Stick a light bulb in it & call it a lamp?

I am a big devotee to the equestrian theme, in fact I am loving it sick! Whilst perusing Matt Blatt (as you do) I stumbled upon a horse head lamp “interesting design" I thought to myself and then I found a boot shaped lamp... and a “Sassy” Cat table tamp, I started to feel a little disturbed.  

To stick a light bulb in a figurine (be it a horse or a Boot) and call it a lamp….I am just totally convinced. Maybe I am totally wrong (shock horror) and everyone else loves it. It is merely my humble opinion that the “sassy” cat needs to be sent to the animal shelter.

With a price tag of $500 to $700 would one of these make it into your home?

Monday at our house...

What a busy weekend we had a baby shower, a farewell and a birthday party here there and everywhere! I managed to spend a little bit of time on the farm, whilst taking Bella (our dog) for a walk I grabbed this eucalyptus branch, wall actually I outsourced the Mr to fetch it for me. I think it looks so simple but beautiful sitting in a large vase, I put a few drops of eucalyptus oil in the water to enhance the smell (I used good old "Double D").

A few other bits and pieces:

• The dog bed that I made in beautiful gold satin, piped in chocolate brown velvet (my first attempt at piping a cushion was not a complete failure).
• Black Ginger jar style lamp Thrifted from the Salvation Army for $10. I also found a duck egg blue one (at the very same store a few weeks later) that I have gifted to mum.
• The mirror is also new - A recent present from mum - Call me mirror obsessed but I think in a small space you need to have lots of mirrors to reflect the light.  

Green is beautiful & I had the guts I would use Astro Turf as carpet too...

I found the X Desk!

I have seen this desk around the blog world quite a bit lately:

Honey were home

The Way We Are

If you have been looking I found the same desk in Freedom Furniture for $599 (Au).

PS...Why had I never walked into Bay Leather Republic - What a great source of inspiration!

Dining room musings

I have been plotting to change out the hardware on the dining room buffet (Old photo above) loving the idea of round pulls in silver similar to the below, are you thinking that this would be awesome too??? I have not found the silver pulls yet (let me know if you have seen them anywhere).

PS: Did I tell you that my Mr is awesome? His abilities extend far beyond managing expensive construction projects and looking good in Lycra, he installed a new light for the "Mrs" in our dining room, probably whilst I was dreaming about renovating watching something amusing like "Top design" or "The Block" (Before Pic below).

And this is the light he installed (I will be sure to post photos once I have finished ceiling paint).

DIY Beautiful paper roses

Check out these paper roses that I found over at A drop of indigo

What a great way to use up those old magazines!

Want to make them yourself? instructions care of Dozi.

mirror mirror!

mirror mirror on the wall Smith byd interiors you have it all!

Velvet...Check
Wingback chairs...Check
Decorative mouldings... Check
Over "cushioning"... Check
Bronze detailing...Check

Claude Monet & The thrifted print

I picked up this Claude Monet print for $20 whilst thrifting yesterday, it is huge - about 1.5m wide, I have  now changed the direction of the living room... since the Mr mentioned the lounge was "becoming a little boring with no colour".

From my thrifted find I started dreaming with some pillow shopping at Ada and darcy (as you do).

And then web shopping for a new lounge...