Inspired "Turquoise & Pink"

found The Cross Decor & Design through Living Laduree, and I am really loving the colour combination Turquoise and Pink.

"Foo Dogs" Ebay Find of the day

Foo Dogs, Blue!

You can find them HERE for $60.46 (AU)

Nicole from Sketch 42  posted about this BLUE dining room where they used quite alot of Foo dog's (And an Ice Block?) by Culman& Kravis:

Master Bedroom

The hardest thing I have found to complete in our house has been our Master Bedroom.

After many years of living with Beige walls, a dark brown Bed & Beige Bedspread & not finding the room calming or inspirational I thought it was time for a change. Like most things in our house it has been slow, slow process and it still very much a work in progress.

I thought i would share some of my inspirations for the room redesign.

I Love this image of These Square white Ikea frames for $49.99 (AU) Image from Decorpad

I think Turquoise creates the right balance between Feminine and Masculine.
Image from Decorpad

We would like to incorporate stripes into the room, so I am thinking chevron to re-cover the lamp shades, How cute is this lamp from Ada & Darcy, $198 (AU) for lamp base.

See lamp from Ada and darcy

Drink coasters

A present from MY Hubby! He knows me too well.

Nan's Garden

Black Velvet Chair "Steals & Deals"

So the story behind the “Black Velvet chair” I thought I should fill you in.

 As I mentioned the chair was purchased on ebay for a steal at just $67. I have to say, I was shocked to win the auction for such a low price. The seller actually had another chair the same, however decided to keep it.   

So the chair stood for 6 months all by itself. After much searching on the web to find an identical chair I got desperate, I contacted the seller of the original black velvet chair on Ebay and asked if she would be interested in selling me the other chair, the reply: “No thanks, my daughter is keeping it in storage”. So deciding what my maximum price would be to pay for the chair I then sent another email…."Would you be interested in $400 for the chair?" And well the rest is history. So the chair that was a great ebay steal turned out to be still a great deal I think. What do you think?

             

            Here they now sit together in our lounge room (sorry about the late night camera shot).  

 

My very first blog post

Hi there, So I suppose I should start with introducing myself, I am Samantha Swain and it is great to meet you, thanks for stopping by, feel free to say Hello. 

So i have decided after almost a year of obsessing over a number of amazing home and interiors blogs I would love to create my own.

My love for all things interiors started just after my wedding to my beautiful husband in February 2010. After reading many wedding blogs for wedding inspiration I then followed post wedding with an obsession of Interior design blogs.

Ahhh and then the chair that started it all, in March 2010 after our honeymoon to the South Island of New Zealand I happened to stumble upon the most gorgeous black velvet gold studded chair on Ebay, she was mine for the steal price of $67.