In shop news, late last week we received a rather lovely shipment of antiques.  A few divine sideboards, tables and objects.  If you are looking for that elusive piece, make sure you pop in as I think our new pieces are some of the loveliest...

?Hello!  Can you believe that Christmas is here again""!!  We are madly putting the finishing touches to our Christmas window displays which {fingers and toes crossed} will be installed next week!!  Every year we put much thought and work into...

Hello!  After what seems like an eternity, I am thrilled to let you know, tonight, our brand new Black & Spiro Interior Design website will go live. Thanks to my wonderful team for their incredibly hard work, long hours, patience, tears, joy and...

If you\'ve dropped into Black & Spiro on a Saturday lately you may have bumped into Archie our Golden Retriever friend.  He\'s the best behaved dog I\'ve ever come across and happily sits wherever he is told to...I wish he\'d teach our Ned...

Have you seen the wonderful Brisbane (Mini) City Guide posted by Lucy on The Design Files yesterday"  What a wonderful round-up of Brisbane stores, cafes and galleries.  We were so excited to be included in Lucy\'s picks.  To see the full list...

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had 3 exciting things to share with you in October and I\'m so sorry I forgot to let you know the 3rd exciting thing we have happening!!  Albeit a bit late, I\'m thrilled to let you know that we are opening a...

So I will admit, I\'m not perfect.  A couple of posts ago I said I was going to post more and look what happens, I post less!  Jeez Louise!  But in all reality who and what is perfect and is perfect really what we want in life"  Look at...

Not a day goes by without me being thankful for the beautiful flowers which grow in our garden.  They really do bring me so much joy.  This wonderful bunch of things which I picked last week certainly confirmed the presence of Spring here and...

I couldn\'t agree more!!xxAnnaimage 1 - via pretty stuff

 I forgot how great it is to clear the decks!  Our store room is nice and spacious again after what seemed like a 2 hour crazy hurricane in the shop last Saturday morning at our 1 day sale.  I was very excited that almost everything went and...

How does one get back into the swing of things after a couple of weeks spent at the beach lazing around like a lizard in the sun" The ease of Island time is replaced with peak hour traffic and let\'s be honest, it\'s like a big slap in the...

I\'m writing from here {above} today.  Such beautiful light in our studio this morning!!  Anyway, back to what I want to tell you about!October is always a big month in our family.  It\'s my birthday on the 3rd, my soon-to-be...

Don\'t forget we are having our exciting Black & Spiro Christmas Flea next Saturday 1st December at the store.  We have a wonderful round-up of beautiful things including lots of hand-made items by some very talented Brisbane girls and also my...

  I thought it appropriate to call this post - \'French Leave\' which is defined as - an abrupt and unannounced departure (without saying farewell).  Over the course of this year I have kept myself off the streets doing my usual...

Last weekend Black & Spiro was so excited to host Megan Morton and her wonderful School of creative teachers upstairs in our Design Studio.  Having just launched her 2nd book here in Brisbane at Camargue last week, Megan is in high demand and we...

I\'m excited to let you know that our pop-up online store is NOW LIVE!!xxThe address is - shop.blackandspiro.com.auIf you experience problems getting into the site - go to our normal Black & Spiro website which is - www.blackandspiro.com.au and...

It\'s been just over 1 month since my last post and as usual time seems to have flown by!  Busy days and weeks just keep on coming at us all but I must say, it\'s amazing what a couple of days away can do for your spirits.  We just spent the...

Look at this gorgeous visitor we recently had at Black & Spiro!  She fits right in sitting there amongst our pretty mismatched cushions! Did you see our little feature in this month\'s House & Garden"  We were so thrilled to be involved! ...

When Brad announced to me that he wanted to go to Hawaii, a place we have visited many times and loved over the years, for his 40th Birthday, my heart fell into my stomach.  Being that his birthday falls in October, our busiest month of the year...

Earlier this year we were asked to visit the new Gas Works development in Newstead where Margot McKinney & Peter Kedwell planned on opening their 4th Buzz Restaurant.  It was a late Autumn afternoon and the skies were a pale blue fading into a warm...

?This morning, before I left the house, I received 2 beautiful and completely unexpected gifts.  The first one arrived at my door whilst I was still in bed at around 6.45am.  I heard a \'ooh hoo, hello Anna\' and I quickly sprung out of my...

Have you seen the latest issue of Adore Magazine yet"  We were so excited to have Mr & Mrs G Bar {which we just completed a couple of months ago} featured.  Thank you Loni and Jen Bishop for the wonderful story.  Click HERE to read...Over the...

I\'m excited to let you know that we are having one of our big Black & Spiro sales this Saturday 12th October at the shop!!  It\'s been such a long time since we\'ve had a clean out and I really need to clear some space!!Make sure you are...

Before I start I will warn you this is one of those long, drawn-out blog posts so just close me down now if you\'re not interested!!xxOver the past week or so I\'ve had some pretty inspiring conversations with a few people I love.  It seems...