Table Tonic "clean" beauty buys: PART I

I've had such an overwhelmingly positive response since announcing I'd be looking for "more natural" skincare options in this post. Thank you to all of you who took the time to pass on your amazing suggestions. I read each and every one of them and have made some awesome discoveries. Who can we rely on if not our "friends" for a crazy-good "word of mouth" (word of blog?) recommendations, so thank...

Design Sponge at Home by Grace Bonney

New Yorker Grace Bonney created her beautiful decor website Design*Sponge "as an antidote to the fussy shelter magazines of her mother's generation" and now she is set to release her first book Design*Sponge at Home. One of the very first blogs I EVER bookmarked was Design*Sponge (click on over and you'll see why), so it gives me great pleasure to have a copy of Design*Sponge at Home in my hot little...

FREE SHIPPING at the Table Tonic online store!

Father's Day is this Sunday, 4th September and to help you out, the Table Tonic online store is offering FREE SHIPPING on all orders (placed by midnight Sunday) delivered to an Australian address! Happy shoppi...

Bits and bobs and mags and books!

Sunday morning looked like this: Oct/Nov 2011 Belle mag, the Sunday papers and a box of Planet Organic Chai Spice tea bags (I tip it out of the tea bag and brew it in Oat milk in a pot on the stove and add honey). Architectural Digest + Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's Malibu home = Yikes! Looks like some kind of heavily themed stage set!? Not my style at all. But on a positive note, what a goooood...

Megan Morton's Stylish Home: FOR SALE!

If, like many Sydney-siders, you read the Sun Herald yesterday, you may have noticed that super-stylist (and Home Love author) Megan Morton's Sydney home is for sale:And it's not surprisingly oozing with that "loved-and-lived-in" look which Morton is renowned for (and get ready to swoon - that Loom rug is edible. Oh, and the pool! The pool is nice too...).I imagine it's been toned-down and tidied...

10 bookmark-worthy sites I (only) discovered last week

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A day in the life: 25.08.11

This was how today panned out - A positively glorious winter day here in Sydney prompted me to fling open all the doors and windows (bonus points: it's good feng shui apparently). It was the first time we've had the bifold windows open since last summer, hence the motivation to photograph it as evidence (below). Mr Tonic has finished painting all the trim in the dining room in Dulux Vivid White (high...

Spring = colour at tabletonic.com.au!

For all of you who have been patiently waiting (thank you!), a bunch of beautiful Vintage Suzanis are now in stock and ready to ship at tabletonic.com.au! And Kiki (below) might just be my favourite (isn't she spectacular?). UPDATE: KIKI IS SOLD! Click here to check out the magnificent new ran...

Suzani? What the %@*! is a Suzani?!

I get asked this rather a lot, so let me Wikipedia explain: Suzani is a type of embroidered and decorative tribal textile made in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries. Suzani is from the Persian "Suzan" which means needle. The art of making such textiles in Iran is called "Suzankāri" (needlework). Suzanis usually have a cottonsilk) fabric base, which is embroidered...

Diary of a Lucky You "juice cleanse"

I recently embarked on a 5 day juice "cleanse" (It's not a fast... It's not a fast...) which I ordered online through Sydney-based Lucky You. With my recent health kick lifestyle change in full swing (no turning back!) and Spring around the corner, I figured now was as good a time as any. So Wednesday August 17th was locked in as my start date, and I was chomping at the bit. My first care package...