my good friend, ebay

I had been looking for a occasional table for the lounge room, something in between a dining table & a side table. I tell you, there's not much out there. Until this recent ebay score, perfect for the pending magazine stash, list jotting, cook book skimming, infrequent blogging.
I'm thinking it's a little too "shabby, not so chic" so a paint job is in order. I'm thinking grey.. Any thoughts?

one old arm chair

JD's dad made this arm chair from scratch some 30 years ago. It sat in his work shop window and then for many years in his shed. When we moved out we added it to our mix mosh collection of furniture.

It's incredibly comfy and often after a hectic day I've fallen asleep in it.

Maybe one day we'll have it upholstered. But whilst still undecided on what fabric to use, I do love it as it is, all worn out and beaten up..

morning mess

This is our couch in the morning...

Relatively comfy but it gets rather squishy between JD, Arch and I... and it ends up looking like a lumpy mess in the morning.

cabbage flowers

So I ended up getting the Jorun rug from Ikea yesterday. Currently having a play around with it in the lounge room.. Still unsure, it may be too matchy matchy with the sofa, but I like the pattern.

On the way home I stopped past the flower wholesaler and bought these awesome cabbage flowers. I probably should have attempted a more artful display but gave up.

Yay! The metal frame for our coffee table has been completed and is being dropped off this week. Remember I was ranting on about it back in April, I'll take a pic on the weekend of its new steel legs.

home..

Holy frick, it's been a long one and a half weeks. I am exhausted.

Work has been crazy busy at trade fairs and whilst it's been absolutely divine staying with our lovely friends, I'm ready to go home.

The floors are finally done and I'm itching to get back and start arranging the furniture. Perhaps go searching for some new rugs.. And maybe a new sofa to make better use of the space in the lounge room, likely to be a simple shaped modular.

With a completely bare apartment, it's my clean slate. With a blank canvas, I'm feeling inspired to do some new things... Not a good idea to distracted - must stay focus on finishing the kitchen!

Maybe a 'before' shot - a snippet of the lounge room...

Old fold out beach stool/ make shift foot rest - another Camberwell Market buy

New but old lights

I am rather miffed about the lack of attractive and affordable lighting retailers in Melbourne. I have been on the look out for new pendant and wall lights/scones, but the only options we seem to have are Ikea, Beacon Lighting and Freedom. The wall lights options are especially tragic. I have now resorted to ebay and second hand finds.

This weekend I finally had our lounge room pendant hung which was an ebay score for $40 - the old couple said they bought it in the early 80's and had it in stored in their shed ever since.

The before fitting was a shabby chic (more shabby, than chic) candelabra, complete with faux plastic candle wax dripping on light bulb fitting. The wall lights are the same design, so I need to find something that suits the one above quick smart.