Zilvi

△ nicole > artist, storyteller, mother
△ shop zilvi timber art via
△ behind the brand > farm life, homeschooling, road tripping

20/05/2026

I opened my store on 2 July 2014.

It makes sense to share my announcement with you on this date, 12 years on.

See you then.

09/05/2026

I’d walk through every hard day and make every difficult decision, over and over again for him.

That is motherhood.

01/05/2026

She doesn’t exist anymore.

The girl in this photo - the one who’d show up in her farm car and share her life with you, smiling into the light of a life that looked whole - she was telling a story. Just not the full one.

There were chapters I opened wide for you.

There were chapters I folded carefully, holding them close.

And there were chapters I lived in silence - the ones that never quite found their way into words.

Something shifted, eventually.

And now she’s different. Her story - not louder. Not bigger. Just more honest.

2 July 2026. Meet me here.

It will be Zilvi’s 12th birthday.

12 years of chapters. Of becoming. Of unravelling and rebuilding.

I’ve felt the quiet pull forward for a while now.

And I’m ready.

This will be my biggest announcement yet.

Something new. Me, standing in my own story.

If you’ve been here for any part of the last 12 years - the seen or unseen - I’d love you here for what comes next.

July 2.

21/03/2026

Felix and I have something really special being added onto our little home over the next few week and it’s honestly the highlight of this new chapter for us.

I’ve been slowly bringing this home to life, one piece at a time.

This week I’m finally finishing the bathroom - which has taken me far too long.

There’s something really grounding about finishing this space with my own hands - creating a home for us that feels calm and our very own.

I’ve set goals for myself in 2026. Not the kind that look good on paper - the kind that feel right in my chest. I’ve felt this shift in me, this quiet motivation to keep showing up and build the life I know we deserve.

A huge part of that is the new workspace I’ll have here. A place where I can create again though differently this time. New mediums, new energy, and sharing more of that process with you - not just the finished pieces.

I’ve learned something this past year - success isn’t what you have or what it looks like from the outside. It’s the peace you feel when you wake up, and the life you’re building when no one’s watching.

15/03/2026

You might notice something different here.

I’ve taken the Zilvi logo off my profile picture and replaced it with a photo of myself.

For almost 12 years, this space has been about my timber art. Creating felt like the safest way to exist here - letting the work speak while I stayed quietly behind it. Sharing snippets of our life.

But this next chapter is different.

Right now, it’s less about the art and more about the story behind it. Mine.

In the next few weeks, a new studio space will be arriving and I’m so excited to begin creating again. I’ve missed that part of myself deeply, and I can’t wait to share the process with you as it comes back to life through new mediums.

But with that, I want to reconnect - not just as the artist behind Zilvi, but as Nicole.

A person who has lived, lost, survived, rebuilt and is still finding her way forward.

There’s a story here that I’ve been holding quietly for a long time.
And I think I’m finally ready to tell it.

10/03/2026

Many of you would remember this space. This studio. Home to Zilvi from 2016 - 2023. Our home, then set on 60 acres in the Noosa Hinterland. March of 2023, she was sold. We closed the gate and lived on the road. A goal we’d achieved and seemingly, living the dream. An expedition truck few could imagine let alone build. Roads travelled, paths walked. A chapter I’ll never regret.

Zilvi continued to operate, celebrating 10 years of designing for you while parked up in the Snowy Mountains, NSW.

Things changed in November of 2024. I hit pause on Zilvi until November 2025. A full year. A year I took for myself to grow, to heal.

While I’ve passed my timber designs onto to bring to life for you, this isn’t the end of my brand.

The studio no longer exists. I’ve a tiny desk in the corner of my cottage located on 40 acres between Woodford and Maleny. A new home, under construction, growing with me.

I’m committed to Zilvi. And to myself. I’m committed to showing up in 2026, first as a Mother, secondly as a creative and third as a business owner. Zilvi turns 12 this year. And I’m beginning again.

I welcome you to join me.

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Kin Kin, QLD

Website

http://www.zilvi.com.au/

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