Cross Bench

 

Sooo, I was on instagram again and stumbled across a lady whose husband had made a cross bench to be adorned with fabric etc. for her bedroom.

 

And I thought - ADAM COULD DO THAT! Haha!

 

I have seen the benches quite frequently on Pinterest but to buy one locally or to import one, the costs are ludicrous. So I asked Adam, he said it would be easy - he just needs time. (Don't we all).

 

I had a quick look on Pinterest and found some good examples:

 

A longer studded one:

 

A shorter studded one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A tufted one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And in situ:

 

 

Now just to find him some of that time...

Framing!

The magazines have arrived, I love them! (Posted below again!)

Which begs the question, how to frame them?!

I love the matting proportions here.

I love how they flank a mirror and the blue and white here.

These proportions and frame colour are lovely.

And more examples of simple framing to let the images 'do the talking'.

My current favourite is the frames flanking a mirror. I think they are destined for the dining room! 

Cheap chair project!

Not your traditional ladder backs but I picked up these maple chairs from eBay for a bargain. I was looking for something with a fabric component after seeing the following images of chairs by Anna Spiro.

Amazing, right?!

Imagine a long lunch, with champagne and good friends around this setting!

Ikea has some hardy check fabrics, I pick the chairs up on Saturday so I'll be able to see what I'm up against. Even to use as hall chairs? We will see.

Adam can't help but roll his eyes at my chair obsession!

Around the house...

Just a few things of note around the house at the moment!

Artworks (given as gifts) waiting for the framer. (There is a lot waiting at the moment!)

A $9(?) plastic sorter from Kmart for my costume jewelry!

My new jug arrived and a belated birthday gift from Botticelli House! Stunning!

Candle crazy at the moment! Currently burning 'Water Lily' by Glasshouse. Have them burning nearly all day!

My favourite mantra for those long days with small kids - I'll miss the chaos one day!

What's happening at your place? 

A beautiful party for our babes!

So the party has been and gone and we all had a wonderful time! It was perfect weather and despite my concerns about the kids being entertained, they played happily on Adam's playground and kept themselves busy! There was more than enough food and the cake that Jean made was nothing short of AMAZING! 

Maddy and Will had a great time, young Will was so overtired but refused to nap for a serious case of FOMO (fear of missing out)!

After all the guests left our neighbours came over and we reclined in the backyard while Maddy jumped away. Took this on my iPhone and it really was the perfect ending to a perfect day. I'm proud of myself for not getting too stressed and enjoying the day.

Recollections/Early Settler - Windsor

I saw on IG that Recollections/Early Settler have more blue and white china so popped in for a look. (I bought a couple of bits.)

Loved this pink chair and ottoman!

Love the mirror!

And you can't really tell here but it's like a navy and white ticking.

Always lots of lovely things to find!

Planning a Picnic Party!

Madeline and William are celebrating birthdays this weekend! It's going to be a big party outside on the fort so praying for sunny weather. The lady who printed Madeline's first birthday invitations was so lovely to deal with, I sent her the following inspiration picture and asked her to come up with something.

I also love the ginormous balloons and have a couple ready to go!

A snapshot of the invite, details removed of course.

I bought some navy and white drill for a table cloth and raided the junk shops for party accessories.

Hopefully it all goes smoothly!