Spring..............

To touch, to hold, to look, to smell, to taste:  the sensual aspects of life are there to be nurtured and encouraged.

Engage the senses and explore the visuall elements around you.  Douse your sensibilities with tactile elements, encourage and incorporate colour and texture into your home and garden to make life an altogether more spirited and rewarding affair.  Have fun!

Gorgeous French inspired clothing...............

Our gorgeous French inspired clothing has arrived in store.  Here is a sneak preview.

Family.....................

Family Living by Judith Wilson

This very inspiring book shows how to create a flexible, fun and stylish environment that everyone can enjoy.  Whether your kids are babies or teenagers, you have an only child or a gang of four, the book addresses all the practical and decorative issues.

This is a very fun book to help create that perfect family home.

Winter Warmers......................

Winter warmer
Keeping it simple....................
Comfort food, being warm and a sense of home.
I can remember as a child being tucked into bed in winter with a hot water bottle.  It was that comforting feeling of  "I am home".

I have passed this tradition onto my children and they love nothing more than jumping into bed with their hot water bottles. 

So gather your family and cook up a delicious meal and enjoy your time together.

Here is one of my favourite recipes.......

Pan-fried veal with soft polenta and blue cheese.

4x 200g veal cutlets

2 gloves garlic, crushed

1/4 cup chopped oregano leaves

2 tbl spoons olive oil

sea slat and cracked pepper

11/2 cups chicken stock

11/2 cups milk

40g unsalted butter

1 cup polenta

150g blue cheese, sliced

Place the veal, garlic, oregano, oil, salt and pepper in a large bowl and toss to coat.  Heat a large non-stick frying pan over medium heat.  Add the veal and cook for 5-6 minutes each side.  Set aside and keep warm.

Place the stock, milk and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Bring to the boil and gradually add the polenta, whisking to combine.  cook for 1 minute, whisking continuously, until thickened.  Top the polenta with the veal and blue cheese to serve.

Enjoy!

My favourite piece....................

This is my all time favourite lighting piece...............................

Sensational!

Mix it up a little.......................

Mix it up a little............................

Combining different looks is very exciting. This is a gorgeous hotel in London where they have combined luxury with a contrast rough look.

Combining old with new is a fovourite of mine and I love the feel this gives to a home.

Have some fun and mix it up a little.

Where I'd like to be.....................

I would love to escape to this gorgeous setting...............

My favourite things.........................

A few of my favourite things...........................

I love houses in the Hamptons, vintage old pieces, any kind of sitting chair to curl up in and read

a good book, my dog and my gorgeous kids and husband.

Winter warmers................

Winter Warmers....................
Good coffee and beautiful chocolate by the fire on a cold winter evening is what I love.

The indulgence range of books have a fine selection of sweet treats.
Coffee
Chocolate
Cupcakes
Petits Fours

Each book in this beautifully embellished series is a celebration of vintage style, a bygone era when dressing up, serving tea in fine china and writing personal thank you notes afterwards was simply good manners. The recipes include both the classics of their time and new, more adventurous tastes and textures.

A series of books to be adored.................

New Stock arriving daily................

New stock is arriving daily and we are very excited with our new homewares range in store.

Gorgeous kitchen canisters and tea chests complemented with beautiful linen.



Our fun new range of word are an ideal way to make any house a
home. These are available in red, white, black and natural.

Keep your eye out for our new website which will be up and running by next week. Lots of our products will be on display.
Cheers have a great week...................

White washed mango wood furniture............

Wood that has been white washed can create a versatile backdrop. Adding splashes of colour for impact or keep it relaxed with neutral tones of cream, taupe and biscuit. Displays of coral, shells and timber pieces can look great and can conjour up thoughts of lazy days spent scouring the beach for treasures.

ELM TOPPED FURNITURE

These gorgeous free standing pieces are topped with a rustic recycled elm wood. This wood lends itself to both coastal and country styles of decor. Its rustic and durable nature will stand up to the most rigorous treatment and our harsh summer climate. Perfect for out on the deck or inside as appealing and practical everyday furniture.

CLOTHING AND JEWELLERY

The benefits of natural fibres have long been celebrated for their practicality, durability and plain good looks. We have a large range of cotton, linen and silk dresses and tops in a great range of colours, bright reds, lime green, soft pink as well as the ever versatile navy, black and white.

We now have an elegant range of jewellery and accessories. Earrings, necklaces and bracelets, handbags, scarves and shoes. Something to suit everyone.

Keeping warm this winter.................

Keeping warm this winter needn't be a problem. We have some stunning cotton quilts in soft printed pastel colours.

The kids haven't been forgotten, with a range of bright fun girls and boys quilts and doona covers, cushions and throws that will be sure to make bedtime something to look forward to.

Book of the week...................

Flea Market Style by Emily Chalmers.

This eclectic book is full of creative and affordable ideas. Flea Market Style gives you all the information and advice you need to create a distinctively original home.

This is a really fun way to decorate your home.

Enjoy!

One person's trash is another's treasure..................

One person's trash, as the saying goes, is another person's treasure.

I have a love for old vintage pieces, these are not always expensive pieces but beautiful pieces that could tell a story or two that have been cherished and loved and have lived a life somewhere long ago.

