Home & Decorating by Diana Jenkins Future social restrictions won t rain on Australia s parade, if the latest interiors trend is anything to go by. The drinks trolley and purpose-built home bar are back in vogue, as Australians look to classic design items to deliver style to the humble house party post-pandemic. According to Harvey Norman s Vesna Vasilevski, the resurgent popularity of Mad Men-style cocktail carts reflects changing attitudes to gathering. Shane Warne s sleek basement bar at 15 Newbay Cres, Brighton, is one of the home s luxe highlights. The property is currently on the market. In a world pre-COVID-19, a night out meant meeting friends at a bar, Ms Vasilevski said. Restaurants may be slowly opening their doors and increasing capacities but the opportunity to sit directly at the bar doesn t feel (possible yet). If you re interested in experimenting with your own cocktails, it s a way to bring the bar into your own
Josh Chapman, 30, died suddenly after collapsing at his home in Leeswood on Christmas Day. Josh, managing director of IT firm NetResult, is said to have touched the hearts of everyone who knew him. He was a beloved son, brother, uncle, nephew and grandson. Josh’s heartbroken widow, Danielle, has paid a touching tribute to him. She said: “He was very much a family man and would do anything for them, he was well respected by everyone that he worked with and everyone misses him dearly. “I owe my life to Josh as I was in a very dark place when we met so I owe it to him to live my best life because he can’t. If I can I want to travel, sky dive, scuba dive and do the things that we had planned to do together. I just want to make him proud.
TJ Klune follows up
The House in the Cerulean Sea with another compelling human drama that is set in a world like our own, but with a few unexpected fantasy elements. In
Cerulean Sea it was people with magical abilities; this time around, in
The Extraordinaries, it’s somewhat unconventional superheroes. Teen Nick Bell lives with his hard-working father and spends much of his time with a close-knit group of friends in Nova City, which is not remarkable in any way other than the fact that both a superhero and super villain also call it home. Shadow Star is the good guy, Pyro Storm is the bad guy, and although they have been around Nova City for only little while they have the entire city (especially the media) completely riveted. Nick is a devoted writer of fan fiction starring Shadow Star, on whom he has an enormous crush. It is, in fact, because of a brief encounter with Shadow Star that Nick embarks on the quest that largely propels the plot: he decides he wants to be �