Where did you come from?

Turns out today is my birthday!

Have a lovely Saturday everyone... Kellie xx

From The Cupcake Company x

Friday joy!

I adore the anticipation of Friday nights... Waiting for it all week then knowing that you don't have to wake up early for work the next day. The simple joys in life. Have a beautiful weekend! Kellie x

Image via House of Turquoise. x

Purple did you say?

Two fabulous things - both gorgeous colours. Ah, I can never go past a feather or two either... Kellie x

Shoes Style Me Pretty, house from Brabourne Farm x

Home made caramels...

I saw this posted at Cupcakes and Cashmere and it reminded me of the divine caramels I had at Rockpool for dessert recently. Oh they were so delicious. Everyone thought I was weird ordering caramels for dessert but when I shared them around everyone else had food envy. I must, must, must try these at home! Save me heading out for dinner to enjoy them. Kellie x

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, more for greasing pan

1½ cups heavy cream, preferably not ultrapasteurized

2 cups sugar

½ cup light corn syrup

Pinch salt

1½ teaspoons vanilla extract, optional.

1. Lightly grease a 9-inch-square baking pan. Combine all ingredients except vanilla in a broad saucepan or deep skillet and turn heat to medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves.

2. Mixture will bubble and darken; when color is dark beige and mixture measures 235 degrees on a candy thermometer, it is butterscotch sauce. (Use immediately or refrigerate for up to several weeks; warm in a microwave oven or over hot water to soften.) To make caramels, keep cooking and stirring until mixture is even darker, nearly brown, and measures 245 degrees (or until a piece of it forms a firm ball when dropped into a glass of cold water).

3. Stir in the vanilla and pour into prepared pan. Cool, then remove from pan in a block and refrigerate, but not for too long - what you want is a mixture cool enough so that it's not too sticky, but not so cold that it's solid; this is the easiest state in which to cut and wrap.

4. Use a sharp knife to cut caramel into pieces, then wrap each square in waxed paper or plastic wrap. These keep for weeks, especially if refrigerated, but are best eaten fresh and at room temperature.

Yield: At least 50 caramels.

Recipe from here. x

Something else bright for today

Sadly this is not my bathroom with that divine wallpaper, it is however my last day of work for this week so I am celebrating! Flying off early tomorrow morning to Brisbane and then Toowoomba for the weekend! Kellie xx

From House Beautiful x

Pink inspiration...

I just can't get enough of pink, really. I don't wear it at all in my clothing, just love it through interiors... Perhaps though with these beauties I could start incorporating it more into my actual wardrobe... Kellie x

Image from House Beautiful and Net-a-Porter x

LOVE this...

Such a lovely little collection of things... The poster, the roses, the lamp, the bowl and the art in the background. Full of style. Kellie x

Image from Lonny x

A fabulous little project to get the ball rolling...

I am very lucky that after my "day" job, I can come home and work on projects that really make me happy and fulfill my hopes and dreams. I have just started to take on small jobs and this one is for a lovely client who has entrusted me to give this old antique chair a facelift.

This beautifying treatment will include some beautiful fresh white paint and we have decided on the Rubie Green East Village fabric in pink. I can't wait to show you the result. We will also be using this same gorgeous fabric for some cushions and lamp shades for their guest bedroom. Kellie xx

Floorboard art!

What a beautiful way to decorate the home from the floor up! Perhaps when I get sick and tired of our new floor boards I could take to them with a paintbrush, shame my artistic skills are less to be desired... And then when I was tired of that, a couple of coats of white paint would do the trick. Kellie xx

From Home Beautiful Magazine via Brabourne Farm. x

Needing a good clean...

My Mum is a lover of all things new, me, well I like a bit of both. Imagine my delight when she remembered she had stored a whole lot of vintage china and silverware from her Great Uncle's home that she really wasn't that interested in keeping for herself. She must of somehow known one day this would be right up my alley as she kept it all for me for years and years...

It's definitely not the kind of thing Mum would use to style her home with and was delighted when I was over the moon to see it loved in our little place. Three gorgeous little silver jugs are now gleaming in my home. Each of these were so black from not being cleaned for years and years but just with a little love and silver cleaner, they have come up beautifully.

I have shown you one here and will share the others with you all shortly. Kellie xx

Photos by Kellie Collis for Ada & Darcy x

The simplicity of making an impact...

Loving the headboard fabric and that gorgeous wallpaper. To me, these are two examples of how adding something simple can have such a profound impact on a space. Beautiful. Kellie xx

Images from Lonny x

An elegant, classic Sunday look

What beautiful interiors. Elegantly finished, styled to perfection. The soft furnishings here are what makes these work so beautifully. In each room, there is something there that catches the eye, something interesting, something that still is aesthetically perfect. What timely inspiration for my Sunday. Kellie xx

Interiors from Thornton Designs x

Foggy beauty

The mind is foggy, I have to get up out of bed.

Still it's a Sunday so that makes it ok. Possibly my favourite day of the week. x

Image from Everything Fabulous x