The Perfect Kitchenette

Upstairs we are having a small little kitchenette - sink, microwave, fridge and the all important coffee machine and its been really hard trying to sort out how I want it to look. Most kitchenettes are hidden away but mine is going to be front and centre when you walk into the sitting room.

However I have finally found a picture I think is perfect. Its really simple but still fits in with the lovely warm feeling I'm trying to go for.

Again - sorry about the shortness of the blog .... still in clarification meetings listening to arguments between engineers about whether a XT (Christmas tree - sits on the ocean bed - looks nothing like a christmas tree but what do you expect when an engineer names it) should be horizontal or vertical and whether the IWOCS & SSIV's are properly engineered and ALARP (As low as reasonably practicable - My question is why dont you just say that instead of creating a new acronym for it) Let me just say ... I hate Acronyms

Wall Mural

So I have been looking into getting this wall mural printed for the theatre room and the company I have been speaking to has emailed me back with some sample pictures of the quality of the image.

I will agree that there are defiantly some parts of the image that are damaged or have flaws but for me that just adds to the overall charm of the picture. I don't think it would have that same history to it if the picture was perfect, it would feel a bit too contrived ... not quite so interesting.

For me the damage makes it seem somewhat more real.... what do you think? Are all the flaws you can see and the slightly less precise image a good thing or a bad thing?

This is the whole image 

These are some excerpts of how it will look printed so large

Progress

My house is moving along at an alarming pace at the moment .... NOT!

This is the difference between my house three weeks ago and my house today

If your sitting here scratching your head over what has changed you would be right ... nothing!

Sorry again for the short posts ... I'm amazed by how busy work is at the moment, no time for anything other than work ... and to be honest that is just not on! I will have to talk about my boss!

A Very Quick Post

Oh god - another week full of 12 hours days stuck in meetings ... so much fun this work thing?

Anyways on the weekend I found a dining room chair I just adored and now I'm stuck, I liker two different styles and just cant choose which will suit the space more?

So a quick post asking for your opinion. Which chair do you like best and do you think will suit my dining room?

Catching the Bug

So at the moment we are doing a little bit of "Fixing Up" of a rental property ... well last night we went to Bunnings to find a kitchen sink... and I had a bit of a flashback of practically living  there during our last renovation....

I think its a bit like an bug you catch and just cant get rid of. Don't get me wrong, we hated the hard work, the broken nails and constantly being dirty, dusty, broke and sore but at the same time, after the little taste we are having at the moment, it's fulfilling to fix something and make it better.

So - on one hand I am dreading having paint in my hair and waking up so tired it hurts to even get out of bed, on the other I'm kind of looking forward to doing something tangible and getting that lovely sense of achievement ...

I will say that within 2 weeks of move in I can almost guarantee you I will be cursing the hard work I'm now claiming to miss!

Lighting Up

Ha - I must still be on my little high from the cold and flu's because the title just made me laugh....

Yes well anyways, moving right along, obviously as times goes by my design style is evolving and crystallising and I think I have decided on my lighting for the main kitchen / Dining / Living Room. I love the idea of using a mix of exposed bulbs and stainless steel track lights to give it a really simple modern feel to it.

Here is what I'm thinking? Exposed bulbs over the island bench in the kitchen and a cluster of them in the lounge room and then a lovely stainless track light over the dining table.

My Kitchen is dark with Arctic white tops and then three single bulbs ....

The Dining room has a huge 3m dining table that will seat 10 - 12 in dark french oak with some lovely upholstered linen chairs and my simple track light

The lounge room is still in debate but if I get my way I want some lovely comfortable brown leather chairs, big bulky furniture and the lovely cluster of bulbs in the centre



Drama and Colour

There never seems to be a drama free weekend in my life. After a weekend full of gardening I return to work on Monday and during a rather important commercial meeting I start swelling up.

Yes you heard right, my face starts to swell, I broke out into a very red itchy rash and my throat started closing up. When my boss could stop laughing long enough to speak he quickly sent me off to the doctor who just as quickly sent me home with a rather strong Anti-histamine and instructions for a cold bath, tablets and bed.

Oh joy - so for two days I have been so drugged up on these tablets I didn't even realise hubby had gone to golf and come back (yes he did leave me but to be honest ... is it really that bad when I didn't even realise he was gone) and of course ... I was so drugged out I didn't even post for all my lovely bloggy friends.

So this is a very big, rash filled sorry for disappearing yesterday.

However in honour of my rather colourful drama filled life I thought today as a treat I would show you something I am hoping to do in my next house ... I love the idea of a totally neutral color scheme except for one item of colour .... I believe the technical term is a "POP" of colour...  What do you think ... Its a nice idea right, and when you get sick of red it would be quite easy to just change it to blue or something? I do think the colours have to be quite dramatic, you couldn't go for a pastel shade, they have to be bold for this to work.