Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Nesting

Wow! I HAVE been a slack blogger so far this year but I am officially back! It's been a busy few months with D starting school, recovering from our big trip and moving house. It always takes a while to find the right place for everything when you move doesn't it? But here's a little corner of our new kitchen that I am 100% happy with :-)



You might recognise my pale blue painted shelves from a previous post on the playroom in our last house, well let's just say that "display" is not a word in my boys' vocabulary and this shelf always ended up lying empty despite my efforts to make it "all nice" so now it has a new home in the kitchen :-)



On the top shelf (left to right) a cute vintage blue flowered canister, Villeroy and Boch "Acapulco" ramekin, retro aqua and white egg cups, red and white dandelion bowls from "Meadows and Byrne" in Ireland, a Nigella Lawson ceramic blue juicer and tiny duck-egg blue tagine, I bought a set of 4 of these in TK Maxx in Ireland, they are so cute for storing spices, salt and pepper :-)

On the next shelf are a pair of birdie bowls, blue and white on top is by Marie Claire from Myer and the bottom bowl is from Target, a set of 4 dessert bowls from Kmart, 2 more of those tiny tagines and a gorgeous pair of turquoise Le Creuset hearts from TK Maxx in Ireland.




On the bottom shelf a set of Jamie Oliver blue fluted bowls, ANOTHER tagine, a tiny orange Le Creuset cast iron casserole, a pair of bowls from Anthropologie and a Fortnum and Mason tea caddy.



Up on the white built in shelves are various vintage "things" (left to right), vintage green Royal Staffordshire plate, Finel teapot, Krups white scales, made in Ireland, specials chalkboard and red Persinware scales, made in Australia.

On the lower shelf (left to right) gorgeous Gien French vintage plate, aqua berry crate from Anthropologie, Nigella Lawson cookie jar, red vintage plate, Nigella Lawson cups and saucers, white rooster platter and pair of Fowler Ware bowls, Made in Australia.






I love the sight of all these little bits and pieces brought together, they get used a lot and I love the mix of old and new. I did a LOT of shopping in Ireland actually, so I foresee a post on that in the near future as well as a heap of photos from our trip, there are just so many it will be a mammoth task going through them all!

Friday, March 1, 2013

Brrrrrrr

After days and days of sticky horrible humidity here in Sydney the temperature has dropped to a paltry 19 degrees Celsius, cold enough to get out my giant Le Creuset casserole and bubble up a big supply of yummy leek and potato soup :)


Thursday, January 10, 2013

We're baaaack!!!

Well, we're back in Sydney after 5 wonderful weeks in Europe. I have squillions of photos to trawl through before I can do a proper post but just thought I'd share this pic in the meantime...




Thanks to our wonderful families my hubbie and I managed to escape to Paris for 6 nights WITHOUT THE KIDS!!! It was a fantastic, much-needed break. One morning we took the TGV up to Annecy in the French Alps for the day, what a beautiful town, I'm pictured above in front of the canal in the old town. Kelly and Penny, you guys are very lucky to live somewhere so beautiful!!!

Watch out for some very lengthy posts coming soon on Ireland, special times with family, Paris and shopping :-)

PS Happy New Year!!!  :-)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Winter!

A sight that warms my heart, my boys throwing pebbles into the Irish sea :-)


We're spending our Christmas in Ireland, having a lovely time with our family, so excited for the boys to experience a Northern Hemisphere cold, wintery Christmas!!! Logs on the fire, rosy cheeks from the cold, perfect (ignoring the fact that we've picked up every virus going so far, but are all on the mend :-)

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!!

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Dear Santa...

This year, I ask nothing of you. I have more in life than I could ever have possibly wished for.

So I repeat I ask absolutely nothing of you...

BUT

If you did manage to fit any one of these in your sleigh just for me I would not complain one little bit...







Not one little bit  ;-)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Kids' Study Nook

For quite a while now I've been on the lookout for a sweet little desk for my boys to use for doing homework, looking up "stuff" on Google and working on projects. I have been very inspired by cute study areas such as these...


















Aren't they all GORGEOUS?!? I have been itching to create a cute little study nook of our own and finally in Vinnie's this morning I found this...


A gorgeous wooden vintage desk for just $10!!! AND they now have FREE delivery! I LOVE it, 4 drawers for lots of paper and craft supplies and the 2 shelves will be perfect for books, mini-figs, pottery creations and whatever else the munchkins deem necessary :-)


I also spotted this fab chair last month at council clean up, FREE on the side of the road!

I am planning to paint the desk a lovely pale vintage blue (I won't need to bother giving it the distressed look, my boys will sort that out ;-), red gloss on the chair and lots of little bits and pieces on the desk such as the lovely retro orange lamp I got earlier this year at a flea market.

Tip: If you are ever looking for inspiration to decorate your kids' rooms you need look no further than The Boo and The Boy - a fantastic blog full of gorgeous rooms, designs and ideas!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Here and there

There is no particular theme to the little collection of things I am sharing today, just some pretty items I have picked up here and there...


A pair of pretty dishes - $1 each.


A gorgeous turquoise Royal Winton jug - $4.


Another vintage Persinware scales - $3. I already have one of these in red, I love the fact that they were made in Australia.


When I found this little clay snail for 50 cents at a market I couldn't resist painting him blue :-)


A cute little birdie - $1.


A pretty jar with etched floral design - 50 cents.


Yes!!! Another Figgjo piece in the Market design - this little square bowl was only $1!


And finally, at last a piece of Pyrex in the Butterprint design in TURQUOISE! I have wanted this design and colour forever and was lucky enough to win it over on Emma's blog! Thanks again Emma, I love it :-)

OK, a little warning - you know I am a Christmas FREAK and with it being November I am officially excited and feel a festive post coming on very soon!!!