So instead of heading to the town shops, try an old market or a garage sale or even a second hand shop.
I love to rummage through an op shop and find old cutlery, fine bone china tea cups and vintage fabrics which look great transformed into cushion covers.
Many a time when I have been to a market I have wished I had bought a bigger bag or a cart with wheels on it.
Some pieces will be welcomed as they are but others will need tender loving care or in need of some urgent repairs.
There is no other feeling like the one of achievement after restoring something old and shabby
back to beautiful piece that will be cherished and loved.
Be inspired...............

Book of the Week....................

We Love Food by Kristy Manning-Wilcox and Peta Heine.

We Love Food is a book for families who want a simple, practical way to create and celebrate food - in the garden and on the table. We believe cooking, gardening, harvesting, preparing and sharing food is integral to family life and will lay the foundations for a lifelong appreciation for food.

This fabulous book is full of great recipes and gardening ideas. Beautifully illustrated it shows how easy it is to create simple family traditions in the home.

Enjoy!

Made with love.....................

Made with love........................

With Mother's Day coming up I thought I would write about my love for making things.
There is nothing like the feeling you get when someone has given you something that they
have made, whether it be your child a dear friend or your mother.
This feeling is ten times better in the giving..................

So get creative and put your own individual stamp on something. It is not about taking on a
difficult task or being skilled but just simply having some fun and being creative which is good
for the soul.

I love to collect little treasures, remnant fabric and pretty buttons and make something unique and special.

Good Luck and have fun.............


So you have a few weeks up your sleeve before Mother's Day is here now is the time to be creative.

De clutter workshops...................

De cluttering Workshops

Learn our simple step by step

Home Organising strategies in

a fun filled 2 hour workshop.

Day/Date: Tuesday 4 May at 9:30am

(De clutter your life with Time Management)

Wednesday 5 May at 9:30am

(De clutter your Office)

Tuesday 18 May at 9:30am

(De clutter your wardrobe)

Place: CS Home Decor

22 Arthur Street

Yeppoon Q 4703.

ph: 07 49393995

Cost: $40.00/session (must be paid with booking)

House by sea......................

House by the sea..................................

White ocean peaks, blue skies and the blowing breezes set the scene for our sea theme room.
The focal point is our gorgeous pod chair made from raw cane in a retro modern design.
Our gorgeous hammocks give an ideal space for lounging in the heat of the afternoon watching
life go by. These are in lovely washed out blends that co ordinate in with any setting or scene.

"Mere colour can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways"

Oscar Wilde

My all time favourite book......................

My all time favourite book is........................
Shabby Chic Interiors by Rachel Ashwell.
This senationally photographed book

Easter is here...........

Easter is a time for giving and we at CS Home Decor love Easter.

We have a gorgeous unique range of Easter gift alternatives.

Gorgeous new range of clothing...........

Well we are very excited at CS Home Decor as our gorgeous new ranges of clothing has arrived this week. Cool cotton and cheesecloth fabrics in white, navy and black are ideal for a stunning look in our very warm climate. Teamed with a gorgeous range of accessories, bags and shoes.

Our new range of furniture and home decor are arriving this month with beautiful vintage voile curtains, handmade children's toys, bright napery, linen and cushions.

Our first round of organisational workshops were a huge success so keep your eye out for our
"Time management" workshop at the end of this month.

Cheers Kylie

Exciting new soft furnishing range.........

We now have our new soft furnishing in store.........................

Bright cushions and throws that will give any lounge a new look. Brights are back and here

to stay for a while. We saw some bright colours making there mark in summer and now we have some gorgeous autum tones starting to show through. Warm orange and chocolate, olive green and beautiful aqua teamed with white and chocolate.

Our gorgeous collection of clothing has started to arrive and there is still plenty more to come. The stunning designs from a Brisbane and Melbourne designer are proudly Australian made.

I will post more photos when I get back from my buying trip........................well I am off to have lots of fun on my buying trip.

Cheers Kylie

De clutter your life..................

De clutter your life with one of our organisational workshops.................................

This Saturday we are running a Kitchen and an

Office workshop at our Yeppoon store.

Contact us in store our details are on our website and blog page.

Keep an eye out for our time management workshop in the very near future.

Exciting new ranges

I am off on another buying trip soon and we will have all the new ranges in store for you to view in March.

We have a fabulous range of ladies and girls clothing provided by some very talented Melbourne and Brisbane designers. It is so great to be able to buy Australian made and designed garments.

This range will extensively expand in March. We will always have our gorgeous French vintage decor but we are going to surprise you with a more contemporary style this year.

There are lots of new ideas for our store this year and each month I will reveal something new that

we are doing or have up and coming.

Decluttering Workshops

Well it has certainly been a while since I posted anything on our blog.
I have enjoyed a lovely break and now the kids are back at school and the new year
is well under way we are undertaking lots of news things at CS Home Decor.

De cluttering is our topic for the first three months of this year. With the year under way and
kids back at school it is a great time to clean up all that clutter and organise the home.

We are running a number of de cluttering workshops in store over the next three months, these
have various themes for you all.

DE CLUTTERING WORKSHOPS

Learn our simple step by step

home organising strategies in

a fun filled 2 hour workshop.

Call our store for more details.

CS Home Decor

07 49393995

cluttersolutions2@bigpond.com.au

We love to see you or share our knowledge with you at one of our workshops.