SKETCHES

Sketches is our journal. Here we trace the lines of place and creative living through thoughtful storytelling, insights and inspiration. It’s an invitation to slow down, take notice and find connection in the natural world.

STYLE + INSPIRATION

A Room of One’s Own

A Room of One’s Own
STYLE + INSPIRATION

A Room of One’s Own

I read something today that stayed with me. It was a reminder to do just five small things to inspire creativity. One of them was to gift oneself a...

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A Return to Place
STYLE + INSPIRATION

A Return to Place

Between dust, paint, and garden chaos, life at Bank House feels tangled but alive. These rooms, their light and scent, remind me daily that our cre...

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Garden Dreams – A Photo Journal
HEART & HOME

Garden Dreams – A Photo Journal

At Bank House, the garden is slowly coming to life – a quiet, evolving conversation with the land. Guided by the rhythm of the seasons, we’re softe...

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A wildflower garden of red and yellow blooms in front of a rustic cottage with Kylie on a swing.
HEART & HOME

The Quiet Magic of a Garden

Landscape designer and ceramicist Kylie Breaker invites us into her world of soulful gardens and slow design. Her course, A Garden Alchemy, is a ge...

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Quiet Local
HEART & HOME

Quiet Local

As autumn gently fades, we’re soaking up the quiet beauty of village life – foggy mornings, local markets and creative gatherings that warm the sou...

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Southern Wild Co Our Place Room Mist displayed beside fresh quinces in a ceramic bowl and a kraft gift box. Set on a rustic wooden shelf, this styled image evokes Australian-made natural home fragrance, memory, and scent-inspired gifting.
HEART & HOME

Of Mothers and Memory

Scent has a way of holding memory – quietly, invisibly. In this piece, we trace the subtle aromas of lemon myrtle, bush rose, and wild quince as th...

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Southern Wild Co scented candle burning beside a rose stem in a glass bottle, styled on a rustic wooden stool. A woman in a linen smock arranges flowers while a chocolate Labrador watches. Natural light, slow living, and Australian-made home fragrance.
HEART & HOME

Love like Stringybark

Out here, love weathers like stringybark– tough, quiet and unshaken by the seasons. This is a story of bush mothering, of grief held gently and of ...

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Flour & Stone Poached Quince
FOOD & DRINK

Flour & Stone Poached Quince

In our latest Sketches, Nadine Ingram shares her recipe for poached quince – the fragrant, slow-cooked fruit that anchors her new Bush Quince Cake....

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