Our family have
been asking to actually see the house - so here you are Kari, Denise, Mum and
all - grab a cuppa, this is a long one.
The front of
our home – looks a bit plain at the mo – but imagine some seating and greenery…it
will look lovely about this time next year I reckon.
Front entry
hall – you will have to imagine the credenza painted white – and I have only
just put the pretties out – so it looks like a reddish, golden copper will be
the new fabric colour scheme for the rocking chair (yes it rocks on some back
springy things). I have told the kids I
am putting an internal door on one day – with a lock! – so I can sit in here
and read in peace and quiet – ahhh, the serenity. The chandelier is from Bunnings – they have a
huge lighting range available only at the Armadale store in WA. I had a ‘vision’ come to me one day a while
ago, that the light fitting for our front entry hall would be a chandelier with a
silver drum shade (drum shades are quite the trend at the moment – or has it
passed??) Doesn’t worry me either way –
I like it! Anyway, I looked online to
see where I might find one to match my vision – and Bunnings in Sydney had this
one – and it was the only one I liked anywhere I looked – so being clever, I
did a store search and found out that the Armadale store, which had opened only
a month before, had them too – yay. And
it was on sale when we happened to be there to have a look – double yay!
(Goodness, when
I edited the photo I saw the doily cover on the chair back was crooked–
probably due to baby long legs relocation this morning – it is straightened
now!). Will get some hooks for the pictures
one day – and a shade for the gorgeous lamp base I have had for 18 years
without one…been waiting for the right home for the lamp – we are finally here –
triple yay!
Lounge room –
still needing plenty more furniture – we’ll get there one day. These are the gorgeous sofas that have been
in storage since March last year – finally out – and of course they are covered
by slip covers when I am not taking a photo – kids and pale fabric – not the
best combo just yet ;-). Oh, and the
floral cushions will be changed one day to plain – the blue is a gorgeous colour
that I love but the house has let me know it is a silver, white and red/autumn
colour scheme so the cushions no longer match…
I thought I
had already shared a photo of the finished kitchen, but a quick search of my
photos says otherwise – so I went and cleaned it up and took this photo
(cropped out the dirty dishes of course) – yes, the things I do for you! Actually I will have to take a photo later
tonight or first thing tomorrow so I can show you my stunning sink – seriously gorgeous
too. And sorry about how dark it looks -
it is overcast, grey and cloudy here right now.
Now there is
a story behind the island bench. Of
course there is. And if you are very,
very astute (or can be bothered to go back and look at the last kitchen photo –
it is in this post here)
– you will see that the island bench was never in the kitchen before. That is because I didn’t really want one
(even though it was part of the recycled kitchen we had purchased). Islands become dumping grounds in my
experience, which is not the look I am after (ok yes, this was a dumping ground
for a while, but I have got it mostly under control now – yay). Anyhoo – my ideals in not having one was all
well and good, until Michael’s mum was here moving us into the house – and all
my kitchen bits and bobs no way fitted into all those cupboards L. So Pauline suggested we try the island
bench. Hmmm, I wasn’t convinced…but try
it we did – after Michael spent the day cutting the kickboard off (it was too
big to fit through the door otherwise).
So I let the island bench be sat in its space, on it’s cut-off
kickboards for a couple of days and glanced at it warily every few hours – and I
had to agree that it looked good and provided some much needed extra
storage. You were right Pauline – thank you!
And folk,
look back at the photo and notice the light fittings. We got them at a local farm garage sale – I wonder
if they were baby chick or piglet warmers?
I like the idea!! They were a
lovely shade of British racing green – it had to go in favour of this even more
lovely red (which is closer to the tile red than the photo looks) – Michael did
a great job spray painting them for me. He
has a good hand for spraying – I think it is because he has patience – unlike a
certain non-spray painting me…
Oh, and table
and chairs will get a paint and fabric revamp one day too – yes, I have a very long
list of furniture painting – for one day…
So, you have
probably had enough after the kitchen I think.
Ok, come back for Part 2 tomorrow y’all.
