I’ve never liked resolutions, I prefer goals, tangible objectives achieved through measurable actions.

For over a year I’ve been blogging about food almost exclusively over at http://www.imnojamieoliver.com, while I’ve loved every moment of it, it is but one small facet of my multifaceted life and I wanted to share more of them, reflecting my day to day activities and passions.

As an outward expression of this I launched the #curatethisspace initiative, the idea was simple, open up my home to fellow creatives and express ideas, thoughts and philosophy over a great home-cooked, homegrown meal cooked by masterchef Neill Anthony, documenting it on Tumblr.

We used my Cado royal system wall unit as a mini gallery and each creative was given a budget of R600 (under $100USD) to use towards decorating them.

The participants were all fellow bloggers and creatives in different fields: industrial design (Lucas R Adams of Kraftisan), interior design (Neil Stemmet of Koncept Design Architecture and Interiors), styling (The Wild Creative of Thaya Bedford & Nicole Ravenscroft) and illustration (Lauren Fowler, Graphic Designer, Crafter & Illustrator), amazingly with no prior correspondence the team came up with designs that flowed seamlessly into each other as if almost inextricably linked.

You can read further thoughts and insights here:

Visi – Curate this Space
Design Indaba – Locally Curated
House & Leisure – People to watch in 2012

Excited by combining these elements into this singular creative event it led me to follow my heart into 2012 with turning the concept into my new blog, curating my life.

http://www.imnojamieoliver.com will live on as a reference and companion guide to my culinary challenge, but this will become my place for expression and not linked to a particular trend/theme, but will include decor, art, music, food, gardening & family.