This months Country Style

I am a magazine addict. There, I've said it. Some people have cigarettes, some people have alcohol, I have magazines (oh, and chocolate). It all started when I was about 15, and I read my first Cosmopolitan. Then it was Dolly, then Cleo (my favourite magazine for years!!). Then I went through a fitness craze, and it was every fitness magazine known to man. Now it is interiors magazines, and one of my very favourites is Australian Country Style. It has the most stunning photography, and believe it or not, was one of the reasons I moved from Sydney to Cessnock.


Back in 2004 I think it was, an article featured a store from Cessnock called 'Queen of Tarts', which is a gorgeous little cake shop here in town. At the time, my partner and I had just bought a house which we were renovating as an investment, but the area appealed to me so much that I convinced my partner to move here. The house we were renovating became our home for 4 years, and it would have to be the smallest house on the planet, but I loved that little house!! We have recently moved on from it, but I'll always remember that little house, and my love affair with Country Style continues. I became friends with the owner of that little cake shop (she has since sold it) but I have a little chuckle to myself everytime I see her, and think that the story about her was one part of the reason I moved here. It was the best move I've ever made.


Anyway, this months issue of Country Style is out in the newsagents, and it is a gorgeous one. I particularly love the article on Belinda Seper, she is such a stylish woman, and she is a flea market fiend like me! Below is a picture I have had in my file for ages, but I never knew where it came from. As I was flicking through the mag I spotted it - it is from Belinda Seper's Southern Highlands home. Do youself a favour and buy this magazine - it's gorgeous.

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