Getting there...

Slowly but surely my place is turning from what was just a house, or a reno job, to a home. I spent a couple of hours there tonight sorting out my homewares and dropping some more furniture off. I thought I'd post a few photos of my latest progress and purchases.

Here is yet another attempt of my to sort out my plates etc to find an appropriate spot in my kitchen:

I wish I could say that's all I have, but unfortunately I would be lying!

This door mat is one of my latest purchases - I think it's almost too pretty for people to wipe their feet on. Looking at this picture, I think I need to turn it the other way.

I finally managed to bring my sideboard over to my property. The photo was taken at night, which is why it's so dark.

I've finally taken the plastic cover off my couch... and did you notice - my cowhide rug arrived!

Despite my flip-flopping, I'm really happy with my chair and table choices.

Undomestic goddess

Well it's official - I've started making the big move into my house! If I'm being completely honest with myself, I know this process will take at least a couple of weeks - but it's exciting none-the-less.

I've started moving all of my homewares which is a scary process. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to fit everything into my little kitchen. At the same time my inner Martha Steward has come out to play and is haunting me. I want my cupboards to be pristine, organised and well thought out... just what the perfect 1950's housewife would have.

Unfortunately, as I've never lived in the property with it's new kitchen etc, I'm not sure how everything will work. I have a million questions running through my head like: Is it better to have my food stored in a high cupboard, or low down? Am I going to be annoyed if my pots and pans aren't in close proximity to my stove?

At the end of the day, it won't surprise me if it's a matter of trial and error until I find something which works. But it would be nice to have success on my first try!

Fornasetti plates

Piero Fornasetti was an Italian painter, sculptor, interior decorator and engraver. Today he is most well known for his works featuring the image of Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri. In particular you can find these images portrayed on a series of over 300 beautiful black and white plates.


The strong graphics are gorgeous and the images portrayed range from the beautiful to the bizzare.



I'm not lucky to own one of these myself, but my very stylish Mother has one displayed on her lovely black hallstand (plate #137).


I love the look of a single plate, in a simple display such as this:


Image from brookman*harris.

For anyone based in Perth, Australia, you can find a gorgeous range of Fornasetti items at one of my favourite stores - Post Emporium, North Perth.

I just like blue...

Well if you hadn't guessed from the colour scheme of my blog, I like blue. In particular any shade of pastel blue, duck egg blue and especially when it comes to homewares.

I've previously mentioned that I'm a 20-something and still living at home with my parents. Since I bought my place I've been planning on moving out and in preparation have started amassing a nice little "glory box". I actually refer to it as the "glory room", as one whole room of my folks' place has turned into storage for me.

I have plates, cutlery (3 sets), vases, chairs, tables, a sideboard... it's quite ridiculous. I decided to look through my collection of plates recently - this is the result:








An even more scary fact is that I probably own 4 to 6 of each plate I've displayed here. I think it may be slightly excessive.

Finally, the pièce de résistance is my (brand new in box) Kitchenaid mixer in ice blue. I think she'll look gorgeous in my kitchen.



PS - for anyone interested the bird plate featured above is still available from Anthropologie. I was lucky enough to pick them up in New York last year. They come in a variety of colours and are to die for gorgeous!