Cushions

I have two grey armchairs in my front room that need a bit of jazzing up.
I found some amazing cushions in a local shop that were a beige linan with bright pink chevron print.
At $130 per cushion I couldn't bring myself to spend that much. I love a good cushion, but gosh they are expensive!
I do try and buy things locally but its not always the most financial option. Although in that store i spent about $400 so I don't feel too guilty!

I found these cushion covers on etsy which I purchased here.

I promise I will try and post a little more over the next few weeks.

It was my birthday this weekend so we have had a stream of people around which has been fantastic! So a bit of Sunday arvo blogging downtime is well needed!

Enjoy

XOXO

Bathroom cupboard

Our new bathroom has been renovated in the last few years. You can see a photo here.
It does not have any storage, at all, nothing. Unless you call the edge of the bath storage.

I do love the windows, they let a beautiful breeze in however floor to ceiling windows make adding storage tres difficult!

I'm not really sure who would reno a bathroom with no storage but this is something we are going to have to deal with.

Alex works alternating shifts, sometimes he starts at 7.00am, sometimes 8.00 and even 9.00 am starts. I consistently start at 8.00 so the weeks he starts late it is impractical to have makeup in our bedroom. as he saviours his sleep ins.

So I decided to keep my stash of 'good' make up, the stuff I usually don't wear everyday in the bedroom and the essentials in the bathroom cutting down on the space needed.

The grand plan is to take out the current sink and put in a cupboard with a sink on top.

Until we get the time/ money to do that I purchased a small vintage cupboard and will paint it to keep our stuff tidy and under control.

I got the cupbard from the mill markets for $35 pus a bit of paint and some oil cloth for the shelves i'm sure it will come up a treat for under $50.

I originally wanted this from Ikea, but they were sold out. I still like the idea of the rolling trolly though!

I have almost finished painting but here are the before photos!

It needs a good paint inside and out. I don't mind the handle but would be open to changing it if I could find something I liked!

More photos to come!

xoxo
Simone

Gosh!

It has been a hectic few months but we are in our new home and settling in slowly!
I have been missing in blog land for a little while.

Here is a quick summary of the last month...

We took some days off to finish packing, we were so organised that the day before we moved we went out for the day as our house was box city!

Then the fateful call, someone along the line stuffed up and we would not be settling on the Friday as planned. So after many stressful phone calls back and forth we were able to move in under an agreement. Because this was a drawn out process we didn't get the keys til 3.00pm, aggh!

This was a highly stress situation and quite upsetting, it cost us about $1000 extra as well. I am a fairly organized person and do tend to do things myself so I know they will get done, however in buying a house you have to put your life in someone else's hands.

In the end we got in and had everything here by 8.30 that night!

The first thing I did was clean as the house hadn't been cleaned and then unpack the kitchen.

Thanks Dad, expert truck packer!

The next job was to remove the unattractive decorative curtains either and horror show sheers!

Decorative curtains (in every room)

These actually look cooler in the photo. Baby blue, floral flocked sheers!

The pile of horror.

Don't get me wrong, i am not opposed to a brocade curtain, but we are in our 20s and they aged the rooms too much.

I am not ruling out a decorative feature curtain but will wait til I redo each room.

I will share some more photos soon.
Today I have been working on a little cupboard I purchased for our bathroom which I will show you once I have finished! 

Easter Holiday

In between packing boxes we are soaking up this amazing weather!
I hope it's sunny wherever you are!

10 things...

10 things I will miss about my old house:

1: Living next to a church/ church hall

No not because it makes me closer to god, but there are several groups that practice there as well as a ballet group where someone plays the piano. 

Tonight is a beautiful night and i'm laying in be listening to a beautiful men's choir. I feel like im in an old movie 

2: Being really close to town

It's way easier to walk/ ride to the shops than drive. This is really awesome especially at christmas! 

3: The coziness of our little house

It's lovely living closely when there is just two of you.

4: Two mirrors in the bathroom

Do i need to say anything more

5: Our landlord Steve

He mows, gardens, fixes stuff and even pops in for a beer at Christmas, awesome guy

6: Great space for parties

many parties have been hosted in the two years we have been here.

7: The courtyard garden

Its a private space that gets both morning and afternoon sun for lazying like a cat in all year round

8: The floorboards

I really swoon over a quality timber floor

9: The large kitchen

I enjoy cooking and baking so much appreciated. When we looked for places we found an amazing waterfront apartment which had a kitchen that only one person and a bar fridge could fit in. 

10: It is our first home together. 

One of my friends said she always felt at home in our house, the best home compliment a person could be paid!  

terrible photo, I will aim to get a better one tomorrow! 

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Weekend treasures

 I hope you had a sweet weekend!
We have had amazing sunny Autumn days so I soaked up a few rays over the weekend.
I did some building with my dad, caught up with friends, did some house shopping and got locked out, whoops!

I hit up a few place around town with my sister including the shed off pako, the mill markets, Ashby House and a little shop in Queesncliff who's name I have forgotten!

I had a bit of a win everywhere, here is what I got...

Oldish nesting tables... they had flat screws.

New set of nesting tables! Not sure what colour to paint them

A vintage mirror

Bifold mirror for my bedroom dress

Tea set

New tea set with tea cups, milk creamer and sugar bowl, cake plate and teapot. The shop wrapped it so I only unwrapped one cup as we are moving in less than two weeks! 

At Ashby house I purchased two quirky armchairs and an amazing yellow mirror...photos to come. I will pick them up after I move!

The wind picked up in the arvo and blew  the front door shut...lucky the window was open! 

 XOXO