Welcome to Coastal Chateau

By way of introduction, I am Mrs Coastal Chateau.  AKA, Molly, Lollylegs, BabyDoll, Mummy, or just,  Muu-uum!

I am lucky enough to reside on the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney, surrounded by Coastal and bush environs.  Most days I don't need to play music at home, my ears have a constant backdrop of magpies, kookaburras, cicadas and crickets. At night, the sounds of the waves crashing echoes off the lake as we lie in bed.  Of course the odd dog barking or toot of a car interrupt the tranquil chorus occasionally, but otherwise its just divine.

Once upon a time I could boast a fairly illustrious career spanning IT&T, HR, Travel and Teaching.  These days I'm kept busy by my hardworking & harangued husband Mr Coastal Chateau, and our two beautiful scallywags and their shenanigans - Cooper aged 10, and Flynn aged 8.  We are also blessed to have the worlds most beautiful cavoodle, Coco, aged 4.

I am hoping to soon add a juvenile pink and grey Galah to our family, for whom we have already chosen a name and have the cage ready to go.   As you get to know me, you will become more confused by the juxtaposition of my over-preparedness.  To illustrate, I can pick up a piece of furniture and repurpose it within an hour, good or bad, but the Galah-to-be's cage has been in position now for three years, while I TTC. (Try to catch, as opposed to TTC - Try to conceive, - via the internet, of course).

We live in a lovely brick and weatherboard 1960's beach house creation, which we have been going to renovate for 14 years.  I love finding vintage treasures and upcycling them, sometimes with a Frenchesque touch, and repurposing interesting pieces. Vintage ladders and Ornate mirrors  have been an obsession since we renovated our terrace house in Annandale in the Inner West.  I can still remember the vintage ladder we had in our General Store growing up, (more about that later) and spent hours playing on it, and restacking the Scotch Fingers so that they looked appealing to customers.  Very important in a town of 421 people!

I am an over-sharer - I look forward to sharing my french-inspired coastal creations with you, my journey of self-renewal, and snippets from life at our humble, light and bright, Coastal Chateau. 


Sally