rockstar

Rahul just finished painting the woodwork in the upstairs green bedroom. So happy.

Also pictured are our new Lovesacs. Seriously alarming name I know. Mum almost had a heart attack when I told her that Rahul's Lovesac was enormous. The green bedroom is about to become our main living space because the existing kitchen is moving into our current living room, becoming our second temporary kitchen. I know, it's confusing. The current temporary kitchen will become a plumbing paradise because it will ultimately house the pipes that will go upstairs to the new bathroom, as well as it's own pipes for it's eventual use as a second bathroom and laundry.

Our couch is being orphaned to a new home and we will be enjoying the comfort of Lovesacs for the forseeable future, which I have absolutely no complaints about because they are the most comfortable seating in the world. They are made of some kind of super duper foam so they are nothing like the traditional beanbags which I have always been less than keen on.

victory

Teak Parker coffee table with teak veneer table top and solid teak undercarriage and slats. Originally listed on ebay for $175. My patience* paid off and I just picked it up for $145.

My mum thinks my obsessive coveting of Parker items is hilarious. Apparently my Grandmother also thought Parker furniture was all the rage.

*A better description would be luck. The winning bidder pulled out and I got a special offer.

how would the perfect kitchen look?

I've started thinking more about how our final kitchen will look. Only slightly jumping the gun.

I thought I hated white marble. Looks like I could be wrong. I love the combination of clean whites and a range of natural wood finishes.

Turning an island bench into a pretty display case is very clever. And very appealing too.

And I love these drawers.

I am constantly amazed by the range of vastly different and equally beautiful options when you're building a house. How do you choose?

more mid century beauties

If only we had a finished house to put them in... sigh...

finishing touches

I know I've been quiet lately but that's what happens when your chief architect and project manager disappears to Paris for a few weeks.

Despite the fact there little actual construction has taken place I have been very busy researching all the finishing touches our bedroom requires. One of these is curtains, which are part of a category I keep reading about called 'window treatments'. Window treatments sound like serious stuff but the phrase just makes me laugh.

Our bedroom is freezing at the moment so curtains and blinds are a priority. I love floral but I dislike chintz and Rahul would hit the roof if our curtains were too pink or girly. This Romo print is floral but graphic and we both love it.

This colour range matches our walls and windows beautifully, and the splash of red should give our room a burst of warmth. I keep buying raspberry red flowers for my bedside table so I think that's a sign to move forward with something in that colour range.

In other news I am loving this book by Megan Morton. It's full of beautiful but vastly different spaces. And it's nice to get inspiration from somewhere other than blogs!

We've also narrowed down the choice of wardrobe door handles to these two Mother of Pearl and Sons handles. My photography does not do either of the handles justice so it's hard to tell that the white one is actually inlaid mother of pearl. We're still waiting on actual wardrobe doors to be completed and installed. In the meantime Rahul suggested that we use them as door handles on our regular doors which would look both adorable and hilarious due to the minute size of these handles.