Monday at our house...

What a busy weekend we had a baby shower, a farewell and a birthday party here there and everywhere! I managed to spend a little bit of time on the farm, whilst taking Bella (our dog) for a walk I grabbed this eucalyptus branch, wall actually I outsourced the Mr to fetch it for me. I think it looks so simple but beautiful sitting in a large vase, I put a few drops of eucalyptus oil in the water to enhance the smell (I used good old "Double D").

A few other bits and pieces:

• The dog bed that I made in beautiful gold satin, piped in chocolate brown velvet (my first attempt at piping a cushion was not a complete failure).
• Black Ginger jar style lamp Thrifted from the Salvation Army for $10. I also found a duck egg blue one (at the very same store a few weeks later) that I have gifted to mum.
• The mirror is also new - A recent present from mum - Call me mirror obsessed but I think in a small space you need to have lots of mirrors to reflect the light.  

Green is beautiful & I had the guts I would use Astro Turf as carpet too...

I found the X Desk!

I have seen this desk around the blog world quite a bit lately:

Honey were home

The Way We Are

If you have been looking I found the same desk in Freedom Furniture for $599 (Au).

PS...Why had I never walked into Bay Leather Republic - What a great source of inspiration!

mirror mirror!

mirror mirror on the wall Smith byd interiors you have it all!

Velvet...Check
Wingback chairs...Check
Decorative mouldings... Check
Over "cushioning"... Check
Bronze detailing...Check

Claude Monet & The thrifted print

I picked up this Claude Monet print for $20 whilst thrifting yesterday, it is huge - about 1.5m wide, I have  now changed the direction of the living room... since the Mr mentioned the lounge was "becoming a little boring with no colour".

From my thrifted find I started dreaming with some pillow shopping at Ada and darcy (as you do).

And then web shopping for a new lounge...

Black beauty- Home tour

I have read my current issue of Belle a few times mulling over every little detail of the most fabulous homes I have seen in a long time - then to my surprise the wonderful July issue of Ivy & Piper also featured the same home- designed by Greg Natale- All pics courtesy of Greg Natale.

I am thinking about installing this light in our dining room - As usual the budget is tight but I think this option is a "Similar" look for less & simmilar to the one featured in this magnificant home.

Basket Weave Pattern

Isn't everyone just loving the Basket weave pattern at the moment - I think it might be the "Next Big thing" in the interiors world - following Bold black stripe, Mr Trellis & Mrs Chevron.

Via: Absolutely beautiful things

Via: Ada & Darcy

Turning a Studio into a One bedroom apartment!!!

With the property prices the way they are almost everywhere I can totally appreciate this "Ikea Hack". These renovators used wardrobe doors to turn a Studio into a great one bedroom apartment Genius! Full post here.

A note from the renovators:
I can't imagine anyone wanting to have their bed in their living room, so we started to brainstorm. We discussed ever type of foldaway bed and room divider. Then we found IKEA's PAX sliding cupboard doors.


We bought the biggest we could find in light aluminum and frosted glass.


We measured the size of our Ikea beds and marked off the new room so it would fit our bed and some clothing space tightly in order to save as much space in the living room as possible.


I whipped up 2 wooden frames and mounted them to the ceiling, walls and floor. I then mounted the PAX doors and tidied up the frame.

Genius!

Pallet coffee table

I love unconventional ideas for home furnishings! Recycled home furnishings are even better as they are environmentally friendly! I came across these pallet coffee table ideas via Stylizimo (full post and sources Here).

I wheelie wheelie want one! A spot of shopping

Loving the industrial look of this coffee table by Dare Gallery and It is currently on sale! $579 Here I would love to introduce something like this into our lounge room.

Side table $259

I would be happy with any of these!

Designers by the shore

No Snooki is not designing a guido pad (Sorry NJ - but when I hear Jersey Shore my mind goes into fully sic mode)..... Sketch 42 recently posted these pics from "Designers by the shore" I couldn't stop thinking about the beautiful images taking allot of inspiration from mid century furniture and design Post here.

Yep - One of Nicoles paintings!!