via hus & hem

interior love

via the seventy tree

via we heart it

interior love

bolig magazine via decor8

emma mitchell photography

images via Emily Mitchell

In my dream home I would have wood paneled walls.

I'm in love with that geometric yellow and grey rug. As you can see I'm still perturbed by limited rug designs available in Melbourne - Arh, and here's the catch: affordable.

Seriously I need to get over it and move on...

floor candy

Kelly - image via Angela Adams

Flora - image via Angela Adams

Local offerings - Lollini by Bayliss - Also liking it in blue

our floors

As much as would love to keep a visually attractive blog, and ideally would prefer not to show the hideous state of the floors before.. I've decided to "keep it real" and show the warts and all.

Before: The kitchen with the ever so lovely vinyl glue.

Before: The yellowy orange lounge room:

After: The kitchen

After: The hallway

The floors are actually not as glossy as they appear in the photos. This was taken before the satin finish was completed. Overall happy with the result, although I could have gone a bit darker. But JD really didn't want to and as he happens to live here too, his opinion was permitted :)

I seriously harassed our floor guy throughout every step and process, popping by to reiterate what I wanted and ensuring he understood. "Not red, no orange.. No yellow.. Satin, yes, yes walnut..." Sheesh what a ball breaker I am! Lucky he was very understanding and super patient.

new floors

Sorry another minimal blog posting week.
Been busy boxing everything up and moving out of the flat. The floor sanders are coming tomorrow! We've asked for our Tassie oak floors to be stained a walnut colour and coated in a satin finish. Hopefully it will look abit like this...

Images via Desire to Inspire

We'll be living out of our suitcases for a week staying at a friends house, so I won't be online until next week. Til then...

Pretty pretty rug

Image via Loveology

I want.. Sigh, in my dreams..

Thinking of floor finishes..

Now that we have our new oven (currently sitting bubble wrapped in the lounge room), before we have it installed we have to think about re-doing the kitchen floors. I'm liking the idea of painted checkered floors..

Image via Chez Larrson

Image via Cookie House Tours

My bathroom tiles are kinda cool..

It took a bit of time to appreciate them but they've definitely grown on me...

Of course, the Barbie pink basin, bath tub and shower tiles are still hideous but after reading Door Sixteen's bathroom renovations I'm so inspired.

Abit of Morocco in our bathroom..?

Images from Inside Out Magazine

So there's seriously 3 different wall tile colours; barbie pink, white & dark blue.. As you can imagine this goes beautifully with the 3 shades of grey on the floor.. Geeze, what were they thinking? When we rip them out, I'm definitely using simple white subway tiles. I'm obsessed with them.

We bought our flat 7 years ago, when I was 20 & JD was 22 years old. Golly gosh time has flown!!

There have been some minor cosmetic changes, but overall we've been rather slack. When I think of all the interior phases I been through, I am some what relieved we didn't.

Although I still adore the rustic shabby chic style, I now have the sense that this look would look odd in our 1950's blonde brick flat. I'll save that for our country getaway "and/or" our beachside weekender.... Hmm, a girl can dream.