Mademoiselle Rose

Vickie lives with her partner and two Balinese cats in a 110-year old Queenslander just outside Brisbane, Australia. And thanks to the worldwide community created by blogging, it’s as if she were in your own kitchen, talking to you about her love of decorating, specifically, “the white, pink, vintage, shabby chic style” – a brand she covers most wonderfully in her blog, Mademoiselle Rose. A soft, romantic light fills these pages and the Victorian décor is most appropriately on view in Vickie's own home here, here, and here. Her online Boutique has many of her styles on sale, and together with links to favorite décor-centric books, blogs, websites, and photo albums, will provide more inspiration to those looking to add ruffles and romance to their abode. Looking for more romance? Vickie has added online quizzes that will determine which Jane Austin heroine you are and which flower you most resemble. Other fun stuff: a life traffic feed announces her visitors, a Translate function turns her blog into Finnish, Swedish, German, and other languages, and a “Brisi Clock” tells you the time in her backyard.