Master Bedroom - The before and inspiration

Our master room is huge!

I don't have a picture of before we changed anything, but I do have a real estate shot from when Adam bought the house.

To the left of the picture is a door entry into our ensuite and walk-in. Unfortunately no pictures of that.

It was a delightful green and was painted just before Will was born. Our king ensemble fits very easily and could easily fit another. I had grand plans of getting a bedhead made - Adam and I saw a suite at Snooze and on a whim we bought it and two tallboys to flank our front boxed window. It's a beautiful clean, white suite. It currently has white linen and black lampshades.

I have visions of a window seat similar to this:

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And I think I have decided to stick to black and white, so currently lusting after:

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Or just Euro pillow covers like:

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Or more black and white from Adairs:

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So there is a lot to do, linen to buy and art to buy!

It's a slow steady process but getting there! I will have updated photos in a follow up post!

Madeline's Room - The nursery edition

It was my decorating dream to decorate a girly nursery! It was the second room we painted white and the second room to get an update.

Real estate shot when Adam bought the house:

 

 

After, white! (The windows were still to be painted - this happened just before Will was born!)

I wanted beautiful long drapes in a rich fabric and to base everything on those. I searched high and low for the perfect fabric, to find a Laura Ashley one at 25% off. It had to be ordered from the UK so I painstakingly waited for it to arrive and I picked the curtains up the day before she was born.

I had a small swatch of fabric to search for other linens and trimmings. I settled on the confetti range by Bolly & Bear. I was originally inspired by her product shoot. I also decided on a personalized pillow.

I found some 3D shadow boxes with little dresses at a local children's store but sadly the colours didn't co-ordinate. I contacted the artist and asked for custom in pinks and taupes and she obliged. They are gorgeous.

I also needed storage, wanted a large bookshelf and a comfortable armchair. I found all of these things at Ikea.

I found a chandelier lamp at another children's store to finish the room, I originally tried co-ordinating fabrics with the curtains but the pinks were always too lolly-like. I had many moments where I wished I just for a simple design with Red Plum!


The finished product was overwhelmingly pink! These were taken two years ago and the change of beautiful nursery products on the market is quite astounding - I think I probably would have done things a little differently if I had another girl (the perfectionist in me re-analyzing) but it was still a pretty space.

I spotted a bunting at a local handicraft markets from Ruby Two Shoes.

There have been a lot of changes since the nursery edition and I'm currently working on the room. There will be more follow up posts!

William's Room - The before

I always had visions of a picture wall and co-ordinated boy linens from Red Plum. I thought with clean white lines and pops of colour it would look really effective!

William's room was our 'junk room' and all of the mess stored within needed a new place to go. Enter marvelous entry cabinet! A post for later! He inherited Madeline's white cot and Ikea Expedit - I have also since purchased a mega cheap change table from Kmart and red Ikea Poang.

Current light:

Before painting: (I told you it was full of junk!) - after photos to come in a follow up post!

Welcome!

Hello!

Welcome to our home.

Join me as I try to document making our home and lives more beautiful. The upstairs is currently all our living space while underneath remains the man cave. We have great plans of renovating downstairs in about 5 years - kids rooms, bathroom, laundry, rumpus and a study. It's hard waiting but hopefully worth the wait!

Our family is me, Sarah, my long-suffering and ever patient husband, Adam and our two kids, Madeline and William. And of course our first baby, Ollie dog.

To get the ball rolling, this is the picture of the house as Adam bought it:

Here is our Queenslander, we have since painted the stairs and added more to the gardens, but you get the idea! I'll rummage around and try and find some updated ones.