Happiness Is...

Indigo Blue & White

Perfection!

Short and sweet today...I want this in my house!

Dining Room Makeover

My dining table is finished and I love it!

In the end it cost me $125 for the whole setting...

I bought it for $105 off ebay, used some paint my dad gave me for the chairs and legs, bought a pot of stain $15, some turps and brushes $5. I couldn't be happier!

Here's some befores so you can see why I'm so excited!

When we first moved in (December '09)

The table was my parents which they received as a wedding gift over 20 years ago...we restained it (It's now our office desk). The stools were free from Bayswiss!

Then we hung that beautiful mirror - 20kg!Then painted the walls...
And here's the finished product! I love the photo collage...Hopefully it will grow as our family does :)

So here's all the bits & pieces:

Walls - Taubmans "Gravelstone", Trims etc. - Dulux "Antique White USA", Dining chairs & table legs - Taubmans "Pebble Bay", Stain - Wattyl Stain & Varnish "Walnut"

A huge thankyou to Geoff who ran down to Sydney to pick up the table and to Bren who spent so long sanding that top! THANKYOU!

Aunty Em is coming to stay

Nest week my sister is coming down from northern NSW to visit her new niece Isabelle! So It's time to get the guest room back into some sort of order (It has become the junk room over the last few months!).

I have been putting off decorating this room until the bub arrived...this is going to be Isabelle's room when #2 comes along and our guest room/craft room until then. So I want to decorate it in a way that can be used for Izzy down the track.

What I want to do is indigo blues, pinks, reds and greens...the quilt in the last pic as my inspiration. A very girly, country feel. I doubt I'll be able to do much more than a tidy up before Aunty Em arrives next week but it's nice to have a master plan!