ChChChanges……..

All of this waiting for council has proved to be a bonus for the current home. The inspiration and research I have been accumulating for the new house needs an outlet during this long drawn out process so I have made a few changes around the current place.

Before….

Living Room, couch from Freedom, just seen cow hide
rug on the floor from Ikea

Dining Room, the fabric canvases
were originally one piece above the bed

Hallway, most of the light that comes
into the house comes through the front
door. Crazy I know.

Bedroom, this is an almost before,
originally there was a fabric wall hanging
above the bed which has since been cut up
and stretched over canvas in the dining room 

After…..

Patience is a virtue, Patience is a virtue,

Patience is a Virtue

They do say that patience is a virtue but my patience is being severely tested by Liverpool council at the moment. Apparently they have a back log, apparently they are understaffed, apparently they are doing all they can.

Our application has been in council for 6 weeks now. Thats six, count that, 1,2,3,4,5,6  whole weeks and has yet to allocated for assessment. We were told that it should take six weeks to process, total. So it should have been processed by now, we should be moving on to the next stage, but no, we are still waiting.

So I am becoming virtuous (well close enough) and I am waiting, patiently. Trying to distract myself (I'll show you next time, promise) and show restraint.

Or Alternately,

AA xx

Tried and tested, Hard to kill houseplants, Part 2

Last time we looked at how to choose house plants this time we will look at some tips and tricks on how to keep them once you have them.

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What to look for when buying them and what to do with them once you have brought them home.

Tried and tested, hard to kill House Plants, Part 1

With all my focus at present on houses and interior design it has also made me realise what has been missing from my home at the currently.
When I was growing up there was always plants in the house, my mother had a very green thumb, so there were plants everywhere inside and a gorgeous garden outside.
Since we have moved around so much I haven't had plants in the house are they are really difficult to move. Looking at all the design blogs I have realised how much I have missed them and how they really make a house a home.

Taylor Tomasi-Hill NYC Apartment

But unfortunately as I have discovered  I haven't inherited my mother green thumb so I have had to put in a lot of research and trial and error to try and keep plants alive in my home. As I have discovered this is made up if two parts, choosing the right plants in the first place and then keeping them alive…..

The Heart of a Home

They do say that kitchens and bathrooms sell houses. This means that these two areas have the potential to completely blow out budgets. But the same as the rest of the house we had quite strong ideas of what  we wanted before meeting with the builder.

design-crisis.com house tour -jeff and jasons 

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stevesblindsandwallpaper.com

We wanted  clean white spaces with charcoal for depth and contrast, Caesar stone bench tops, pendant lights over the kitchen bench, glass splash back in the kitchen; so much easier to clean than tiles! Super functional sink, lots of storage. Subway tiles in the ensuite bathroom, but we weren't sure if we wanted the same tiles in both the bathroom as the laundry.

Obsessed

Like most people these days I am on pintrest so when we started this project it was a great way to collect ideas and inspiration of what I had in mind for the house. I now have a few different house boards, one for this house and a few more for other future houses.

When looking back over my board(s) I noticed that something was popping up over and over again….

Decisions, decisions

The first lot of decisions we had to make were about the external house colours.
Luckily these decisions  were reasonably easy. We had a clear vision in mind before we went trekking, and I mean trekking, 7 hours, all the freeways, I lost track of the of the number of toll points (or went into denial about, ker-ching!) we went through, all on a beautiful, hot, Sydney Saturday to view roof tiles, brick suppliers, garage doors, and more brick suppliers.