Jikana Damaru

I have been searching the internet recently for some new additions to my home and came across Decorative Country Living. I love their pretty vintage finds, especially the large mirror.

From the website:
Decorative Country Living is based in a converted 19th Century chapel in the picturesque village of Caythorpe, in Lincolnshire. We sell a harmonious mix of antique, vintage and new items for the home and garden, displayed in a way that is both inviting and inspirational.

~ Pizza Anyone ~

Home made pizza is the latest thing in our house - we seem to have it every week as the kids love to make their own and it seems to make them eat it when they have had a hand in making it. For a quick meal we go with the pita bread version but sometimes we even make our own dough which makes them extra yummy!

The yummy photos below are courtesy of Donna Hay Magazine which arrived on the doorstep today (with a bonus free tea towel!). The cover is of one delicious looking pizza - sounds like everyone has caught the pizza bug!

Tree Wall Decals

I first came across wall stickers when I was searching for ideas for Fern's nursery. I loved this one from Kido Store as below, but at $490 it was a little out of my budget. I ended up instead painting a tree mural on the wall, from an idea I 'borrowed' from Real Living magazine.

Inke Wallpaper tree

Fern's tree

I came across some gorgeous wall stickers today, that aren't actually stickers at all. Made from material, these beauties are removable and reusable, rendering them an essential for any future nursery I have the fortune of designing! Available from Lovemae, these decals are not only lovely, but reasonably priced as well. I adore the 'build a tree' decal below:

Build a tree decal $119.95 from Lovemae

The matching 'critters' are of course an essential add-on:

Forest critters $79.95 from Lovemae

I wonder, would the whole thing look out of place in my living room?

It's Tuesday & I can't wait

to sit down with a hot cup of tea & read through the Madeit recipe zine! Available now for a very reasonable price.

hosted by Lou Lou

Birthday Weekend

Got lots of crafty stuff to show you this week but first I thought I might show you some pics from our busy weekend. My Hubby, his pa and I put this together on Saturday (I did more of the cosmetic work) Inside is still a working progress but it will get there - as long as we don't have to spend anymore time having "cups of tea" inside with Louise.

We also had a party for her on the Sunday - Melbourne was kind enough to give us a perfect Spring afternoon and Lou was more than spoilt.

Oh yeah - if you squint you can see my tissue paper pom poms ... I was so busy I forgot to get a close up but will so be doing those again!

Cape Cod Chair #2

Photo from Flikr

On a whim, I just bought a white Cape Cod chair for my new outdoor room, which is so close to being revealed I can taste it! If only it hadn't started raining the moment the pavers were laid it might be finished by now. In any case, I am having much fun decorating the space now the boring, fiddly construction is complete and this chair will be perfect!

Priced on sale at just $104.96 from Ezibuy, it was an absolute steal. I adore these chairs, so I am sort of excited... its just I would be a whole lot more excited if I hadn't bought one from the same company a few months ago, and it turned out to be made of a kind of chipboard and other inferior materials. So inferior in fact, that they called to say they were recalling the product and reimbursing me in full. The good news was I still got to keep the chair. The bad news was that it was only suitable undercover, rendering it useless for the space in my courtyard to which it was intended.

The new chair appears to be made of hardwood and I am hoping will be more suitable to the harsh Aussie elements, as I know myself too well to think it will ever be dragged in out of the sun or rain.

Unfortunately it is on backorder, meaning it will not arrive until late November. I am hoping it will be worth the wait. In the meantime, I can get to work choosing matching cushions, lanterns, plants and so on -- I cannot wait to finish this project and host a 'courtyard christening'!

ps. I also found these brightly coloured mini versions of the Cape Cod for children. I'm keeping these in mind for the next stage of my backyard renovation when I design a special space for Fern. I've got lots of ideas for the space... just lacking a few of the $$ to get started! On the drawing board for next year...