corners of home...

a few glimpses of home on a sunny tuesday morning...

around here

 

1. favourite photos taped up on the wall

2. home grown tomatoes ripening in the sun

3. baskets of toys packed up after lovely baby visits

4. bread rolls fresh from the oven

5. ripped calico just waiting for some christmas sewing

there really is something beautiful about the simple life...



collections...

i am still unpacking boxes... 18 months after we moved.
on the weekend i unpacked this box and it made my heart happy.
all of my favourite vintage books :)
now i just need to find a bookshelf to display them...

be our guest...

a few little looks into a nearly finished guestroom. i would really love something to hang above the bed and a few more 'homey' touches. but for now... it will do :) i love the vintage blankets tucked away in the corner (it also helped that i could show hubby that they really did have a purpose... haha)!

a (semi) clean craft room...

a few sneak peeks from a mostly clean craft room...

a morning on the farm...

i use the term 'farm' very loosely as we currently have one acre, one dog, three fruit trees and four small beds of vegies... BUT we have big plans to expand the vegie garden in the next few weeks and as soon as hubby has finished the chicken coop we hope to adopt three chickens! I have wanted chickens for years and have been pestering hubby about building me a chicken coop for almost as long. Apparently nagging works because he woke up last weekend with coop building plans... hooray!!

As far as fruit trees go, we have two lime trees and a lemon tree which are growing VERY slowly... the soil we have on our 'farm' is terrible! I am planning to add some orange, mandarin and avocado trees to this in the next little while. Does anyone know the best time of the year to plant fruit trees?

I have a small blueberry plant that is looking very sad and sorry... am not sure that the Brisbane climate really suits it. Anyone in Brissie had success with blueberries or raspberries?

This time next year, I am hoping to be getting most of our fruit and vegies from OUR garden rather than the local farmers markets. While I love our weekly trips to the markets I would happily substitute them with daily walks out to the vegie patch to pick dinner :)

Have a happy week - Kel x

this week at my house...

got some lovely book mail from here.

hit the motherload of vintage letter blocks from a local oppie.

good times.

my bathroon window...

foe some reason, the builders of our new place decided that having opaque glass on our bathroom windows was not necessary (???). after spending a few days showering in the dark i decided to create a temporary curtain. i collected a few of my vintage hankies from their various boxes and saftey pinned them together...

it definately doesnt completely block out the outside world but it is better than nothing and it looks so pretty :) ...i think i want to keep it!!

a new house and some mail

hello friends...

sorry i have been a bit absent for the last few days. my life has been full of school, moving and (finally) some op shopping!! here in brisbane we had a public holiday this week for the annual 'ekka' (which is essentially a big carnival slash show)!

i grabbed some girlfriends and headed down to the gold coast to check out the op shops. i'll post about all my treasures a bit later.

here is some mail that landed in my letterbox this week...

a lovely parcel and note from Allana... she is fabulous! if you havent met her you can do so over here! Thanks so much Allana :)

and some lovely mail from Megan for a stationery swap. i love everything she sent and cant wait to do some serious letter writing this weekend! THANKS!!
we spent our first night in the new house last night. it is a bit of a drive to work but so lovely and peaceful out there. its such a nice place to come home to... mess and all! chris cooked us up a yummy omlette last night for dinner, it doesnt look too nice but it was made in our own kitchen which was so lovely after almost a year of living with mum! yay!

while chris cooked up some food for us... i busied myself with the really important tasks of moving - like putting up fairy lights in our bed head. haha!

have a fabulous weekend :)

p.s - i am internetless for the moment so posting might be a bit sporadic for the next few weeks. i will do my very best... xx

i would like to live here

how amazingly beautiful are these rooms? this house belongs to nikole herriot and was found over here. im quickly stockpiling all the last minute inspiration i can find before we move into our new house THIS WEEKEND! woohoo!

p.s - im planning a giveaway just as soon as we unpack a bit and settle into the new place. stay tuned!