Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Dorm Room

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As much as I do love the look of a gorgeous bunk room, I have found that bunk beds really are such a pain to make. Lately I have been preferring the look of a large dorm room with rows of single beds like the picture above. I love the lidded basket placed at the end of each bed - perfect for storing each person's clothes in. I personally would be much happier making these beds instead of numerous bunk beds.


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cote maison via aged & gilded

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Decorating A New Home {Over Time}

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When I look at these images I love that they are all so casual and not overly decorated. I am leaning towards this more pared back look in our new house. I want it to be a home where we can relax and not be too worried about the white slip covered sofa when the big 1 year old {yes he turned 1 yesterday} Golden Retriever jumps up on it.

I am dreaming of faded denim fabrics on sofas, washed out florals and checks and stripes and mismatched pieces of cane furniture on the verandahs - not new cane - old mismatched cane collected over time. I will retain all of our Antique pieces of furniture which Brad & I have collected over the years. That's what I love about Antiques...they transcend fashion and trends, they are the pieces we hold onto and they are the pieces we pass onto our loved ones. I find I never tire of my Antique pieces. It's the mass-produced pieces I tire of very quickly.

This time round Harry and Brad have made me promise not to have the floors painted white. My obsession with keeping our current white-painted floors clean is all too much for my boys. All the internal walls will be painted my usual white but this time I think we might just sand back the old wide plank floorboards and apply an oiled, not glossy finish.

Everything about this house will be about living and enjoying and adding to it over time. I find that so many people {me included} rush into renovating or decorating a new home. I have learnt that you must live in a house for a period of time before you start the process of change....something my mother has been trying to instill in me for years!!

This time, I am going to take my time and enjoy the process of decorating the house which my children will call home for many, many years to come.

image 1 - pamela easton's home via creative homes, image 2 - deborah needleman's home via lonny, image 3 - via charlotte, image 4 - via charlotte, image 5 via lonny

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Amazing and Incredible Oh Shit Moments

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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Nursery Thoughts...

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My friends keep reminding me that I have a baby's room to decorate. With approximately 8 weeks to go I decided last week that I needed to at least get a few things organised.

My few things ended up turning into a complete room scheme for our little bundle. It all started with the original joker water colour by Rupert Hamilton dated 1916 which I stumbled across at a little Antique store here in Brisbane last week. I then decided I would collect a few bits and pieces to work back with it to create an artwork cluster wall full of lovely colour.

From there I selected the watermelon coloured Brunschwig & Fils Ikat which I am having an old chair I have recovered in and a lampshade for a floor lamp will be made in the small patterned chinnoiserie fabric. I also have an old Eastern embroidered piece of cloth which I will have made into a little cushion for the chair.

Over the weekend I started to wonder what I would use as a change table so Harry and I made a quick visit to our friend Nick Wallrock on Saturday morning {the most wonderful European Antique store in Brisbane}. We purchased a lovely circa 1780 Swedish Walnut cabinet from Nick which will be perfect.

I plan to use fresh white bed linen for the turned white timber painted cot which I picked up on Ebay for a mere $57.00 {a new mattress will be made and it will be re-painted with a fresh coat of white paint} and a few little Etsy cuddly numbers will be hunted down over the coming weeks.

So I can now say to my friends...yes it is all under control, I am organised!! {Fingers crossed it will all be made in time!!}

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I Love...

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Every now and then I spot a room I absolutely love and this one above, as published in Elle Decor, is one of them. I think it's the lovely fresh colours against the all-white background, the dining chairs and the beautiful old marble fireplace which I love most!

image - elle decor via frolic via seesaw designs

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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Top 5 Most Crazy and Common Tattoo Symbols

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Human history illustrates that tattoos have provided in lots of various societies as incomes of way, symbols of position and grade, signs of spiritual and devout loyalty, streamer for courage, sexual lure and script of fecundity, pledge of worship, penalty, amulet and talismans, safety, and as the script of outcast, slaves and convict. Nowadays, people decide to be tattooed for beauty, spiritual and supernatural motive, as well as a sign of belong to or recognition with exacting group. 1. Star Tattoo Star Tattoo – Star is often encounter as signs, and lots of bags the sense of a exacting star sign might depend upon the number point it has, and at times the direction of these point as well. As a light clean in the gloom, the star is frequently careful a sign of reality, of the courage and of trust. The sign of the star embody the idea of the heavenly flash within each of us. Their night-time life lead stars to stand for the resist next to the services of gloom and the unidentified. Stars with a detailed design have in use on an open sense and representation on their possess. 2. Tribal Tattoo Tribal Tattoo Top 5 Most Common Tattoo Symbols Tribal Tattoo – Tribal tattoo design, particularly Maori and Polynesian design, persist to be all the temper. The term “tribal” of way cover an amazing collection of tattoo design promises, from the conventional tribal tattoo of original and indigenous culture, to the most recent in graphic design for the stiff. 3. Cross Tattoo Cross Tattoo – The cross is a reflective sign of trust, expect conviction and give up. Also a pet design choice when wish to remember a relations associate, friend or fall comrade. And who do we believe of mainly often at this time of year than the people we love and have respected and misplaced. A monument tattoo is a way to help keep the remembrance of superstar we respected with us forever. One of the mainly earliest, common, and significant signs, the erect and straight appearance of the cross represents Father and Mother Life respectively. 4. Strength Tattoos Strength Tattoos – The search for tattoo design & signs portentous “strength” have long been in style. A tattoo that would provide its wearer as a potent amulet and object, a standard for individual asset. The reputation of searching for “tattoo design meaning” has never been superior. A lot of of the search in the Top Tattoo Designs & signs are all involved in the meaning and representation to be established in exact tattoo designs. And though people are very a great deal concerned in huge tattoo designs, mainly people want their tattoos to position for amazing as significant to them as “Strength, relatives and companionship”, and of way, “Love”. 5. Angel Angel – angel is often using to inducing safety as potent signs of god existence and as a term of one trust.

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Most Crazy and Disturbing Manipulated Images Ever

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Friday Flowers

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A weekend full of time spent with Harry is what I have planned. I have worked many long and crazy hours this week so this weekend will be catch up time with my boys. Hope you have a lovely weekend. See you next time.


xx
Anna

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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Inspired By

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I save so many images in my picture files to keep as inspiration for co-ordinating different colour schemes. It's often the combination of different colours in a picture or different products or different textures which can inspire me to put together a scheme for a client's home. I love the colours in these two product images above. The first image is from Jean Brown, a Brisbane fashion mecca, advertising some of their latest offerings {I adore the bangles by Paula Bianco} and the second image is a product editorial from House Beautiful. I just love all the wonderful colour and patterns and textures in these images. I find them very inspiring.

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

How Crazy way bodyguards lose their jobs

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There is a popular Lebanese singer names Haifa Wehbe.
One day after her concert, a panic burst out and the singer’s bodyguard decided to seize the opportunity.
And Haifa is also one of the most desirable women in Lebanon)
After this incident, the bodyguard was fired





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