Coastal Vintage Sourcing Trip

Recently, I returned from a week sourcing in Indonesia visiting my lovely suppliers who source high and low across the Spice Islands for beautiful wares for me to bring back to Australia.

Sally with a friend, both looking at the camera, smiling.

This time I stayed at the beautiful Colony Hotel again. I love staying here as I feel so at home with the beautiful Dutch Colonial style rooms and also as a woman often traveling on my own, not only is this place is beautiful, central, but I feel safe here.

The Colony Hotel.

A bonus is that it is right next door to Kim Soo - a favourite homewares store and my favourite place to have breakfast - a pitaya bowl & cappuccino!

A pitaya bowl and cappuccino from Kim Soo

This time I found a few beautiful old shop cabinets, an old postal sorter cabinet, Dutch Colonial furniture pieces and lots of stools of all different shapes and sizes.

Men carrying an old shop cabinet
Old shop cabinet being loaded into the back of a truck
Round wooden table
A bunch of round wooden stools

 And, a variety of pots and demijohns from Borneo.

Various pots on shelves
Top view of different coloured glass jugs

I also met up with artisans that create many of our unique products such as carved wooden clam shells and rattan clam shells. Both styles take several days to make and all by hand.

Sally and a lady holding up large carved wooden clam shells
Smaller wooden clam shells laid out on concrete

As seen here at the Colony Hotel, each room is illuminated with a Colonial style lantern.

Front door of a room at the Colony Hotel with a colonial style lantern hanging above.

I have always loved these and finally, have found them and ordered these in two sizes. 

And finally, we have an extensive new range of products that we have designed and had made by a group of artisans.

They included new brass hardware and decor, recycled metal decor pieces, wooden buoys/strings, fishing baskets and so much more.

Wooden beads on rope.

I can't wait for it to arrive and show you everything when we unload.

So stay tuned as the first container lands at the end of March and the following one a month or so later.

A man loading wrapped products into the back of a truck

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Sally x

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