Picking tulips

I'm going a little ga-ga over the thought of tulip tables of late. I know, they're everywhere - but who cares? They're fab! And tulips are one of my favourite flowers - and the the tulip skirt is most definitely the most flattering for my body shape. I think I'm sold.

Wanna know what's best? - I even found a few cheap(er) replicas here in Melbourne (we all love a bargain!)

Examples? Sure...

If only I had a pretty tulip table to adorn with bright bunches of freshly-picked tulips - am I now going a little tulip-crazy?!

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We can always count on decor8 to bring us fabulous new finds - loving these interiors by Bolaget - if only I could understand Swedish a little more!

love!! Especially the bottom right hand image with the blue chair and bird printed chair. That bird print is to-die-for!

Storage woes...

So our place is small, and I like to hoard.

Not the greatest marriage.

Our living area is home to a number of mismatched items: a dark brown really big couch; a pine wood tv stand; a dark brown/walnut coffee table; a dark brown wooden table...you get the picture.

With our small bookshelf overcrowding and my collection of junk ever-growing, I've been looking at the Ikea expdit series to help solve some of our storage woes. The only problem is - which colour do I go?

In my ideal world our whole house would be white with light/natural/taupe pieces of furniture (like my obsession with these couches which are popping up more and more). But our rented walls are green and the furniture that we have is dark...so I should go with the dark option, right? Keeping everything same same and possibly making the room look even smaller with all the dark heavy pieces?

Or do I throw caution to the wind and start my collection of white pieces - so that gradually I can start changing things over to how I really want the place to be. I've always wanted to get my DIY-hat on and paint the table white, after seeing too many cool examples in Real Living over the years, and I could easily paint the TV stand white. Or is that just a lot of unnecessary work?

But look at how pretty the white shelves can look:

But then the dark are not too bad either:

Oh decisions, decisions. I seem awfully incapable of making them these days!

all round cuteness!

I went for a wander up the street at lunch time and picked up some PINK cushions, following on from my latest obsession. On special - gotta love that! Looking forward to spruking up the loungeroom tonight - not sure what LB will think of all the PINK!

While on the topic of cuteness...um, hello! Thank you Decor8 for bring this room to my attention :)

Comfort with a capital C-ouch!

I'm spending a quiet night in tonight, LB is off watching the footy with his bro and I'm having a fun night at home watching terribly girlie movies, reading mags and browsing blogs.

Loving this month's Real Living magazine - the room featured on the front cover is to die for! I've noticed my eye has been drawn to neutral/light brown couches of late. A few examples to whet the appetite....

images via Ada&Darcy and Coco+Kelley

I followed it, all night long

Do you think this awesome fellow Melbourne based blogger would be a little freaked out to hear that I spent my Saturday night at home on the couch reading her entire back catalogue? Perhaps she'd be flattered? Or perhaps she'd just think I was sad and in need of a social life?!

She should be flattered though, her blog is tops! I love her sense of style, kind of vintage/retro 50s, with a good splash of crisp white paint and a touch of that kind of Scandinavian wooden detailing look. As you can see, I'm no pro when it comes to interior design lingo - but I sure do like the blog 'It followed me home'! (as seen at Table Tonic)

And LB if you're reading - time for another trip to Camberwell Markets!!

A few of the particulars which caught my eye:

images via here

cherry-chocolate, my blossoms

A lazy afternoon at home has seen me whipping up the chocolate cake in this month's WW magazine...mmm...as it cooks away in the oven I've been browsing the wonderful, delightful clothes that I'm not allowed to buy this winter as I save my pennies for Europe.

Cherry blossoms, delicate and romantic...they add a very charming feel to any winter's garden.

Images via here and here

breaking the mould with the breakfast nook

Breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day, but indeed my favourite!

Be it warm oats with honey during winter, bircher muslie in the summer or lazy scrambled eggs on the weekends...a decent brekkie is always on my menu.

Some scrumptious little breakfast nooks to feast your eyes on...I can so see myself here - snuggled up in my pj's, reading the weekend's news...

look at that tea set!!! And those chairs..oh me, oh my! via here

Loving SFGirl's new little nook - chalkboard walls, and a cute little herb garden to the side!

Gorgeous white windows via here

Have a happy weekend!

Flamingo fever!

Pink flamingos. I've always thought they were creatures of art. Those long legs and bright feathers...if I were a bird I'd be a flamingo...standing our like sore thumb and proud of it!

Loving the new Lonny mag - I spy a flamingo!

And why stop there? Every time I walk into my bathroom, I pretend I'm walking into this magical space....check that tub....oh how I long for a house with a bath....and how outrageously perfect is that wallpaper?!

Have a relaxing bubble bath of a weekend y'all!

Images here and here.

books bound by lovely ladders

Growing up, my favourite Disney movie was Beauty and the Beast. Without doubt, I dreamt of the day that I'd grow up and become a beautiful lady like Belle and meet my charming Beast ;)

That yellow dress has been forever imprinted in my mind - but even more so has been the Beast's Library - an amazing space with walls lined of books and a ladder to reach to the highest of heights. Ahh, library bliss!

Now, I dream of the day I own my home, in this dream there is most definitely a library to read and relax at the end of each day (and a few yellow dresses hanging in the wardrobe!!)

images via London Calling, Apartment Therapy, Delights by Design, House Beautiful, Design Sponge.

Friday fantasty

I'll be spending my weekend relaxing at home, getting on top of the mountains of washing piling up in our bathroom and stockpiling our freezer with soup to see me through this wintry spell.

In between, dreaming of how my home could be....

I've always been a fan of red. But never a fan of blue nor any of its shades. However I've recently discovered the mix of red and turquoise/aqua - love it! If we ever move to a home with more than one bedroom this is one combo I could definitely use in a guest room!

Happy weekend! xx

Images via House of Turquise and We♥it

feeling blue...

Not in the happiest of moods today. Feeling rather blue. Wish I could hit the fast forward button to 1 September when I'm sitting in Rome sipping a latte and discovering the world.

Instead, I'll let the blues consume me for a moment. Perhaps these beautiful homes can show me a better side of blue.

Images via three of my favourite blogs ada&darcy, little bits of lovely, house of turquoise

PINK!

Well. We already knew that. After all, pink is the colour of my dreams!

But then I discovered Nicole's AMAZING Making it Lovely blog! Her style is so good - a little more retro than what I go for, but still - WOW. Plus, she's one thing I will never be: super organised. If you saw my bedroom floor you'd know what I mean :)

Isn't her home preeeeetttttyyyyy?????