Twisted on Bondi

As a child of the 80's, I am no stranger to colour. I grew up wearing every hue of fluro, and bright colours still catch my eye. With a lot of modern design being so conservative with colour, I was really impressed with this creation by Morris Selvatico.


It's the new TWISTED Frozen Yoghurt Bar that has arrived to no other than our beautiful Bondi Beach. Beach + frozen, yummy goodness in one - sounds perfect! The colours just scream SUMMER don't you think?

There is something about this blue and orange combination I love. It's a little retro.

I'll try one of each thanks!

I love the character given by tiling on an angle. They have taken care to give great features while keeping good clean lines. Notice how the floor returns up the wall below.

With candy inspired colours, the polyurethane wall looks good enough to eat.

pics via crosbieprojects.com, sweatybettypr.com, yossawat.com

Hello Again...

Now that I have returned from Europe, MOVED HOUSE, and finished up the End of Financial Year at work, I am free to get some blog lovin'! How nice it is.

I am sure all of you on the other side of the world are enjoying beautiful summer days right now. We are tolerating the gloomy, wet winter here in Oz, and what I would give to get some sunny days off to paint! We have just moved onto a property with a stack of trees surrounding the house, making for some COLD times : (. I am a bit of a greeny, but in this case, some of the lovely trees just HAVE to go.

My home is pretty much a nightmare right now. We have bare walls, a bathroom that needs gutting, a second bathroom that also needs gutting (but is liveable - for now!), carpet to be pulled up in some areas, and the remaining floors (bare and tiled) are just killing me. PLUS, we have 7 sets of chocolate brown (yes) sliding doors that need pulling out and replacing with something a little more pretty.

We have so far created a walk in closet, new hallway, and re-plastered 2 downstairs bedrooms, of which one will be ours. Oh, and built a second linen cupboard for that end of the house. A girls' gotta have space for all that linen!

Coming back to the blogosphere has made me CRAZY with wanting to get stuff finished and just pretty everything up in general. Project #1 is the main bedroom and ensuite, so I am on the hunt for cute double vanity ideas. I would like white to dominate the room (as usual).

Here is some current inspiration:

Gorgeous pendant lights make this my fave...

decorpad.com

Pedestals with cabinet storage...

homeanddecor.net

Classic white...

houzz.com

Although the style probably wouldn't suit our place, I do love this GLAM bathroom, via decorpad.com

I think having 2 individual vanity units looks luxurious, and I just love the idea of having a cabinet for all my own things! (Some needed, some not so).

What do you think?

Quick Hello from The Mediterranean!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous week. I have spent the last few days in Venice, Marseille and Barcelona. Today we are at sea, heading towards Malta for some site seeing tomorrow.

I have some beautiful photos of this part of the world, but cannot post just now. I look forward to sharing a few when we reach land again.

Take care and ciao!

Wedding - That Personal Touch

I don't know about you, but I love looking through other people's wedding photos. I love seeing their style, and flair, and all those cute and personal touches that make their big day so special.

Sometimes, it's a keepsake from a loved one, or a theme that resembles a big part of their life. Local photographer Imprint Imaging shot this beautiful wedding last weekend for Amanda & Corey. Amanda has danced her whole life, and she really wanted to incorporate this into their day. These are a few of my favourite shots.

A guard of ballerinas, just beautiful.

Weekend Hello

Besides going to a Christening for my dear friend's little girls, I happily dedicated this weekend to chores. I now have the dining suite 100% complete, and have the house packing under control - whoo!
Just 3 sleeps and we are off to Europe and the UAE. I am craving the fresh air, sunshine and change of scenery that a good holiday brings.


Here is the dining suite, all done. Total cost $450. Not bad I say.


Talk soon!

Dining Suite Project

Over the Easter long weekend, hubby and I went shopping around the local second hand furniture and antique stores. I went in knowing I wanted to find a couple of cute and quirky vintage vases, but didn't have much luck. Then, we spotted a dining suite that would be perfect for our new place. It is hardwood, sturdy as you can get, seats 8, and has a rustic look, which we both liked.

We knew we wanted it, but thought we may check out a few shops next door, so went to leave the shop. The owner then asked if we would like it "held". I sort of laughed, and said "We will only be 10 minutes, but thanks, that would be good". Sure enough, when we returned, another couple were waiting aside to see if we would return as they wanted it. Lucky!

I knew I wanted a rich walnut colour, rather than the reddish brown it was, so we both got into sanding it back. This one is fully sanded.

I just realised in my flurry to get rid of the reddish brown, I didn't get a decent "before" picture, but here is the table in original condition. Some of the chairs have a lot more red in them.

First, I purchased a tin of Cabot's stain in "Walnut". It really didn't do anything with the colour, and allowed too much red to come through in the timber. 

Then we tried Integrain Natural Stain in "Charcoal", perfect! Here is the grubby tin.

The timber now has a nice dark walnut colour, and I'm really happy with it. Here are the chairs before/after.

I will need some chair cushions, especially with winter coming, so that will be my next mission.

Daydreaming

I hope you are all having a great week, and that you are feeling inspired today. In the midst of a sloooow work week, I am day dreaming... of Europe. I can hardly wait to feast upon the most beautiful scenery, and food!

I need to work hard this week, finalising loose ends at work (& home), staining the new dining suite (more on that later) and packing the remainder of our home for the big move. Hopefully hubby is impressed when he returns from his interstate trip on the weekend. I have been a very busy bee. Well, it always helps to make the time fly doesn't it.


Here is a little taste of Venice, beautiful huh *(sigh)*

via australiangrouptravel.com

 via thundafunda.com

via dsi.unive.it