Your style in Focus

We are loving getting to know the creative women behind some amazing Instagram feeds . Todays interview is with Mandy @mandymk79. Mandy now has her own interiors business ( Interiors by Mandy ) and we love the rooms that she creates be sure to check out her beautiful Instagram. 

 Tell us a bit about where you live?

 We live in little old Adelaide…. The state that is so small everyone knows each other some way or another… but we love it!

Tell us a bit about you and your family:

I am just your typical girl next door with an absolute passion for Interior Design and beautiful things! I have the most supportive and gorgeous hubby who is my best friend we’ve been together since we were 18 and now we have 3 beautiful little angels that are all ours! We feel very blessed!

 What is your inspiration behind your kid’s rooms?

My kids are definitely my inspiration behind it all.  Loving beautiful things and having a very high standard of my home and myself!  My mum was always cleaning and making sure the house was perfect when I was little so I definitely get it from her! I’ve always had this natural talent in putting things together and they just seem to look great! They say we all have a calling and this is definitely mine!

Where is your favorite source of inspiration for the kid’s rooms? Magazines, blogs, instagram?

Its definitely Instagram… its actually become part of my daily routine….hehe I think I might be addicted to it but who can blame me look at all the amazing small businesses out there and amazing talented mummies…. We’re all a little family and we all support each other!

 Favourite thing to do as a family:

 Anything out doors…. We are very active and love the beach…. We hire a beach house at least twice a year and the kids and us just love hanging out down the beach, fishing, snorkelling, crabbing, canoeing.. It’s our little getaway!

Favourite travel or holiday destination?

Definitely our Beach House at Black Point SA.

 List of loves as a family:

 Beach, bike riding, bbq ‘s with friends and family.

Favourite weekend activity:

 Snuggling up on a Sunday Morning with the kids, we all jump into our bed and we watch TV its so lovely not having to get up and race around getting ready for school and work, we just laze around cooking Sunday breaky and being silly! It’s about quality not quantity and the kids just love us all being home together.

How do you celebrate birthdays and special days with your kids?

 Every Birthday we do up the Kitchen table (as that’s the room the kids doors are off of) we set it up with heaps of balloons and presents of their favourite theme at the time and just sing to them as they wake up! I have done this every birthday since they have been born and they love it!

 What does a typical day in your life involve?

 Its amazingly busy just like all mums with 3 children…… some days I think WOW how did I get through today and I’m very proud!  Having 3 children in 4 years definitely has its moments full of demands and pressures and can be quite testing but I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world! They are our absolute blessings and a little smile, cuddle or an “I love you mummy” makes it all worth it and nothing else matters.

Travelling with young kids in India .

AMBER FORT  

AMBER FORT  

THE KIDS PLAYING SPOT THE MONKEY . 

KIDS PLAYING AND MEETING  LOCAL CHILDREN  

THE BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR AT AMBER FORT 

RUNNING IN THE TUNNELS OF AMBER FORT

AMBER FORT 

AMBER FORT 

A LOCAL WOMEN IN JAIPUR 

BEAUTIFUL ELEPHANT 

LOTS OF STAIRS 

LOVING WATCH ALL THE MONKEYS 

SNAKE CHARMER KIDS LOVED IT BUT WOULD NOT GO CLOSE 

AMBER FORT 

CAMELS IN THE STREETS 

THE BEAUTIFUL ELEPHANTS 

Whilst we where away on our sourcing trip in January it also gave us time to reflect and look at things that we would both like to do in the business and areas that needed attention. Our La de dah kids blog was something that lacked serious attention in 2014 .We  have some great plans to make this place more of a lifestyle blog for all things kids and that includes a subject we are super passionate about which is travel . If you have a topic you would like to see featured on the blog we would love to hear from you ?

Travel has always been a huge passion both before kids and also now we have kids . Travelling with kids now brings a whole new dimension to travel . Seeing the world through our little ones eyes  is one of the most rewarding experiences .

Our stop in India was 90 % work so our tourist tips will be limited however we did mange to fit a little site seeing in while we spent the week in India . We travelled with both our boys one aged 6 and one who turned 4 the day before we left- so our travel tips are relevant to these age groups.

Hopefully we inspire you to take the adventure with your kids - enjoy !



Places to stay :
We stayed at the Crowne Plaza : New Delhi Rohini  we cannot recommend this place enough . The selection for breakfast was great . The rooms spacious and very comfortable.


Places to eat :
Due to our tight timescale we ate mostly with our suppliers families and within our hotel due to tired kids from a full day of activities .


Transport :
We had a driver which we strongly recommend . We found this a great way to get around with kids and within a tight time frame which we had . But be prepared for traffic and lots of it . Short distances can take hours - but the country side viewing and animal spotting ( camels, monkeys , elephants ) makes driving in India an exciting adventure for the little and big kids.


Place to visit :
Delhi - we had a city tour with our driver in which we where lucky to have a taste of the sights . Our time in Delhi was super limited  and with many road closures due to President Obama visiting it made it tricky getting from place to place .
We visited the India gate and Chandni Chowk.


Jaipur - So many exciting things to do and visit in Jaipur . One of the Highlights for us was the Amber fort . We had an elephant ride up to the fort with the Kids and they loved it! -  It was a real highlight. The kids loved exploring the Fort the small passage ways and stair cases in the fort was  a big adventure of hide and seek . The kids also got to see monkeys and a snake charmer which was high on their list to do and see why we visited India .