Journal

Dopamine Decor: The Things That Make a Home Feel Like You

What dopamine decor really means, why the phrase has appeared now, and how every generation and home has its own way of living with things that mak...

A Photo by Photographer Tanya Volt of a Vintage Bar Cart, with bottles of Alcohol arranged beautifully alongside vintage drinkware.

The Wet Bar Revival: Why This Retro Luxury Is Making a Comeback

The wet bar is having a moment — and it makes complete sense. After years of open-plan living that collapsed every function into one space, there's...

Hand-woven fibre wall art in natural wool tones, Jacqui Fink, Australian textile artist

The Same Thing That Draws You to Vintage Also Draws You to Handmade Art (You Just Might Not Have Noticed Yet)

People who love vintage often describe the appeal in terms that have nothing to do with age or rarity: it's the feeling that an object has a stor...

Colourful kitchen with pattern on pattern, from the wallpaper to tablescape, soft furnishings and beyond. Image via Instagram - @casacavaliere

The Rise of Maximalism: Why More Is Finally More Again

Minimalism had its moment. Now maximalism — bold, layered, and deliberately abundant — is having its own. Here's why vintage collecting and the mor...

Cabinets of Curiosities: The Original Vintage Collection

Long before anyone used the word 'vintage,' collectors were filling entire rooms with beautiful, strange, and rare objects. The Cabinet of Curiosit...

A collection over three shelves of vintage home decor items in orange

Before You Donate Grandma's China: A Few Things Worth Knowing First

There's a specific kind of regret that doesn't show up until years later — the quiet kind, where you realise you have no idea what happened to your...

Jacqui Fink holding up a rich pink hand worked felted woollen sculpture created for The Woolmark Company and Gabriella Hearst, New York

Thread and Prejudice: On Fibre Art, Hierarchies, and Who Gets to Decide

A personal reflection on why fibre and textile art has historically been dismissed as craft rather than art — and whether that's genuinely changing...

An assortment of vintage homeware objects arranged casually on top of a white cupboard

Grandparent Core: Why We're All Longing for Grandma's House

There's a design movement sweeping through younger generations that's equal parts nostalgia and quiet rebellion against sterile minimalism. It's ca...

Crown Crystal Australia uranium glass collection fluorescing vivid neon green under UV blacklight — frosted flared vase, citrus juicer, and starburst platter, c.1930s

The Glass That Glows: Understanding Uranium Depression Glass

Under a UV torch, uranium depression glass glows an extraordinary neon green. It's part science, part Depression-era history, and entirely captivat...

Villeroy & Boch basket soup tureen upturned to show backstamp — vintage European porcelain maker's mark

Vintage China Marks Explained: How to Date Your Pieces by the Backstamp

Turn any piece of china over and you'll find a backstamp — a small mark that tells you who made it, roughly when, and sometimes what it's worth. On...

Collection of four vintage SylvaC dog figurines — standing Scottie Model 72, seated Mac Model 205, Injured Dog Model 1433, Made in England

SylvaC Figurines: Why Collectors Can't Stop Hunting Them

SylvaC has been stopping people in their tracks for nearly a century. From grumpy Scottish Terriers to bandaged fox terriers with a paw in a sling,...

Antique, vintage, and retro homewares styled together — Royal Winton Grimwades teapot and ceramics spanning different eras

The Difference Between Antique, Vintage, and Retro (and Why It Matters for Value)

Antique, vintage, and retro get used almost interchangeably — but they mean distinct things, and getting them right matters for value, trust, and h...