mentioned here already,
the gardenias are
acting a little
peculiarly.
flowering in late March?
logic says its due to
a long rainy summer.
or rather perhaps,
they simply
feel like doing
the unexpected
for a change.
snubbing their perfect little white noses
at the rules.
hoorah for that.
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{observant folk might notice
there's been some progress with the outside tiles
- compared to here -
yes, the balcony is nearly finished.
looking forward to using it as our
outside room soon enough.}
this week's found. (noun) item is rather pleasing.
a bevelled deco mirror,
with just the right amount of distress.
(do you recognise that leap of the heart when you spot a treasure amongst the junk, that doubles when you see the almost-too-good-to-be-true price?)
to go with the other one found by my sister
which hangs in our room.
highlighting our favourite 'leaping boy'
canvas which we purchased from the peregian beach markets
sometime ago, (artist unknown).
aiming for a little collection of mirrors & treasured pieces
for this wall,
partly inspired by this image from the home
of Ben Brougham from Lonny Magazine
(which has loads & loads of lovely images to stir the senses.)
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{also shown, ceramic quote tag
by Kylie Johnson.}
are you ready to see something a little bit scary?
this post comes with an ugly warning (just like a language warning on the radio)... if not, look away now.
yep, that's the toilet in our unit when we moved in.
hideous, huh!
since then we've laid new white wall tiles, new white toilet, with white paint. it's come along nicely.
for a splash of colour, we decided to attempt some canvas blinds in an ikea version of the classic french stripe.
I used the pattern for unlined roman blinds from the book 'simple soft furnishings' by Katrin Cargill.
and we think they've turned okay.
paired now with some vintage red books,
& my little set of ceramic horses.
sweet.
remember my little potted herbs from a while ago?
well they're doing nicely.
&, in tremendously exciting news,
the lavender,
the gardenia,
have buds ready for spring.
I even found a new shoot on the orchid... (I can never usually get them to re-flower, so fingers crossed!)
"even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." ~ Martin Luther
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do your plants make you happy?
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favourite new shoes.
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my grandfather's tweed trilby
& vintage wooden rosary from my sis.
very precious.
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a corner of our room.
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tweed cycling photos found on flickr
(using the search term tweed).
taken by m.j.s of 'The Tweed Run, London' - a metropolitan bicycle ride with a bit of style...
looks smashing indeed.
one of the first things on my list,
now we're home,
was to plant some herbs for our little balcony.
I painted some pots in leftover soft grey paint,
which also helps to seal the terracotta
& stop them drying out so quickly in the sun.
herbs we use in cooking,
basil, flat parsley.
potted up the french lavender (it grew so much while we were away).
never mind the horrid tiles & poorly railing,
these guys basking in the morning winter sun.
rosemary
(for proper English roast dinners he loves to make on Sundays),
and coriander.
the little red trowel I made in metal-work at school!
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for the moment, this is enough
to make a lovely sunny spot for tea & toast.
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little vintage bottles
of collected
blooms
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they just so happen
to be
coloured
pink
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visiting the warming 'a home for alice'
a project started because
"I left home 3 years ago
since then i keep looking for a place
to feel home.
But didn't find it yet."
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what makes you feel at home?
the bedroom, pared back
wallpaper off,
new carpet, soft grey walls, white accents; always more white.
vintage linen sheets, oak bed. handmade pillow slips.
collected metal photo frames, vintage french postcards, jumble of favourite reads bed-side.
special dresses. pair vintage leather ballet shoes in the window.
sleepy softness.
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now just need some roman blinds, planning to make those from vintage linen. and a rug for the floor.
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still planning a use for all this maybe-kinda-lovely wallpaper, have seen it used framed to good effect by Allison Jones of Lark.
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{Porter's Paints Old Stone Wall on walls, Dulux White on White on trim}
carpet pulled up, off.
concrete floors, scrubbed clean.
to show stories written in splashes and drips from her youth.
(like a love note found from her high school boyfriend).
she's now in her forties you know.
"can you imagine?" she laughs.
she's ready for new skin.
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{blues, whites, grays, seen in our
concrete floors and cloudy late afternoon skies.}
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