crazy! I just love this time of year don't you?
A few snap shots of our new Verandah room. Thank you to all our wonderful customers who have called in to our store over the last few days you have made our opening a huge success.
I'm lusting after this stunning range designed by Jasper Conran for Wedgwood and I think this will have to be the start of a new collecting obsession!
Tomorrow we receive our order of Vicki Archers new book French Essence. Vicki is always the hot topic in our store and I'm just busting with excitement to receive my copy. We have pre-sold over 30 copies and for our store it's our best seller ever! what better way to support such an inspirational special person who we all so admire. Her blog is always so beautifully written, so heartfelt and I try to never miss my daily read, she deserves such great success.
If you love entertaining then you will love this website styleguide.com.au admittedly it is a wedding magazine website, but its full of table setting inspiration that you could use for lots of other occasions too. I'm planning to use the laduree inspired name tags and table setting for lunch with my girlfriends, now all I need is the macaroon's x
Sorry for the lack of posts last week I went on a pre wedding shopping spree with my daughter Jess to Hong Kong. We had so much fun we laughed non stop, shopped four days straight, zero dollars in the bank, aching feet and way to many star bucks coffee's, I'm definitely over shopping (well for this week anyway!!!) so I'm back ready for action!
Due to arrive in mid October is our stunning new range of tablecloths, napkins, cushions and accessories for summer living. Designed in Denmark this very affordable range is the perfect summer addition to your home, imagine using this range in your beach house, a sunday lunch with friends even a picnic in the park or a revamp of the sofa, actually the range is so beautiful it will be a Lily-g sell out for sure!
Loving the stunning oak mirror, I used a very similar one in a recent interior job but it was in a garden courtyard, how fabulous using it in a dressing room. Recently I have specified in several jobs wall paneling it's great for hallways, bedrooms and entry's but the trick is adding artwork and wall lighting to really create a designer effect.
Sometimes adding several paintings or prints mix matched can be very tricky, the best way is to lay it down on the floor first till you have it the way you like it, then start in the middle and work outwards. Every decorator would have there own way of doing it but I find I never go wrong doing it that way. If you have the same size and frame the impact of rows (as above) looks stylish, but makes a fabulous statement.
I'm not a huge fan of leather but I just adore old leather tan sofa's and trunks. We have a chair very similar but without the buttoning in our store at the moment and its so comfortable, the guys who visit our store always head straight for it!
Love the sheers on the window, the stone fireplace, the huge mirror in fact I love the entire room!
Simple, understated elegance you just cant beat it!
I have just purchased a similar bathroom cabinet for my next home, but with a grey soapstone top, yep! no house but I have the vanity!
How stunning is this table, inside or out!
Restoration hardware is a fabulous store in America that every customer keeps telling me I would love and they are right. After browsing there website I continued to drool for hours, the furniture is very similar to what we have available and the map above we received one similar in store today only to be sold minutes later, but its the choices and the huge range thats impressive and it certainly has a style that myself and so many of my customer love, this is one company that does it so well and I cant wait to visit the store myself.
I stumbled upon this beautiful beach house by designer Sara Scaglione. I love the clever mix of belgium linen slip covers with raw silk curtains creating a beach house with a touch of elegance, relaxed enough to be casual yet very stylish, stunningly simple.
Just arrived in store are our stunning crystal paper weights with images sourced from France dating back to the 17th century, available in many other designs but so far Chanel has been our best seller and my favourite too!
New in store is our handmade range of beautiful dinnerware. This set also includes a charger plate and all the accessories, teamed back with our stunning napery for a classic, timeless look!
Definitely on my wish list is two of our spectacular crystal cut hanging lights, the mirror which will be hung behind our counter is a very close second, when I spotted this mirror in Paris last year I knew it was the perfect piece for lily-g.
At Lily-g we are loving bird cages! all sizes, colours and shapes. We have bird cages in white, rust shades and green. Cluster them in groups, fill with candles and then hang from a tree or on a verandah, place at different heights to create a fabulous designer look!
Due late October is our stunning, unique handmade collection of dinnerware and bathroom accessories from Europe.
Our room dividers are a great idea for separating areas in your home, we love using them in our beach houses inside and out.
Handmade ceramic pairs look fabulous clustered on a tray or as a place card holder on a table.
More of our handmade collection, don't you just love the simplicity of white, effortless style
