inspiration - one board, three ways

signing off for 2013 - loved pulling these mood boards together, not for anything in particular, just for inspiration - looking forward to a fabulous inspiring and creative 2014 with 

gOLd ChaLK. 

Freedom Furniture - a little snippet

I caught a little peek at some of the latest Freedom collection - I cant believe it is similar to some of the items I choose some time ago for a Client!!!! This moodboard was done for an apartment in Richmond for the Entry - can you spot the similarities????

 above my moodboard, below the new Freedom Furniture collection!!!

Modern Eclectic moodboards

Just before the end of 2012, I worked on a very lovely house for a friend of mine.  This house has the WOW factor - It's stylish, very roomy and supa cool - it has some fantastic pieces already in the house and great bones to work with - it took a little longer than I first thought as I really wanted to portray a sense of colour and consistency across the boards which in turn would make the house flow - these boards cover the kitchen/living area, a less formal lounge area, master bedroom, study and entrance. The plan is to add loads of colour and texture and some jaw dropping pieces!!! Loved working on this - stay tuned to see what happens next!!! A big thank you to my friend Amanda for letting me loose in her house and letting me create this for her. xx

happy 2013 and some new year resolutions

welcome to 2013, I am excited about this year, I have lots of plans for gOLd ChaLK and the blog, 2012 was a great year, but this year I want to expand on some things and pull back on others - I want to do some things a little differently and deliver some really interesting blog posts. Here's some highlights of 2012 for me and a little list of some of the things you can expect to see in 2013. It really showcases my year, things I've done and people I've met along the way!

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Now, for 2013! this is what I am looking forward to:

• more property styling and managing my time better
• being organised
• helping people, make their spaces, places they want to spend time 
• some magazine work - kill to do this!
• interviewing, meeting and networking with people in the industry
• home tours - photo shots
• shopping guides - where to shop
• what's hot
• developing the blog
• getting better at taking pictures of interiors - practice practice practice
• establishing a website  - YAY, Life long dream!!!
• and lastly, a personal goal - to be a better cook!!!!! I am going to needs lots of help with this one!!!

2013 motto - gotta dream big to get BIG!

my week in pictures plus a little ChaLK tALk

here is a sneak peek at one of my latest projects, whilst Real Estate takes a little break until next year (due to the silly season almost upon us), I now have some time to do some of the things I truly love - Moodboards - this is a little peek at the house I am working on - the house is a blank canvas and I am very excited to have been asked to help furnish and accessorise it - more about this house later.........

where would I be without my glue stick????

 this week I have also been packing up lots of my houses which have sold, so I thought I would share with you all a little bit about the whole process - I get to meet some lovely people along the way in my job and so this week I photographed some of them in action!! they were all a little camera shy!!!!!
Once the truck arrives on location, every item of stock is accounted for - every piece of furniture has a 6 digit number and once they are all checked off the shrink wrap and bubble wrap come out!!
The guys pack up the furniture and I usually gather all the accessories and prints and start packing them in bubble wrap. The whole process can take about three hours - it's usually a time to chat and get to know everyone a little bit better - sometimes we even have the owners pitching in to help!!!

truck arrives - 9 am pronto!

all stock is counted and marked off a master list

we group all the accessories together for ease of packing

the lovely owner helping us pack up - so many cushions on this job!

stock gets turned on its side and shrink wrapped ready for the warehouse, where the whole process starts all over again.

James(above) and Matthew(below) from the warehouse - always smiling and nothing is ever too much trouble for these guys!!!!

no two days are ever the same in this job, in fact no two houses are ever the same - I work with some wonderful people and helping them in the whole process is a real privilege - selling one of their largest assets is quite stressful and it is sometimes a little sad saying goodbye, but thankfully, the houses sell and we all get to move onto our next project!

 and lastly I went to visit this wonderful place yesterday, Galerie Montmartre in Fitzroy - so much choice for vibrant wall art - really striking orginal posters of all sizes - I could have taken home soooo many!

until next time..........keep smiling.