New at Tea Pea

One of my favourite online shops, Tea Pea, has an abundance of gorgeous new products
in-store. Meg & Scott do a fantastic job at keeping Tea Pea fresh and vibrant by regularly introducing new pieces for our children and homes, as well as maintaining all their faithful favourites.





These beautiful rugs are made from felt with the floral pattern cleverly woven into the felt. Not only do they make great floor rugs, but they can also be used as a throw on your bed or sofa.




One of my favourite new additions are the adorable round crochet rugs. Available in aqua & pink, and blue & grey, they're 100% cotton, and, like the floral felt rugs, can be used as a throw or a floor rug. I love adding circles into rooms - they soften all the angles that you find in our furniture, doors and windows.





Kids love bean bags, and you're going to love the range stocked at Tea Pea. 100% cotton knit, they're soft and cosy for your little ones to snuggle into, and come in four cute designs.




What about these cool cloud coathangers?! They are super popular, and have been flying out the door, so be in quick for yours. Too precious to hide away in the wardrobe you should use them to display a favourite outfit, or simply as a piece of art. Hang jewellery or scarves over them, or attach little toys and use as a mobile.




Something else you can display on your cloud coathanger is this delightful 3m white felt garland. You may have seen the coloured felt garland already, but this white version is beautiful, like tiny snowballs.




Let's finish with these brightly coloured powder coated wire baskets. So cool, and so many uses. I'd like a large one to store my girls' collection of soft toys; and I'm wondering if I could turn one into a fun light shade(?) I don't know if that could work, but it sure would look great with a bright coloured cord.




I love Tea Pea's unique product range, and this is just a small selection I've chosen to show you. Make sure you go and see their full range for yourself.

Book Storage Three Ways

Books and magazines are a very important part of my life. I'd happily spend hours in a bookstore being seduced by the beautiful covers and that new book scent. I'd just as happily spend hours curled up with a good book, getting lost in the pages.

Because of my ever-growing collection of reading material, I'm always on the hunt for great storage and display ideas. Here are three quite different, but equally fabulous solutions...




I love these Booksee Shelves from Ubabub. The clear acrylic shelves allow you to store your favourite books while displaying their beautiful covers, and making them easy to find and access for your little bookworms. The lip comes up high enough so the books won't topple off, and the clear acrylic gives a seamless, uninterrupted view.




I was instantly smitten with the Martini 4 Seater Chaise from Bigsave Furniture. The arm of the modular section has a built in bookcase, also a handy place for your remote controls, and for resting your coffee cup on top. When I made an enquiry about it I discovered that it comes in a range of fabric and colours and, even better, is on sale until the end of June.




And how adorable are these Handpainted Bunny Bookends from Anthropologie?! I recently bought a set of golden pig bookends for my daughter's bedroom, but these ones are gorgeous too. A little bit vintage, they remind me of the books and fairytales I used to love as a kid.

Perfectly Small

In Scandinavia the homes seem to be much smaller than your standard New Zealand house. They overcome their lack of space with super, clever storage solutions, and stylish minimalist aesthetics. Take this home, for instance. It belongs to interior and fashion stylist, Saša Antic, so it's bound to be cool. At only 24 square meters, this home has the tiniest kitchen I've ever seen, with only a half wall separating it from the bedroom. But it's perfectly stylish and gorgeous, and uses clever tricks like the floor to ceiling mirrored wall to give the illusion of space. I'm suitably impressed, and now I'm off to do some serious de-cluttering in my own home!