• HOME
  • MEMBER REVIEWS
  • DIRECTORY
  • ADVERTISE
  • CONTACT US
  • NOVEMBER MEMBER TRIALS

Living - Beauty and Lace Magazine

Lifestyle, Recipes and Home Reviews

logo

Food Advertising by

SaveSave

  • HAIR
  • BEAUTY
  • FASHION
  • ECO
  • LIFESTYLE
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • FAMILY
  • BOOKS
  • WIN
  • CHRISTMAS
You are here: Home / INTERVIEW / PEOPLE / Couples Who Work Together: Belinda Janes

Couples Who Work Together: Belinda Janes

June 16, 2012 by Admin 2 Comments

Melbourne couple Belinda Whiting and Mark Phillips juggle their uber-successful Belinda Janes homewares shop and their equally flourishing online store ( belindajanes.com) with a busy family life that includes three young kids … and they wouldn’t change it for the world!

The start of something special …

At 19 years of age, Belinda Jane Whiting started selling aromatherapy products at a local market in Melbourne. From there, Belinda’s passion for retailing, coupled with a good “gut feeling” and a small business loan, led her into taking on a lease for a shop and stocking it with objects of beauty, elegance and usefulness…and so the shopfront store Belinda Janes, located in the Melbourne suburb of Ashburton, was born! This year sees Belinda Janes celebrate 18 years of successful trading.


A love story that works …

Mark and Belinda’s personal story is as successful as their business story. Childhood sweethearts and now self-confessed soul mates, Mark and Belinda operate in well-oiled tandem. Their roles in life overlap and entwine quite harmoniously as they bring up their three young children, Cleo 2, Tyler 6 and Lainey 8 and work together in their thriving business.

Work-life balance is a reality for both Belinda and Mark, because they truly love their day-to-day job descriptions and are of course passionate about their family. The dynamic Whiting-Phillips duo thrive on wearing many, many hats, and when one is at home tending to the children and the domestic duties, the other is at work, either in the store or online or dispatching and organising the warehouse! Belinda and Mark confess their days are long and intense, whilst being full of fun and successful fruition, and when asked, they honestly wouldn’t change a thing!

belinda janes family

A recipe for family life …

In the Whiting-Phillips home, the French provincial style kitchen is quite literally the most-loved “engine room”. On any given day, one may find Mark baking a batch of scones for the children’s afternoon tea, while at night the domestic goddess baton is passed to Belinda, as she is the one to prepare the evening meals for the family.

They eat well and belief in fresh and healthy fare – their garden is full of vegetables, herbs and fruit bearing shrubs and their children are involved from planting to picking, and like their mum and dad, enjoy the fruits of their labour! “I think my love of cooking and great food is one of the drivers behind my love of good kitchen and tableware. It all makes for a successful recipe for life,” says Belinda.

A mark of achievement …

Mark and Belinda’s own personal style very much reflects Belinda Janes’; it’s a classical, wholesome style where old melds into modern and a sophisticated take fuses with a simple ethos. Belinda Janes and Belindajanes.com is more than an online business and brick and mortar store retailing beautiful objects of desire and practicality. Belinda Janes is a family-run business, operating on honesty, sincerity and above all quality. It’s also about love. A great love for the things that matter in life.

The Belinda Janes’ mid-year sale has started – both in store and on-line with prices starting at just $1!

Visit the Belinda Janes sale page –  deals (and very amazing ones at that!) are set up in categories of $1, $2, $10 & $20.

Belinda Jane’s

190 – 192 High Street, Ashburton, 
Victoria 3147 AUSTRALIA
www.belindajanes.com
bj@belindajanes.com 
ph /fax 03 9885 9300
Mon – Fri 9am – 5pm 
Saturday 9am – 5pm

You May Also Like:

Feng Shui Your Love Life
Parkinson’s Victoria A Walk in the Park 2015
Dating in a New City
Naughty Bucket List: Hot Things a Couple Should Do (Adults Only)

Filed Under: PEOPLE, RELATIONSHIPS Tagged With: Belinda Janes, family, homewares, kitchen, melbourne, online shopping, relationships

About Admin

Beauty and Lace is an online magazine for women. We hope you enjoyed this article!

Comments

  1. Belinda says

    June 18, 2012 at 8:11 pm

    Thanks for telling our story Lace. Belinda xx

    Reply
    • Lace says

      June 18, 2012 at 9:17 pm

      That reminds me Belinda, my 3 year old son loves his cooking set from your store – the coloured whisk is his favourite! Thank you!!

      Reply

Leave a Reply to Belinda Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertise here

Advertisements

logo
Food Advertising by
Advertise here

LIVING CATEGORIES

What You Are Looking For?

Google
Custom Search

You May Also Like…

WEEKLY E-NEWSLETTER

 

Share the Love

Advertisements

logo
Food Advertising by

Recent Posts

  • Recipe: Baked Espresso Doughnuts with Mocha Glaze
  • Recipe: Banana Custard Pie
  • Palm Beach Collection Candles
  • Carrol Boyes Tea Pot Man
  • Browns Brothers Limited Edition Prosecco
  • Pilot Pen Pintor Paint Markers

Recent Comments

  • Alison Humble on Recipe: Banana Custard Pie
  • lace on Pilot Pen Pintor Paint Markers
  • Malvina on Carrol Boyes Tea Pot Man
  • mandy50 on Pilot Pen Pintor Paint Markers
  • Lynda on User Reviews: Edenvale Premium Reserve Range (Alcohol Removed Wine)
  • Deirdre Tipper on WOW Naturals Sugar Free Lollies

Calendar

February 2019
M T W T F S S
« Jan    
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728  
Copyright © 2019 - Log in