Portrait by Chris Warnes

Fans of the Daily Imprint blog will be pleased to hear it has just been re-launched by founder Natalie Walton, a Sydney-based writer and stylist, with a new roster of interviews with inspiring creatives. Since working at Real Living magazine as its deputy editor, she has been exploring how we live through a range of projects, including styling and writing about homes across Australia with partner & photographer Chris Warnes, via their editorial content agency Warnes & Walton. In case she wasn't busy enough, she has also just launched The Indigo Crew, a blog inspired by her own family about living creatively with little people.



MONDAY
About two years ago I drove past this house and saw a "for sale" sign out the front. I wasn't even looking for a new home, but the size of it and some magic words ("scope for renovation", soaring ceilings", "sunny NW courtyard with rear access") piqued my curiosity. As soon as I stepped inside, I knew it was the next place where I wanted to live. A few months later, we moved in. One of the first spaces we worked on was the dining room. We installed floor-to-ceiling shelves and cupboards to store my books, magazines and props. While it's still a work-in-progress, I love this room. I use it as my office, and every Monday after dropping my children off at school and childcare I come here to work in beautiful silence.



TUESDAY
Much of my life and work overlaps. At the moment I'm in the process of renovating my home, writing a few different interior features for magazines, sourcing for an upcoming Christmas photo shoot, and on the lookout for people to feature on Daily Imprint. So with a child in tow (long story), I head to Cult in Chippendale. I wanted to view the work of artist Sophia Szilagyi for my blog (and for my "one-day" art collection), and have a look at a few items for my shoot (and my home).



WEDNESDAY
It's no secret that the fun part of styling - and renovating a home - is sourcing. This past year I've been accompanied on many trips by a friend who also works in interiors, Christina Anasta. While we're working on different projects (she's been part of the team to put together the recently refurbished Coogee Pavilion, we gravitate towards similar stores and artists. Today I was helping her to create a blog, Inside Scoop. I get really excited about the possibilities of projects, and like to help others make their mark on the world. It's why I use that tagline on Daily Imprint.



THURSDAY
Mondays to Wednesdays I tend to be based in my home office, a photo studio, or someone's home for a shoot. So when I have my two young daughters on Thursdays and Fridays I try to get out and about with them, visiting art exhibitions and homewares stores or scouting potential homes for Warnes & Walton. That in amongst lots of baking and creative mess-making at home. Today's visit was to Emilie Costechareyre from Elvis Et Moi. It was another one of those win-win scenarios. I got to visit her new home (Chris and I shot her previous place) and pick up some jewellery I had purchased a few days before.



FRIDAY
Many of the people who I feature on Daily Imprint I come across through my work as a writer and stylist. At the start of the year I was on an advertising shoot with producer Chris Hemmings. A little while ago he sent me an invite to the opening of his partner's art exhibition. Sick with the flu, I wasn't able to make it, but it turned out for the best as I got to meet Tania Mason a few days later and she gave my daughters and I a guided tour through Galleria Vicino in Potts Point, where her works are currently on show.



SATURDAY
Since we bought the house my husband often works on the renovation and general home improvements on Saturday while I try to keep our three children entertained. Today we decided to have a lemonade stall after receiving several bags of lemons from a friend a few weeks ago. My son loves making things and activities that he can get involved in, so it seemed like a fun idea. I decided to set up a website called The Indigo Crew to share these projects, and to use it as a space to celebrate creativity and the art of adventure in childhood. There is an instagram account too @theindigocrew.



SUNDAY
Ah, Sunday. Sometimes I get to sleep in (8am). Most of the time we have blueberry pancakes (brunch). And pizza is always on the menu (dinnertime). But other than that the day ebbs and flows with get-togethers with family and friends, and pottering around our home. More than anything, though, I enjoy it because it's a day when we're all home, and get to spend it together. Family life is a balancing act, but one I am happy to indulge.

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