I can always rely on Simone over at The Bottom of the Ironing Basket for fantastic quotes and sayings and this one seems highly appropriate for today.

May you perform one random act of kindness today which makes you smile!

These stools have followed us from our previous house and we would love to replace them but are yet to find any we like.

My pantry is amazing and is behind these doors – only the centre door opens and they you walk in to find loads of storage!

I am in love with my Abey tap – known as the beast it is just fantastic and ever so lovely to look at! The zip hot water tap is also an amazing little feature (one expensive kettle however) – it has been well worth the expense as it is so fantastic to have boiling water whenever you need it.

There is loads of storage on both sides of the island and when the bi-fold doors are open it feels like you are cooking outdoors – it really is just lovely!

If you look closely you will see some little legs scooting along the floor behind the two chairs at the end of the family room! That is little Indi exploring all corners of the house or maybe she was playing hide and seek from her big sisters! Funny the things your don’t realise are happening as you take photos!

Buckets seem to rule in our house as a way to store things – these tub trugs are fantastic and we seem to have one in every room in the house to put something in – it is amazing the different things these wonderful buckets can be used for – and of course in our house they all seem to be pink!

Toys and dress ups in the bedroom ….

Laundry to be hung out to dry …

More toys in another bedroom …

More buckets in the laundry to store wet towels and swimming costumes …

And of course outside to store pool toys …

At last count we had 7 of these little pink buckets … they appear to be breeding!

An end to the week with a few thank you’s to some lovely ladies who featured Sofia’s 4th Birthday Party last week – it was so exciting to be featured on these wonderful and inspiring sites so to Kim and Sara it is hip hooray!

You can check out the post that Kim from Tom Kat Studio did here. It seems we were both and party mode at the same time as her daughter Kate celebrated here birthday the same week as Sofia – make sure you check our the stunning photo’s of Kate’s third birthday party here.

It has been a while since I shared any photos of my house – the builder had some professional shots taken just after we moved in so here are few of the exterior shots that we have just received – it is amazing to see how the garden has grown in the few months that we have been here. Will share some interior shots next week.