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Absolutely Beautiful Things, the blog of Brisbane, Australia-based interior designer Anna Spiro, has long been one of my favorite blogs — and I'm not alone! Anna writes about the goings-on of her design business and her Brisbane-based store, Black & Spiro, and shares the absolutely beautiful things she loves — usually colorful, feminine, and maximalist. I've long wished for the chance Read more
Interior designer Anna Spiro recently unveiled her expansive new decorating shop Black & Spiro in Brisbane, Australia and has shared photos of the lively space on her blog Absolutely Beautiful Things. The store is filled with a beautifully curated collection of artwork, cheerful custom upholstery, and divine accessories. My absolutely favorite beautiful thing is the tutu desk Anna had made Read more
Brisbane, Australia-based design blogger Absolutely Beautiful Things recently shared photos of her home, which is the epitome of elegance. I couldn't help but be swept away by the design of her bathroom, where she used an inexpensive old timber workbench she found on eBay as a sink console, painted white. Paired with white subway tiles, hexagonal mosaic floor tiles, and two mismatched antique Read more
Anna Spiro created this Christmas window display for her shop, Black & Spiro, in Brisbane, Australia. The display has a blue, white, and pink color palette and uses old Delftware to decorate the tree, as well as silver bowls and pink roses. I think it's a very festive, imaginative design for a window display, but I can't say I'd recreate it in my own home. What do you think?Source Read more
Absolutely Beautiful Things recently took on the challenge of reupholstering an old armchair. I suppose this senior citizen has its charms, but it's also clearly been through a lot of wear and tear over the years. She chose a gorgeous, lattice-like pattern for the fabric, and "decided to replace the gathered arm detail on this chair with face and piping detail." Then, she topped it off with an Read more
We just heard the news that Keira Knightley and James Righton are engaged — and obviously we are already conjuring up images of the British beauty in something ultraromantic and lace-infused. Now that these celeb couples have put a ring on it, it's time to match up the season's most beautiful wedding dresses to each soon-to-be blushing bride. If there's one thing we know how to do, it's how to Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Today, Mark Tyrrell offers eight relationship tools to make your marriage work. "All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble." — Raymond Hull So how do you make your marriage work? Or do you just blindly hope it'll take care of itself? Think of a hot, successful Read more
We're delighted to present the following post from our guest writer, celebrity makeup artist and founder of Mally Beauty, Mally Roncal. Happy Spring, my gorgeous BellaSugar beauties! Are you loving this warm and wonderful weather as much as I am? Forget cozy sweaters and infinity scarves – I'm breaking out my flirty sundresses and fabulous sunglasses. Another thing I love about Spring is that Read more
YouTube star and beauty guru Michelle Phan always has a new tip or two for making life easier. This week, Michelle tells us how we can start building a makeup brush collection: Hi everyone, You may not think about your makeup brushes as often as you do the type of foundation or color eye shadow that you use, but that doesn't mean that your brush collection isn't every bit as important to your Read more
We're happy to present this story from one of our favorite sites, The Good Men Project. Noah Brand makes the case for a non-adversarial model of gender. I get asked, from time to time, what I think about the “war between feminists and MRAs (Men's Rights Activists).” I’ll be frank — I don’t think there’s any such thing. It’s like asking me what I think of the demolition of Read more
