ART OF THE COCKTAIL HOUR: STYLING YOUR SPACE

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The Art of the Cocktail Hour is Cointreau’s modern, entertaining and thoroughly useful guide to recreating the golden age of the cocktail hour, today. “With our cocktail connoisseur and chic contributors we’ll usher you through cocktail basics, early evening etiquette, fanciful food, sophisticated styling and all things necessary when gathering with friends for a cocktail [...]

FLATMATE WANTED AND OTHER HORROR STORIES

You have a very short time to decide who you’ll be sharing your living space with, who’ll inevitably see you coming out of the shower with nothing on but a towel. So, just how do you choose the right person to live with?

WIN: A FABULOUS PACKAGE TO GET YOURSELF ORGANISED

I believe that you either have the clean and organised gene or you don’t. Luckily for me, I am a Libran, and as such I harbour a penchant for clean and tidy surfaces (well, if you believe in that kind of thing). Astrological or not, at a young age my aunties would pay me $5 [...]

HURRAH – I’M FINALLY MOVING!!

Can’t you just hear my beauty products and clothes singing for joy as they prepare to depart for fairer shores? My pretty things can happily take their place on shelves, my beauty product will have their own bathroom cabinets, and my clothes will look so beautiful draping from their hangers, that I’m sure I will want to mount my wardrobe and make love to it.

10 TIPS FOR DECLUTTERING A SPACE

I am one of those freaks who gets an undeniable thrill from cleaning out cupboards, throwing out old things and reorganising spaces. Which is why I get anxious every time I go into the bathroom I am currently sharing with my friend. Not only is there not enough room to swing a cat, nor adequate [...]

INTERIORS: “EITHER THAT WALLPAPER GOES OR I DO”

Ever since I was a little girl, I have been fascinated by interior design books and magazines. I am also a sucker for an interior design show, especially a good before and after on Oprah with Nate Berkus.  Hell, I even watch old re-runs of Auction Squad late at night (WARNING: lock your doors if [...]