Nursery

I sewed these little stuffed Spool birds when I was pregnant with my second born. Here they are sitting on a bit of driftwood suspended above her cot. I had to make extras for my son and he plays with them all the time.

Bedroom

This is the bedroom for our firstborn which we decorated this year. It will always be a work in progress as he grows up, but for now it is mostly finished. Blue paint colour is from Nippon paint, Cloud decals from Kikki K ($7), Pictures painted by me, quilt made by me, striped cushion cover made by my mum, floor cushion from Freedom furniture, Trofast storage from Ikea, Miffy toy bought by Steve in Japan, Bunny was a gift from my sister, bed is a cutdown cot - Steve made the side rail.

Home Inspiration

Just discovered this sneekpeak on DesignSponge which I love. We all know how much I love green and I have also been loving reds, orange and blues lately. I love the mix of old and new in this place. Somehow it just looks fresh.

I must admit I have been loving frames made from recycled bits of wood recently (like the ones in the bedroom) I think I am a frustrated beachcomber.




And the nursery has been done in similar colours to ours. We have done the green wall again like in E's room with orange and red accessories. I can't wait to finish our house someday. It is currently so far removed from my vision for it that I am secretly embarrassed whenever anyone visits!

Painting

Green for the new babies room. It feels like we have been prepping and painting this room forever, it's been three weekends now. There were so many bits to fill and sand and so many coats to paint over the submarine grey it was before! This green is the same colour we did E's room in Perth. E's room is going to be a bright blue.

Lovely pendant lamps

Lamps from here as seen in this home featured on the Design Files.

Lovely things

Salad bowl from Grounded. It's such an organic shape, it makes me want to hold it in my hands. As seen on Jeana Sohn's blog. Hey, a girl can dream...

Things to make

There is a tutorial to make this mirror on Design Sponge, I'd like to make one. Luckily my Mum has some leatherworking tools!

The forest wall art is sold at Freedom Furniture. I want to make something similar using three wood panels, painting them white and carving out some trees. I want to paint our fireplace a green colour ( I think) and hang them there.

I want to make similar cushions using some of my cherished fabrics from Cloth, Ink and Spindle and Umbrella Prints. Photo from the home of Shelley and Stephan as seen on the Design Files. I also love the old ladder in the background which holds picture frames.

And because I think this would look lovely with the other things pictured here, a vintage lamp - I would love to find one similar!

Found on the Design Files from Lyn Gardener's White House - photo by Tim James.

Home Inspirations....

Photo from the home of Eleanor Grosch on Design Sponge. I just love the detail on this sideboard and the little house and the pom pom trim on the lamp. I might try that somewhere, it's so cute!

From Heather Frazier's place on Design Sponge. I love her space for the use of light and colour. I personally wouldn't use so many pale gelato colours, but I admire what she has done and the coloured glass collection is to die for! I'm also aiming for the same lightness and brightness in our place by painting all the doors and skirtings in crisp white. I'm also in love with those curtains, have been since I saw similar in Home beautiful a while back. I have chosen this picture as inspiration for our place because we have a fireplace which is in a main thoroughfare, so somehow I want to create a cozy place to sit while not getting in the way of the flow of the house. I'm thinking some small armchairs on either side of the fireplace.

John Murphy's place from Design Sponge. I love the plant on the window sill and the lived in look of the thrifted peices.

This image is for colour inspiration. A little while ago I bought a cushion which is designed by an Indigenous Australian artist. It has some of these terracotta orange tones in it and I want to match it with some blues and other orange things I have. Photo is from the home of illustrator Sanna Annukka and Jasper Goodall and found on Design Sponge. Take a peak at the rest of their home it's very interesting!

Corners of my home this week

We have a real Christmas tree this year. I grew up with them and I just love the smell! Do you think someone has bottled the smell of pine tree yet?

From my mother's stash are the heart and apple decorations she gave to me. The pinecones and banksia man I spray painted when I was a kid. I thought they would look nice in a bowl this year.



The tinsel decoration with faux pearl in the centre was my Mum's. Ethan likes to pull that one off the tree, so it will look pretty ratty by the end of the holidays!

Corners of my home this week

Daffodils from Steve....

Teatowel made by a family friend. I'm inspired to make some myself!

Loving this sneakpeak

Sneak Peak on Design Sponge by Cathy Robin of Heath ceramics. These are the sort of colours I want to use in our home. I love green and I'm looking for that perfect cream for some dark rooms, to hopefully brighten them. We also have lots of nooks and cranny's in our home, so we plan to build in some shelving at some stage in the future.

Studio Inspiration

I haven't been able to post any artwork since last August, because I haven't had my scanner hooked up since we moved to our little apartment in Sydney. I don't have a studio space at present. This is very frustrating for me, but I find it is actually a good time to focus on sketches and ideas. I'm having a lot of fun!!

In the meantime I'm dreaming of what my future studio might look like. Here are some pictures of other artist studios that I am inspired by.

Photo by Kelly Rae Roberts.

I love how artist Kelly Rae has used this toolbox to store her paints. I'm going to try and find something similar.

Photo by Mati Rose McDonough.

I love how Mati Rose uses jewel like colours both in her artwork and her studio. I like the combination of green and pink.

Photo by Camilla Engman.

I would love some wide flat drawers like these for paper and art storage!

Photo by Lovely Design.

It's great how she is utilising such a small space. I should find a cotton holder like that one.

And some favourite sneak peaks from Design Sponge... Jill Bliss's Home and Beci Orpin's house.

Inspired by these

I love these ideas for interiors. They are some other examples from my "Interiors" scrapbook. The bedroom is from Living Etc a UK magazine. Some day I want to make a rough style patchwork quilt for our bedroom similar to this design. I'm collecting fabric from old moth eaten kimonos and an old quilt cover that I love. It will be in deep blue, purple and lilac tones.


The coffee table image is from a Home Beautiful magazine. The silk fabric is a remnant from the silk lampshade I got made for a lamp in our living room. The lamp I had saved from being trashed at work, it was perfectly good apart from the broken
lampshade.

Lovely windows

I've always loved window seats, and long draping curtains. Somewhere to catch some sun, read a book and dream. One day maybe in my dream home...




I can just imagine Peter Pan flying in this window... or something like that.

the nursery

Here are some pictures of the nursery. Steve painted the feature wall in "Romaine" by Dulux paints. The curtains were sewn in a weekend with a good deal of help from Steve's Mum. I made the tie backs using some leftover fabric from the quilt. I painted the seahorse and fish pictures. The quilt I made using 50's style fabrics. It hasn't been quilted yet. The canopy is from IKEA. I made the banner and my sister-in-law Louise made the teddy blanket.