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.

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!