Sunday Social: A vintage gem at Winn Lane Can you keep a secret? A chat with Circa Vintage Recent scouts Gwangjang Market Hollywood glamour comes to Brisbane Big Vintage at Salisbury SWOP at West End, Brisbane Adding vintage to home decor Paddington Antique Centre Exploring Paddington Vinnies The secret to op shopping Everyone needs a little OSHA in their lives
 

Sunday Social: A vintage gem at Winn Lane

In our house Sundays are truly as easy as a Sunday morning. Given ...

Can you keep a secret?

Can you keep a secret? Well, I can’t. One of my favourite vintage shops ...

A chat with Circa Vintage’s Nicole Jenkins

Circa Vintage’s Nicole Jenkins lives by one motto: ‘fashion fades, style is eternal.’ ...

Recent scouts

I’ve been rather busy with life of late. New job, new renovations in ...

Gwangjang Market – Vintage shopping in Seoul

When we first decided to visit Seoul, I did what any normal vintage ...

Hollywood glamour comes to Brisbane

The iconic costumes of Judy Garland, Grace Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, Lucille ...

Big Vintage at Salisbury

Last December three things happened. Some big fat jolly dude who has a ...

SWOP at West End, Brisbane

When I stumbled across SWOP in West End (often part of the Boundary ...

Adding vintage to home decor

It sounds nerdy, but I have been on the hunt for a cool ...

Paddington Antique Centre

I know this place isn’t new. I know everyone has written about this ...

Exploring Paddington Vinnies

Following my recent post about the art of op shopping, I’ve decided to ...

The secret to op shopping

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY blame my grandma for my love of op shops. It all ...

Everyone needs a little OSHA in their lives

I never thought I would be dedicating a blog post to funky baby ...

Exploring Brisbane – Brisbane Open House 2015

Ever wondered what lies behind some of Brisbane’s iconic buildings? Are you like me and always drive or walk past these magnificent places [...]

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Brisbane songstress releases cheeky new album

Brisbane’s Jackie Boccaccio, 20, has always been known for her cheekiness, but now it’s literally out of this world. Not content with just [...]

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Sunday Social: A vintage gem at Winn Lane

In our house Sundays are truly as easy as a Sunday morning. Given our unusual work schedules, we try to reserve the day [...]

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Can you keep a secret?

Can you keep a secret? Well, I can’t. One of my favourite vintage shops in Brisbane, Can You Keep A Secret, is moving and [...]

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Brisbane Scout: discovering the city’s hidden gems

Brisbane is truly the Cinderella of Australian cities. It’s gorgeous, but just needs a fairy godmother to highlight what’s underneath the somewhat bland [...]

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A chat with Circa Vintage’s Nicole Jenkins

Circa Vintage’s Nicole Jenkins lives by one motto: ‘fashion fades, style is eternal.’ While Yves St Laurent may have famously said the line, [...]

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The Photograph & Australia: New exhibition

Since marrying my photography-obsessed husband, my life has become centred around images. He’s always walking around with a camera. When we first started dating, [...]

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Exploring my ‘hood: The many walks around Brisbane

We have lived in Brisbane for just over three years now. I made a pact with myself when we first moved here that I would [...]

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libraries

You are overdue a visit to the library!

I have extremely fond memories of visiting libraries. From flirting with the cool dude at the school library to spending weeks-upon-weeks looking up [...]

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Recent scouts

I’ve been rather busy with life of late. New job, new renovations in the pipeline, new vegetable garden and, well, just loving life. [...]

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Home renovations – let the fun begin!

It’s a four-day long weekend and I’ve spent the time pottering around the house, eating many delicious goodies and going for long walks [...]

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The soul of Seoul

We always like to break up our trips back to England with a short stopover in Asia – both to help us break [...]

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Gwangjang Market – Vintage shopping in Seoul

When we first decided to visit Seoul, I did what any normal vintage lover does and Googled Vintage + Seoul. I do this [...]

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Columbia Road – East London. Enough said.

I don’t know what it is but I’m obsessed with East London. And, no, it hasn’t got anything to do with the TV [...]

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Putting the Yo’ in Banyo

The saying keeping it in the family, couldn’t be more spot on with what’s going on in the Yo’ (Banyo for those who [...]

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Hollywood glamour comes to Brisbane

The iconic costumes of Judy Garland, Grace Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rodgers, Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis and Marlon Brando (to name [...]

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Love your Aura!

Founded in 2000, AURA by Tracie Ellis has always strived to create uninhibited, stylish bed linen, homewares and rugs. And for probably the [...]

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Big Vintage at Salisbury

Last December three things happened. Some big fat jolly dude who has a serious obsession with red fell down some chimney after too [...]

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SWOP at West End, Brisbane

When I stumbled across SWOP in West End (often part of the Boundary Street Markets) I thought I had simply come across a [...]

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Ideology at Banyo

Don’t judge me. I love my dog immensely – to the point sometimes I think I’m going to hug him too tight and [...]

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Grab a Scotch in a 60s tumbler and some Nutella and enjoy some timeout at Scout & Finch.

Scout & Finch is about sharing great finds, bits and pieces we scout out along the way.

It could be anything from new vintage places, fashion, retro furniture, design ideas for the home, photos, allergy-friendly recipes or even something that amuses. Scout & Finch has no set theme or personality – except one goal to scout out the best places to visit.

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