I love fabrics

I was looking at the fantastic blog Design Sponge today and it lead me to Henry Road. What lovely and bright combinations of fabrics!

Hunter wedding

I thought that I would post one pic from Joel and Jess's wedding. Jess's shoes. So comfortable for such a big day and they went so beautifully with her Carla Zampatti gown.

Well I have been away on holidays at my brother's wedding down in the Hunter Valley. So I am sorry for the lack of posts. This pic is from inside the reception area of the Pepper Tree Convent - located near the Pepper Tree Winery in the Hunter. It was just lovely (although I am not sure we were supposed to be inside the building). I shall post pics of my brother's lovely wedding when I have sorted the photographs. With his new Wife being an artist the wedding had some stylish flair.. and so I would like to choose some pics that do the lovely day justice.

one down 5 to go

New fabric on the dining chairs... after shot



Dining chairs before.

Well the whole "if I write it down I will do it thing" seems to be working. Last night I finally recovered one of my dining chairs. I realise that silky oak is not everyone's cup of tea but I was brought up with Rosenstengel in my bedroom as a child and I still have a thing for it. I hope to get a rug for under the table which will go with my bold stripe that I have choosen.
I also now realise that I will need to learn to have my real camera on me more often so I can take more appealing shots of my projects for this blog. My Iphone camera doesn't do justice to some of my items. Hopefully I will get the other 5 chairs done tonight.

loving these

Today I am loving these handpainted shoes on etsy by Cocopunkz. I do believe I will be ordering myself a pair once the xmas expenses are cleared!

verandah thoughts

I recently opened the verandah up on my little workers cottage. I had bought a day bed from ikea which I had planned to move from the spare room onto the verandah and then I planned on dolling the day bed up with lovely covered pillows and making my verandah more cosy... but I was worried about the bed getting wet in the rain. I love this picture of the verandah on Jane Coslick's blog.

Gonna do jobs

As a part of my "if you right it down, it will help you get it done process" I thought I would upload some pics of my "gonna do" projects round my house.

Firstly we have my set of 3 tub chairs with lounge. I love the old fabric on these chairs and plan on re-upholstering them. I have been playing with ordering some samples from the US of some designer fabrics but have confused myself as to what pattern or print to use. I boughts these from Vinnies

The second pic is my set of 3 wingbacks which I also intend on re-upholstering. Will get there one day. Vinnies was my source for these puppies.

The third pic is my Karmann "Gidget". This is another project. I hope to have the floor pans replaced on her early this year if I can co-ordinate the shipping of the pans. I bought the Karmann on ebay and love it deeply.

The fourth pic is of a lovely claw foot ROUND bathtub that I picked up from "the junk man" in town. He is not really a junk man, he actually stocks a great range of ex-building stock items and the odd lovely item like this... we just call him the junk man round here! My bathroom in my house is actually quite modern, but I don't like my corner shower and I planned on restoring this tub for my bathroom. Don't worry, it it not rusted and does not need to be re-enameled.

The fifth pic is of a mahogany kitchen sideboard that I bought from one of those import shops here. I actually bought 3 pieces from the same shop and planned to sand the white and black cow print paint back and white wash them all. I have changed my mind and bit now and am thinking of "stripeing" this piece with black and gold paint. Anyways, it has been sitting half sanded back under my house for some years now.

The next pic is of a bookshelf that was from Freedom. This was one of the first pieces of furniture that I bought when I left school and started university. I now hate the look of the item, but it is a good size and I plan to white wash it and then fix my display. I don't actually read for fun so I need to fill the shelf with something else and get rid of my fake books.

The last pic is of some old 1910 silky oak chairs I bought off ebay. Now that my house is painted white I would like a bold black and grey stripe or something on the seats.


So these are some of the things I hope to get done this year! There are others like chaises, doors, outdoor 60s furniture settings, but I guess they will just be uploaded when I get to them... this year I am gonna try and get there!

love this

I love this smeg fridge pictured on Anna Spiro's Blog Absolutely Beautiful Things. One day I shall be rich enough to own such a feature appliance in my kitchen.

let there be light!

This is a pic of my choice of lead crystal wall light that I am experimenting with at my place. I was originally going to go for a more elaborate chandelier wall light, but then I wondered whether such a wall light was going to be taken care of by my future tenants.
The light was from Beacon. The plan is to purchase another one for the other white wall and then a 4 drop version will also sit above my dining table. I'm happy with the effect on the purple wall anyway. Just need to chose some prints for either side of the light now!

My new feature wall

This is a picture of my new feature wall. I saw the wall colour in a furniture advertisement against some white and silver accessories, and the paint shop fellow matched the colour for me and wow... I love it.