It's all about sleep at the moment!

Well, my latest obsession with all things bedding and linen is still going on this weekend and our room was next on the list. Gone are the yellowing pillow cases and dust under the bed.

Lovely fresh and clean white linen abound.

These shutters came with us from our old place in Ashgrove and I've sanded, painted and sanded a bit more to get my slant on the whole Tuscan idea I've had in my head since Dave and I stayed in Cortona back in 1999!

The story of our bed...on honeymoon in North Qld we stayed at Bloomfield Lodge near Cooktown and they had beds made by a local bushman...a few years later Dave tracked him down and had one made for us to our design, shipped down in pieces and my most treasured piece of furniture in the house!

All I need to do is wait until bedtime tonight to get back in it!!

My Feline Lover

This is our divine Siena Juliet and yesterday I finally found a quilt for her new-ish double bed....as you do when you go into Bed Bath and Table looking for white pillow cases

and you find all these other treasures. I am re-organising the bedrooms and spring cleaning (well, Autumn cleaning) and just had to show you the end result of room number 1.

For those who don't know ...Siena is THE biggest cat fan EVER!

From birth I'm sure she has been part feline herself.

The challenge is to keep the number of cat toys in the bed with her to under 20.

"Pinky" pictured here is her favourite of all time and until we got Dixie the real cat this year, he was taken everywhere, now he still has to be there at night to cuddle.

We have collected hundreds of toy cats over the years and have everything from cat books, bags, pencil cases, stickers, writing paper, pillows (see above) blankets and even cutlery!

So keeping her room simple and uncluttered is always a challenge.

I made this bunting a couple of years ago for the cake stall at the school fete....then after a few outings for baby showers, parties etc I finally gave it a home in Si's room.

A find from Byron markets.

Last year my mother travelled to Scandinavia and Russia where

she got these gorgeous 'Russian Cats'.

And no little girls room is complete without little collections and trinkets

- cats in our case of course!