magazines magazines

via emmas design blog

sasa antic via door sixteen

via australian vogue living

I am a massive magazine hoarder. It actually pains me to tear out pages. I only resort to it when the they become really dated, like 6 years old. Sad, I know.

How do you store yours? Hidden away? In magazine holders? Or stacked in piles like this?

Hmm, I'm beginning to think that the stacked up look only looks effective when you have white painted floors...

wardrobe wonderland

Whenever there are some new purchases, the crazy virgo in me comes out in full force and I get this urge to 're-merchandise' the wardrobes. Looooser! I know.

• I hang every thing by colour blocking, and then by length.
• I neatly re-fold singlets and knits.
• I relegate boring, now not so exciting t-shirts and singlets to the sleep or dag around the house section.
• I sort out my underwear and sock drawer - throw out broken bras and holey stockings.
• I colour block scarves belts, line up my clutches and hang handbags.
• I line up my shoes, newbies and golden oldies in prime positioning for easier access.

Until the the middle of the week and it all goes out the window. Here's some dreamy images to inspire and keep me 'in line'...

Store 518 via Oh Joy

image via Style is Timeless

Playing librarians..

When I was little I "played librarians" with with my ChildCraft encyclopedia sets and mimmicked stamping the due back dates in the front cover... 

Throughout high school, I loved contacting and covering my school books. This obsession I have now taken to a new geeky level. A few months ago I googled and found librarian supplies company Bookcover Co  and bought 2 rolls of the clear book covering... And now voila!

The dewey decimal system has yet to be implemented ;)

Hey at least my cookbooks don't get dirty or greasy!!

Once I was an ammunition box...

Now I am a recycle paper trunk.

Finally got round to making it more practical and it now lives in the study (and occasional junk room..)

I bought some  cleat hooks, castor wheels and twine and... ta dah! 

Now, it will be much easier to carry the bundles of paper outside.

I am pretty crap when it comes to DIY. 

Always doing things the hard and long way. I always jump right in and never make assessments prior to commencing.

For example in this situation I just started screwing the screws to attach the castors. I got to the last one & realised the screws were too long and protruded through into the box. So unscrewed and re-screwed.. Hmm, sound familiar? Much like my painting debarkle.

I bought the ammo box from a homewares store I used to work at doing visual merchandising when I was at Uni. It was a pretty cool store, it sold lots of random industrial fixtures, furniture bits and bobs amongst, design, travel and cook books, basic kitchen and homeware staples. But then also sold KitchenAid mixers and blenders, Fornasetti & Wedgewood china, and Jasper Conran glassware. There was something for every budget. The Christmas windows were alot of fun to do.