My home and garden:

Welcome to my blog. I hope you get plenty of enjoyment and inspiration out of it. My style is a well-sifted mix of vintage, classic, country, and a little shabby chic, combined with an obsession with storage and organisation. I have based my styling decisions on the era and feel of my little cottage house - it is about to celebrate it's 100th year anniversary, barely 140m2 on a steep little quarter-acre block looking out to the Paremata inlet, marina, and up to the hills of Whitirea Park.

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

...And onto a new life

I'm terribly excited: I finished slip-covering my revolting couch. I'll admit it was somewhat daunting and at times overwhelming, but it's done and I love it. Possibly white wasn't the best option for a cover...I am beginning to see this already. I thought that now that the kids are older there wouldn't be the same need to run screaming at the thought of white upholstery. Unfortunately it seems that though children grow past spilling spaghetti bolognese all over the floor, once they get older they somehow persuade us naive parents that they can now eat in the lounge...need I go on. 

 I now keep two king-sized sheets in the footstool storage, for whenever the kids have friends over! 




The second photo also shows the new curtains I made. I'll show them off with some better photos on another post. Also, I love the cushion fabrics I imported from Cabbages & Roses! 





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