Wardrobe wander: ciao, bella!

Here she is! Thank you for patiently waiting for my second Wardrobe Wander installment.
I'm sure you'll agree, sharing a few moments with beautiful Bianca Loiacono was worth the wait.
A style plate in her own right, Bianca also focuses her well-trained vintage collecting eye on pieces for Birdy Popcorn, a cool collection of kids wear and vintage lifestyle pieces Bianca and her friend Emma curate through their website and sporadic pop-up shops (keep your eye on their website  for the next pop-up).
Wilf, Bianca and her partner Michael's little boy (and my nephew!), is pint-sized inspiration for his cool mum (as his his buddy - Emma's fashionable Frankie) and Bianca and Wilf make a stylish duo around the streets of Melbourne.
Bianca has also left her cool and quirky touch on her's and Michael's home. But it's the kitchen which is truly Bianca's domain - she's a domestic goddess who regularly pumps out healthy, tasty treats for her boys all the while looking effortlessly chic and down-to-earth beautiful.
Thanks Bianca.

Bianca wearing one of her favourites - a silk '70s floor sweeper. Bellisimo!

Retro fabrics bursting with colour and pattern.

Bianca sports her mum's gorgeous vintage late '60s leather and fur coat. Lucky girl.                  

Another beautiful '70s frock and she wears it well!

This little piggy...was pretty happy with himself!

Fabulous industrial-style storage.

  

And in this suitcase...

   

Even Wilf's room gets the eclectic style touch. He loves his room.

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A selection of fabulous Birdy Popcorn finds for kids.

Play-doh time.

Bianca sports a pair of overalls like nobody's business. Tell it like it is, Wilfy!

Parlez vous Francais?

I can't read French (well with any kind of proper ability, at least), but it appears these photos are from a collection, on Paris Vogue's website, of fashion identities' interiors.

Images from Paris Vogue. Nice, huh?

Could I do this? Orchid I do that?

While the flowers are divine, I'm rather inspired by Kelly Wearstler's ON SOM BLA. She's a stylish chica, that Kelly.

The case for minimalism

There's not much to say really...except maybe "DECLUTTER, CATHERINE!"

Images courtesy of my go-to girl SF Girl By Bay.

Vintage vaunt

A long-overdue follow-up Wardrobe Wander with the lovely Bianca Loiacono is on its way.Bianca has a fabulous collection of vintage frocks, as well as lots of cool retro stuff for little people.

Blonde love

Oh, Marilyn. So beautiful.

Image courtesy of The Independent

This image from here.
I found both images at one of my favourite blogs SF Girl By Bay.

Bathing beauty

It's been a long time coming, but I have a new bathroom.
It's almost complete, but to an unsuspecting eye, it looks done!
It seems like that peculiar mix of "only yesterday and ages ago" when I was at this stage of the renovation.

I'm so glad I asked for the little recess/shelf in the wall. Tiling it was hard, but worth it.

The gorgeous '50s green ceramic pedestal basin has been kicking around for about two and a half years. I picked it up for a bargain with this renovation in mind; it's the perfect "one accent colour" I was after for my all-white bathroom. It's elegant and has a large, wide surround for sitting bits and pieces on and most importantly, because it's not boxed in and built in it's easy to clean all the way around.

The little vintage mirror above the handbasin and the large mirror on the opposite wall "mirror" each others curvaceous shape. It's the little things.

The oval ceiling-mounted chrome shower-curtain rail, from Period Details , was the most expensive element in my renovation! Seriously. It was even more expensive than the bath, the tiles and the chrome trombone shower/bath set. Unbelievable.