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Sage and Clare We create beautiful homewares that embrace a love of refined maximalism and handmade techniques.

We believe homes should be an ever evolving manifestation of the lives and stories of the people within them, filled with pieces that speak to the soul. An online store that thoughtfully collates and celebrates handmade, artisanal and bohemian wares from around the world

There’s a particular kind of excitement reserved for things you only see once a year.The box coming down from the cupboa...
23/10/2026

There’s a particular kind of excitement reserved for things you only see once a year.

The box coming down from the cupboard. Finding the decoration you’d completely forgotten about, then immediately remembering exactly where it goes. The recipe you haven’t tasted since last summer. The kids claiming the same little traditions as if they’ve been doing them for decades.

Maybe that’s why we love this time of year so much. For a few weeks, all these tiny, familiar things come back into our lives. And somehow, they mean more every time they do.

Over the coming weeks, we’re celebrating those little rituals. The ones we inherited, the ones we’ve made our own and the ones we might be starting without even realising it.

When did it become embarrassing to be the most dressed-up person in the room?There’s always one person in the family who...
23/10/2026

When did it become embarrassing to be the most dressed-up person in the room?

There’s always one person in the family who arrives to lunch and immediately gets, “Why are you so dressed up?”

We say, let them ask.

Wear the beautiful blouse. Add the jewellery. Pair it with denim if you want to bring it back down to earth. There’s something quite nice about making an effort simply because you felt like it.

You don’t need a better reason than lunch with people you love.

We know some people are very good at restraint. A few carefully chosen decorations, everything in its place, nothing too...
22/10/2026

We know some people are very good at restraint. A few carefully chosen decorations, everything in its place, nothing too much.

We admire it. From a distance.

Because if there’s one time of year that can handle a little excess, surely it’s this one.

Hang the extra ornament. Put something festive in rooms nobody expects it. Bring out every decoration the kids insist is essential, even if it doesn’t quite fit the scheme. Add another string of lights.
Because your home doesn’t need to be perfectly considered all the time.

Sometimes it should just look like everyone who lives there is having a really good time.

We say, make a fuss. It’s only here for a little while.

Not everything festive needs to sparkle.We’ve always loved felt at this time of year. There’s something about the softne...
19/10/2026

Not everything festive needs to sparkle.

We’ve always loved felt at this time of year. There’s something about the softness, the stitching and the little handmade details that feels instantly familiar. Like the decorations you remember pulling out of the same box every year growing up.

A little old-fashioned, in the very best way. And hopefully, something that will feel even more special with time.

Our festive season has always looked a little different.It’s less fireside, more poolside. Bare feet under the table. We...
16/10/2026

Our festive season has always looked a little different.

It’s less fireside, more poolside. Bare feet under the table. Wet hair at lunch. Something cold to eat between swims and a hooded towel worn for most of the afternoon.

Maybe that’s why we’ve never felt too attached to the traditional picture of the season.

We already have a pretty good one of our own.

Funny how the decorations we become most attached to are rarely the fanciest ones. They’re the ones we’ve pulled out yea...
16/10/2026

Funny how the decorations we become most attached to are rarely the fanciest ones. They’re the ones we’ve pulled out year after year, each with a little story attached.

And to think, some of those stories are only just beginning. ❤️

We think decorating the tree is one of those traditions that gets better when you stop trying to make it perfect.Let the...
14/10/2026

We think decorating the tree is one of those traditions that gets better when you stop trying to make it perfect.

Let the kids choose the branches. Put three ornaments suspiciously close together. Bring out the old favourites, add a few new ones and resist the urge to rearrange everything once they’ve gone to bed.

Because eventually, the ornaments become more than decorations. They remind you of a year, a person, a particular little pair of hands that insisted that was exactly where it belonged.

Today’s new ornament is tomorrow’s old favourite.

When you’re little, nothing tests your patience quite like a countdown.Knowing there’s something hiding in that next poc...
13/10/2026

When you’re little, nothing tests your patience quite like a countdown.

Knowing there’s something hiding in that next pocket and being told you have to wait until tomorrow? Agony.

That’s exactly why we love an advent calendar. Fill each pocket with tiny treats, little treasures and surprises chosen just for them, then watch it become the first thing they run to every morning.

Bring it out year after year and, before long, the countdown becomes part of the nostalgia too.

Twenty years is a long time to ask anything to hold your attention.Your taste will change. You’ll move things around. Yo...
10/10/2026

Twenty years is a long time to ask anything to hold your attention.

Your taste will change. You’ll move things around. You might move house entirely. And something you couldn’t imagine living without today may eventually have you wondering what you were thinking.

So how do you know what’s worth bringing home? Maybe it’s less about predicting what you’ll love in twenty years, and more about understanding why you love it now.

Is it you, or is it just having a moment?

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5a/841 Mountain Highway, Bayswater
Melbourne, VIC
3153

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