L is for

Lamps

Cielo from The House in the Roses, had a post last month about romantic windows and how she likes to add lace, lamps and beautiful things to her windows so that they look lovely from the outside. Although most of my windows are to big to adorn so beautifully I do love the glow of a lite lamp in the corner of a room, I seem to have one in each room. Here is just a few of my favourites from around my home.

The lounge room - I'm still in the process of finishing this room, it has a black, white and gold theme. (oh and the boys model cars)

This one is at the moment in my craft room, It is my all time fav, a friend of a friend decorated it, she use to have a small party plan business selling all her craft work but she had to give it up due to the fact she could not find the time to keep up with orders since she has 6 kids. I don't know where she finds the time to do any crafting.

Betty Boop I just had to post her again she is just so cute.

I am a sucker for anything beaded or with flowers.

I hope that everyone is having a lovely week, I'm busy working on my swap project at the moment, lots of ideas but it's not always easy to put them into practise, I'm having lots of fun trying though.

Cheers,

What I have been up to and the letter K

Well I can't believe how long it has been since my last post. I thought that when I gave up my second job I would have more time on my hands, now I am wondering where I ever found the time to go to work. I have been so busy repainting my lounge room, cleaning up the vegie garden, making a scrapbook for my father in laws 60th and making this for a family members daughters christening.

So here is K finally which is for -

Kitchen, well it is really the kitchen and the family room combined. I love the colours in these rooms they are so bright, cheery and fun (Ok so it might be a bit too bright and cheery for some but we love it.) A couple of years ago these two rooms were very traditional country dark green and burgundy, but then I found this in a store I knew it was perfect for us as Paul and the boys like to collect model cars, it sparked a whole new look.

This glass roseball (sorry the photo is fuzzy but since it is made out of glass it is hard to photograph) was Paul's grandmothers it gave me the inspiration to use red roses in here

like this -

I found this print at one of our local discount warehouses, the colours are just perfect for this room and I love the way the down light highlights it at night.

This rack was from the previous traditional country makeover, I just painted it white and found some red pots.

I do love scrapbooking but I also love to hang photos on the walls that way you get to see them every day.

This was one of my latest finds, doesn't Betty Boop just fit in perfectly. My in laws are going to the States in a couple of months and they are going to see if they can find something to go on the opposite side can't wait to see what they find.

Although the kitchen bench, cupboards and appliances all need replacing and there are still some things that are unfinished I can't help but be happy in here.

Cheers,

The A to Z of my home

For those of you that I have only just recently met, I thought that showing on my blog an A to Z of my favourite things around my home would be a great way of introducing myself since I am only new to blogging. The last few weeks I have gotten a bit side tracked due to some lovely craft challenges and tags. So I thought that today I will continue now I think I was up to J. Here is a quick recap so far (there are more photos on the posting for that item).

A is for Army

B is for Bone China

C is for Chandelier

D is for Dolls house

E is for Elvis

F is for Football

G is for Garden

H is for Hall stand

I is for (well I couldn't find anything so here is a random photo from around my home)

Now today's letter is J (another hard letter to find something of)

Which is for Jewelry Stand this was the only thing that I could find in my home starting with J I'm sure now that I have posted I will find others.

My Mother in law bought this for me a few years ago for Christmas, I just love the colours in it. You now see these stands everywhere but at the time it was purchased they were hard to come by, when my mother in law saw this one she knew straight away I would love it. It holds my wedding jewelry on my duchess.

Cheers,

More A to Z of my Home

I spy with my little eye,
nothing begining with "I"

I have looked and looked but all I came up with was -

ice (only have it in the freezer),

idea (have lots of them but they are a bit hard to photograph),

infant (my boys are getting to big to pass that one off),

insane (yep thats me sometimes), oh i've got it, what about

igloo (no don't see to many of them around during an Australian summer)

Oh I give up!

Here are just some random photos from around the house I thought that you might like.

"Love is a celestial harmony of likely hearts." - Spenser

Isn't this sign sweet, it is hanging in our hallway.

This poster was given to me as a gift from a friend at my 21st Birthday it is titled "the railway children", it hangs in my bedroom.

These gorgeous cups where given to me by my wonderful mother-in-law when they downsized from their house to their unit on the beach.
And lastly this little guy sits at my front door, doesn't he look like he is smiling just at you, I hope he has put a smile on your face like he does mine. (If you look closely enough he might even give you a cheeky wink.) Hope you have a wonderful day.
Cheers,