some serious Country Style...

Right now, my house resembles a tip.  The furniture from three rooms has been shoved into the hallway and onto the veranda, and drop sheets are lying everywhere as these rooms are painted in preparation for a big shoot here next week.  I am squished up in my little desk area, trying to get some work done, and trying to think straight, when all I want to do is curl up in a ball on the couch and read my new County Style mag (the August edition that goes on sale tomorrow, but my subscription copy just arrived).

In it is my very first story for Country Style (cue to big, happy face here!). I was lucky enough to meet the very talented interior decorator Genevieve Buchanan at an industry event a while back, and when we got chatting (and chatting and chatting) Genevieve mentioned that she had an old home in the country that she was doing up.  Naturally I told her that if she ever wanted to do a story about the home, to please remember me! Fortunately she did, and a few weeks later when she sent me some reccie shots of her grand old bluestone squatters residence, I nearly fell off my chair.  It is seriously gorgeous.  The lovely people at Country Style thought so too, so a shoot date was organised with the INCREDIBLE photographer Sharyn Cairns.  If you are a city girl who likes the idea of a move to the country, but has some qualms about how you would cope - look no further than Genevieve for inspiration.

Once again, thank you to the divine Buchanan clan, who warmly welcomed me into their home for both the interview and the shoot, and for not laughing at me too much when I straddled an electric fence...well not in front of me anyway!!!

Read all about it in the August edition of Country Style.  Copyright News Magazines.