While I was having my creative weekend, I also moved and changed some things around...again!You may remember this wall having.....
...my $5 sideboard on it. I have been changing the vignettes on here over and over for the last year and was getting really bored with it, so I moved it to....
...behind the $5 bargain chairs I recently re covered. This big piece makes the space more definite now and also stops the chairs sliding back when the boys throw themselves on them!
So you can see the little unit where the sideboard used to be.
You can also see that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was on and Declan eating what was left of the yoghurt. On a good note, you can see my Ginger jar collection on the TV unit...love those jars!!!
This little cupboard I bought with some other cupboards and a bed for about $35! So the cupboard worked out to be about $5. I seem to do well with things that cost 5 bucks!!
The little blue china knobs were spares I had to tie in with my blue and white china collection.
My Mum, the bargain specialist, picked up the standard lamp for me while she was here on holidays (Mum and Dad left yesterday...I had a cry while they drove off=0( and I added a shade I already had - $10.00 this came to. With a new change around came a little vignette re creating and this one includes a mirror Mum picked up from the markets a long time ago, my French market basket filled with Peonies, a cute little blue and white jar I bought from my favourite shop which is no more, Always Flowers in Kiama NSW and the little Artichoke canister was a giveaway prize from The Swedish Room and some of my decorating books with a white theme from Atlanta Bartlett, Cabbages and Roses and Gail Abbott.
I am very happy with this arrangement and I will be showing you what is in the reflection tomorrow!!
Ness xx
...my $5 sideboard on it. I have been changing the vignettes on here over and over for the last year and was getting really bored with it, so I moved it to.......behind the $5 bargain chairs I recently re covered. This big piece makes the space more definite now and also stops the chairs sliding back when the boys throw themselves on them!So you can see the little unit where the sideboard used to be.
You can also see that Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was on and Declan eating what was left of the yoghurt. On a good note, you can see my Ginger jar collection on the TV unit...love those jars!!!
This little cupboard I bought with some other cupboards and a bed for about $35! So the cupboard worked out to be about $5. I seem to do well with things that cost 5 bucks!!The little blue china knobs were spares I had to tie in with my blue and white china collection.
My Mum, the bargain specialist, picked up the standard lamp for me while she was here on holidays (Mum and Dad left yesterday...I had a cry while they drove off=0( and I added a shade I already had - $10.00 this came to. With a new change around came a little vignette re creating and this one includes a mirror Mum picked up from the markets a long time ago, my French market basket filled with Peonies, a cute little blue and white jar I bought from my favourite shop which is no more, Always Flowers in Kiama NSW and the little Artichoke canister was a giveaway prize from The Swedish Room and some of my decorating books with a white theme from Atlanta Bartlett, Cabbages and Roses and Gail Abbott.
I am very happy with this arrangement and I will be showing you what is in the reflection tomorrow!!
Ness xx
Today I had hoped to show you the re done center island, but I can't as it is still not finished. There has been too many other things going on around here. A 6th Birthday for our little Declan, burst water main, way too much rain, other jobs to attend, etc, etc.
The bathroom is still in progress. We are having to replace some boards as they are beyond help and Dad is helping us do this. We have made the decision to paint the floor in here. Sanding and polishing is going to be just to time consuming...and we just don't have the time right now.
The Miners Cottage is undergoing a mini fumigation. Every time I step in here, I come out feeling itchy!!! I'm not going back in there until this is finished...can you blame me?
I also added this sweetie to my 
I thought I would show you what I brought home from my trip. Not everything was bought though...these little blue and white jars my Mum gave to me. She knew I was on the hunt for Ginger jars and has been scouring all of her haunts for some. These were small enough to bring on the plane. They go so well with my bigger ones.
Love this concrete piece which I bought from 
This lovely thing I found lurking in my Dads shed. There was no way I could fit it in, so when Mum and Dad visit soon, they are going to bring these. There is two of them.
This was another beauty I found in the shed. It is coming with Mum and Dad too. I think Dad is happy to be getting rid of these things from his shed!!
Some lovely fabrics in my new colour palette I bought from 
This beautiful old replica of a sepia botanical print on canvas was picked up at 
