Archive | August, 2011

Plumeria Coastal Home – Boutique Markets in Sydney!!!

We are soooo excited and the workshop is buzzing in preparation for our debut to the public this Saturday 27 August at the Boutique Markets. If you live in Sydney, get on down to Bryon Kennedy Hall at Entertainment Quarter from 9am till 1pm for the very finest handmade, limited edition goods made by local [...]

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Plumeria Coastal Home is now on Pinterest!

Pinterest, love love love it. I think my obsession with pinboards began in primary school, when my bedroom walls became a shrine to Michael Jackson. The blue tack left oil spots on my pink and white cloud wallpaper. And in the heat of a Queensland summer, the ends would curl and they’d fall to the ground. Pinterest [...]

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Drought is out, Tropic is IN!

I’ve set a task for myself. Mothers Tongues. And I’m not talking about the ones that gave you a verbal lashing when you were 10, I’m talking about those hardy drought tolerant Mothers Tongue plants. When my husband and I first bought our home in 2006, drought hardy plants were all the rage in Sydney [...]

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Paradise Abode in St.Barts

Acclaimed Architect, Charles Gwathmey designed this amazing home high on the hill in St.Barts  overlooking the deep blue ocean. The white pavilions are striking against the backdrop of the sky and sea. Take your inspiration from this island paradise. Wet edge pool, manicured gardens and coconut palms, whats not to love. This Plumeria tree has an [...]

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A day in the office at Coastal Home

The Plumeria Coastal Home office is organised chaos, I know where everything is and where everything goes. I’d like to think I was restrained and calm when new stock arrives but I’m more like a kid at Christmas. I especially love new seashells and coral. They are like delicate little babies all bubble wrapped and ready [...]

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Pineapples = The new Tropic style?

Who doesn’t love the sweet fleshy nectar of a pineapple?? Growing up in Queensland, we had the iconic Big Pineapple to admire. I do believe I was taken right to the top of the crown when I was a baby, overlooking fields of pineapples. Then you could head downstairs to their restaurant, where you could [...]

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