and so to bed… pancakes part II: the talent
Sleep monitors, therapeutic lights and pre-bedtime entertainment: have we got snooze for you…
1/ Hepburn Bed and side table by Matthew Hilton for De La Espada Please, we counsel you: no matter how much you may love tech, never, ever buy a bed with a TV in it. Get something like this instead, a sleek, modernist vision in solid wood. $POA, spenceandlyda.com.au
2/ Basis Carbon Steel With a sensor array that means it can tell when you’re asleep and how deeply, this clever wrist band gives you a “personal sleep score” of unparalleled accuracy. $199, mybasis.com
3/ Withings Aura Want something even more advanced than the Basis? This combines an under-mattress pad that monitors how well you’re sleeping, with a bedside one to check noise, temperature and light levels. Preset barrages of multi-colour LEDs and natural sounds help you fall asleep and also awake feeling more energetic. $299, withings.com
4/ Philips Wake Up This simulated sunrise doubles as an iPhone dock, letting you wake to a singing sun, like in that old Vitalite advert but more therapeutic. $189, healyourself.com.au
5/ Vessel light with Plumen 01 bulb Inspired by ye olde ships in bottle, this hand- blown lamp is made to house a low-energy, high-style Plumen bulb. A perfect bedside light for those who don’t like sun simulations. $TBC, bulb $30, fab.com
6/ Remee Want to dream more lucidly, so you can control what happens rather than ending up picking flowers that turn into guns that then go all floppy when you try to shoot them? This dream machine, which beams custotmisable light patterns on to your sleeping eyes, may help, though we do emphasise the word “may”. $95, sleepwithremee.com
7/ Bose Soundlink Mini Bluetooth Speaker An ideal bedroom sonic companion, this wireless Bluetooth speaker is chic and discreet. Sounds grand for the size too. $249, bose.com
8/ Samsung 40F6800 This smart TV is super-slim for flush wall-mounting, not too big and serves up all the visual quality and extras you expect of the big S. $1,098, harveynorman. com.au
9/ Humax HDR-7510T While Samsung’s telly offers plenty of online content, expand it with the Humax TV portal. Catch up services, video on demand and a 500GB hard drive to store it all. $428, humaxdigital.com/au
Courtesy of Matt Goussaert, executive chef at The Breakfast Club 1/ Use buttermilk as it gives the taste a nice tang. Play with a mix of sweet and savoury flavours; we like to layer pancakes with ham and cheese, topped with a fried egg and lashings of maple syrup. 2/ Rest your mix for half an hour in the fridge before cooking and make sure the pan is extra hot before pouring it in. Then wait for all air bubbles to come out before turning over and turning the heat down. 3/ Blend leftover or botched cakes into milkshakes with ice cream and fruit for pleasingly malty results.