at amy's house...

Felt compelled to take a couple of shots at my friend Amy's place last week as wanted to share a couple of things that she had made and scrummy bits of her house. She found this wood in the junk and along with some pretty knobs and a couple of supports knocked up this fabulous bag/coat rack/hall tidy. Didn't she do a great job! I love the wood colour, what a nice find.
She also made this bedhead. The vintage fabric is gorgeous and sets off the whole room, I want one!
I'm also slightly in love with her kitchen but I think she'd be pretty happy to rip it out and modernise it. I would pay big bucks for this 1950's wallpaper for my kitchen! She probably thinks I'm crazy.
She made us a delicious yogurt and banana cake with cream cheese icing. The kitchen booth is to die for with black and white chequered vinyl top (heaven!) and the contrast 1950's coloured bench seats and walls.
This is our friend Jack and Amy's son Kawaii playing in her playroom. So simply done but a great space for the kiddies.

I don't happen to have a playroom in my tiddly unit but when I eventually move into a big girl's house it's top priority. Who am I kidding? Kitty and the unborn child will probably be graduating university by the time that happens!

kitty's bedroom

I'm loving Kitty being out of the cot. I keep running into the room to look at her asleep in the mini bed. We only just turned it into a toddler bed which is now on it's 3rd run with Kitty's 9 and 11 year old big sisters having slept in the same one. My hubbie suggested painting it white but I'm reluctant to for nostalgia's sake. The cushion was bought at the Berry markets by Nanna about 6 months before Kitty was born. It's so sweet.
I salvaged the unit from the side of the road. It was painted black and red and looked like a London postbox but I painted it white and sanded it back so the paint job didn't look so 'blocky'. The blanket was crocheted by my mother in law a loooong time ago and the rug was bought back from Fiji last year from one of the villages. A bit of London always has to feature hence the obligatory Harrods bear in his union jack knit. Love him.

scrummy SPACES

By far my favourite and my best Christmas present this year was SPACES by frankie magazine. Fabulous book! Check out some of the lovely pages.....

...CUTE vintagey bunting (even cuter little person)....

.....gorgeous colours in this kitchen...LOVE the floor...

.....a set of these plates on next years list, oh yes please......

...move in here tomorrow, oh go on then....

.....i might even enjoy washing if my laundry looked like this!

There are 256 pages and it's only $23. That's only about 8c a page! There are also lots of lovely interviews with creative peeps from all around the globe. Gold star hubby for this purchase!

baby space

I was really chuffed when Bron at Baby Space featured my smurf flags in her 'my favourite and my best' post yesterday. Mainly because after checking out her blog, I'm so in love with her taste that I consider it a HUGE compliment that she likes my stuff!

She focuses on interior design for children and I particularly loved the fabric filled embroidery hoops in the above room created by Amy from the b-line . I think the grey and yellow colour scheme is divine and so not pink. Or blue.

I also fell in love with this bed. Isn't it the cutest thing you've ever seen! It was made by Lori Danelle. Here's the link for a step by step guide on how to make it. She made the quilt too. I want it all. Including the floor.