Vintage sheet spring throw, Ta-Daah!

Like many of you, I've been collecting vintage sheet odds and ends for a while now... I always had a little patchwork throw in mind to showcase all the lovely purples and blues. But me being a bit lazy when it comes to sewing big projects, I just joined the patchwork top to a fleece blanket with some binding, all done by machine, no hand stitching here! I'm happy with the result, although don't look too close at the corners!

 The weather was warm today, Spring is in the air and what a perfect time to finish this floral beauty!

I love checking out other vintage sheet projects too, so please send me links if you have seen any cool creations lately ( or have you some of your own?)

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Sunny happy bedroom makeover

Inspired by a yellow cushion and my pretty new(ish) bed linen, I gave our bed a sunshiney makeover. It seems yellow is here to stay in my life!

Another crochet cushion cover! And these purple floral vintage sheets have been in my family since I was a child, I just love them.

How can you not be happy around this colour.

Nice to see our bedroom looking so lovely...however, this stylized look only lasted a day!!

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Pretty shelves

Last year I bought book shelf from Ikea and do you think I can get the styling right? I look and look at the shelves and am never quite happy, but yesterday after a touch more rearranging I am getting nearer....at least the colours make me happy!

My area of the living room, very girly indeed!

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Pretty colours everywhere!

Feeling inspired and with a bit of spare time on my hands, I finally decided to pretty up my older style rented home.

I am so in love with this battered and broken old chair which was a roadside find, it was even already splattered with paint and filled with character. The vintage tea cup and saucers were from a local op shop and the pastel flowers a gift from my thoughtful boyfriend.

My most recent project was transforming this old 2nd hand frame which was grimy gold and caked in dust, into a pretty, shabby chic must have. The cards and lanterns are from Typo, which has to be one of my favourite stores.

 A wider view.

 A makeshift desk includes some of my many candy coloured craft materials.

A corner of my very 'red' and very 'wooden' kitchen, at least I can get a few of my colours involved.

 Part of my laundry. I really don't mind its retro charm and lovely teal/turquoise colouring. The peg tin is from Aldi of all places, couldn't resist!

Burgundy bathroom, my ultimate nemesis, how I hate thee! There is not much I can do in here but add a bit of sugary pink! The little glass bottles were from a $2 shop.

So many products, what else to do other than arrange them in colour order lol!

A quilt I have been working on forever, thrown over the lounge.

 My ultimate inspiration, a lovely Rainbow.

Having a red hot go at Interior Styling

For years and years I have been ripping out pages from all manner of magazines, whatever I could get my hands on really, but especially Interiors magazines. My ultimate dream is to have my home worthy to be featured in one of these. So when I learned that one of the subjects we would be covering in my Visual Merchandising course was 'Styling Merchandise for Photography', I could not contain my delight. We had our first assessment today and the brief was simply, 'homewares close up'.

 Above is my favourite shot. I am totally in love with the old window with it's wooden frame and grime streaked glass.

 This is the shot I think I will use as my final choice.

After completion of our assessment we then had to swap with another class member and re-style their accessories. This was very different for me as I am not a huge Red fan, but I am happy with how it turned out.

Now I am inspired to start styling areas of my home, so we'll see what can be done with a rented and fairly retro house that has seen better days.....