Charlie Pickering and the Big Tie

image; big tie, rouille, c.1950; michelle belle for galmont

Charlie Pickering is an Australian comedian, author and television presenter. Here he is sitting in one of the rooms of his home with a delicious vintage poster looking pretty spiffy behind him. Hmmm, wonder where that came from?!!

I thought it looked gorgeous on the front of the Home supplement in the weekend Herald-Sun. Always such a pleasant surprise to see one of our beauties in the press.

urgh, yuk, blah

image; (which i love sooo much, for cough syrup/medicine)

sirop des vosges, carlu, 1950; stephan t for galmont

Was knocked about by a raging ear and throat infection this weekend that has now become a repulsively icky cold. It doesn't happen often, but when sickness hits, it comes in fast and hits me good. So, hardly a voice left, so no phonecalls, but can still use the internet!
Look forward to sharing with you this week. Have a great Monday.....are my American beauties enjoying a long weekend? Is it the one where you can now wear white until September?! Maybe my cold and flu meds are making me delirious or confused...
Anyway, hope you all have a fabulous week. x

Weekend Weblog Wanderings 6

...there was one thought that ran through my head when I saw this post - 'Party-House'!

....Garance loves Barcelona (and Gaudi) too....that would be Parc Guell right there....

.....L'Homme's Christmas stocking is filling up!

images; 1. the selby 2. garance dore 3. inside out

In a word...

image; stephan t for galmont

I noticed that Pip and Lexi are playing, and I hate missing out on the fun, so I've decided to join them in this one word challenge - ie. a challenge for a chatter-box like me, anyway;

1. Where is your mobile phone? front

2. Your hair? up

3. Your mother? gorgeous

4. Your father? witty

5. Your favourite food? chocolate

6. Your dream last night? strange

7. Your favourite drink? champagne

8. Your dream/goal? french

9. What room are you in? living

10. Your hobby? interiors

11. Your fear? stagnating

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? loved

13. Where were you last night? home

14. Something that you aren’t? quiet

15. Muffins? nah

16. Wish list item? decking

17. Where did you grow up? suburbia

18. Last thing you did? mothered

19. What are you wearing? comfort

20. Your TV? old

21. Your pet? dogs

22. Friends? always

23. Your life? charmed

24. Your mood? content

25. Missing someone? nanna

26. Vehicle? works

27. Something you’re not wearing? fur

28. Your favorite store? galmont!

29. Your favorite color? grey

30. When was the last time you laughed? minute

31. Last time you cried? daily

32. Your best friend? l'homme

33. One place that I go to over and over? laundry

34. One person who emails me regularly? cousin

35. Favorite place to eat? marios

*that was fun! if you choose to play too, please let me know, as i would love to read your words. x

Weekend Weblog Wanderings (5) - The Sartorialist

garance dore
images; the sartorialist

...righto, that's it, I'm off to get myself some brogues this season...check out more style here.

Weekend Weblog Wanderings... (4)

image; holly becker at decor 8

...I am so pumped by the idea of a 'community bookcase' - Holly has a couple in her new German neighbourhood - Galmont will definitely get in on the act. I have found the comments so interesting regarding people thinking that it wouldn't work in their neighbourhoods; I think if it could work in Fitzroy, it could work anywhere, and can't wait to give the idea a go at the front of our retail space; I am so sure our local community won't let us down with graffiti, vandalism or stealing. Anyway, read the fuss here...and I promise to let you know the developments of our own little experiment...

image; angela at three buttons

....and the lovely Angela over at Three Buttons has given us a glimpse of her gorgeous noticeboard, encouraging others to take photos of their own and she will feature them on her site, read about it here. I daresay this will be enough to get Kimberlee more than a little excited, she loves an inspiration board, even featuring Galmont's on a recent post which you can see here.

Weekend Weblog Wanderings (3)

image; captain kk

....Mirka came through....read here for the exciting postscript to this story...

Weekend Weblog Wanderings (2)....Christina Gordon

There's been a some interest in the Christina Gordon prints that we all have in our bedrooms at Chez Trbuhovich...so I thought I'd look into the artist a little more. Christina has an assortment of work on her livejournal, Jam Fancy.

Christina's work seems to be influenced by her collection of Blythe dolls - she has around 40 of them. And that's an interesting fact to me, because when I describe the prints to people, I often say, they all have 'big eyes, like those Blythe dolls that were popular in the 70's'! (I should mention that I have spent many hours on e-bay losing auctions to other Blythe doll enthusiasts for about the last twelve years!! Who knows, maybe I've been losing to Christina!!)

Christina Gordon seems to be quite a prolific artist, as she creates dolls and a clothing line for her little Blythe dolls along with her prints.

I'm drawn to Christina's work, as I think they are a fun balance of innocence and mischief. I'm attracted to that dynamic in people, so it was inevitable that I would find Christina's work irresistable!

images; lucy feagins (1), christina gordon (2,3,4)

Weekend Weblog Wanderings (1)....

....means that Chez Trbuhovich will be 'wearing' one of these little beauties from Famille Summerbelle now that they have finalised the new colourways for their papercut maps - thanks to a reader vote - and Paris is to be sage green; you can read about it here.

....saw that lovely Line Juhl Hansen is now selling the gorgeous postcards that she sent me as a thank-you for showing her beautiful home recently. You can read about that here.

images from (1.)famille summerbelle and (2.)line juhl hansen