A few months ago, on our neighbourhood whatsapp group, someone was clearing out their cottage and had a few furniture items for sale. I quickly snapped up two small bookshelves for the whopping price of R200 for both! They were in fine functioning shape, but needed a clean and a whack of paint. They’ve been… Continue reading { DIY } Ratty bedside lamp and shelf makeover
So when I said the pine barstools were my first Chalk Paint project, I lied a little. A few days after Peter bought me the tins of Fired Earth Chalk Paint, I broke them in on three little drawers in our walk in cupboard. Before – yip, the good old yellow pine colour. Sigh.… Continue reading { DIY } Drawer trio paintover
Since we are slowly starting to paint the whole house, I’ve been giving some thought to feature walls and additional colours. I popped into the Plascon Spaces Showroom in Design Quarter the other day and picked up a few sample pots of different colours, for two different projects. It’s such a cool shop, and the… Continue reading Colours!
I do like me a bit of bling! For ages I’ve wanted to create a special spot for my perfume and glam it up. I’ve been putting it off until after the move. A few weekends ago I decided THIS was the weekend to make this happen. Since it really was such a quick and… Continue reading Bring some Bling
Moving our furniture into this house was basically a dream come true. A dream that I had been dreaming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the last 6 months. I used to lie awake at night in bed and picture where everything would go and how it would look. I mentally moved… Continue reading Just moved in
Sheer white floaty curtains always make me feel like I’m holiday somewhere tropical. A little while ago I did a Sneak Peek post on curtains I bought on sale… well, this past weekend we put up a new (double) curtain rail and hung the curtains. The blockout curtains are AMAZING! And the sheer white floaty curtains… Continue reading Holiday curtains
*SNEAK PEEK* One of the things I love about home decorating is wall treatment – feature walls, wallpaper, cool murals… When we were in Wales in 2013, I discovered Laura Ashley and fell in love with her huge range of wallpapers (amongst other things). I bought a few rolls of gorgeous wallpaper back in 2013 and… Continue reading Windows and walls
On Thursday 5 May 2016, number 58 was listed for sale, on Friday 6 May at 6pm we went to see it for the first time, expecting to see a house similar to the other properties we have viewed in that same street. Instead we saw something so much more beautiful. So much more than… Continue reading Hello number 58
