If You Like It Then You Should've Put A Frame On It

Jasmin was around during the week and she commented on the wall above my computer as looking a bit odd without the two bookshelves framing it.
At first I was like 'No, I think it looks fine', but after a couple of days I was starting to think she was right.
That just having some pictures randomly in the middle of one wall might be a bit odd.

On Wednesday night the solution occurred to me.

Years ago I found a big silver frame in council collection. It has lived in many places around our house and was residing outside the front door.

So late on Wednesday night I took my cleaning cloth and went to fetch the frame from the front of the house and wipe it down.

I then had to venture out to the shed to find some nails and a hammer.

Normally I wouldn't want to just hammer things into the wall of a place we are renting but this place is such a mess anyway I don't think they would really notice one more hole in the wall. Plus I know there is already damage hiding under some of my pictures on that very same wall that we will have to patch up, so two little nail holes shouldn't make much difference.

So I hammered. The first one was perfect. The second one I bent. I didn't want to go all the wall back out to the shed so I swapped the bent nail with a good nail in the hallway - which wasn't really needed - and tried again.

The nail went in properly this time, but it was in the wrong spot. Mind you I was doing this all by eye.

Third times the charm as it went in and was in the right spot, aka the whole thing looked level.

It is not centered with the wall, but as the computer is not centered on the desk I don't think it really matters. Also I just placed the frame around where everything already was, if I wanted to centre it, I would have had to move all my bits and pieces.

House verdict.

I like it.

Lewis didn't even notice. -
Hayley : "Do you like what I did"
Lewis: "What did you do?"
Hayley: "The frame"
Lewis: "What frame?"

Tara left a note on the whiteboard - "Nice Frame"

And Lyle hasn't been home yet but i'm sure he'll like it too.

Ta Da!
Simple but effective.

Everyday I'm Shuffling

We did some shuffling around on the weekend as I was sick of my clothes sitting on the bench in our room...

The reason that all our 'foldy' clothes - we like to hang most things up - were stored on the bench, was because about a month ago we sold our dressing table.

You might be saying: Why?! did you sell it?!
Well, we found the dressing table in council collection last year and almost didn't find the mirror. Luckily, the person who had put it out for council collection came out and showed us the matching mirror that was wrapped up in cardboard - as you have to do with glass or mirror - that we didnt even notice.

It was pushed into the backseat of our car with Lewis seated in the middle back seat and the dresser straddling him while Jasmin and I took the front seats.

We happily used the dressing table for about a year or so, but we knew that we wouldn't want it in our next house as it was very low; too low to be very practical as a dressing table.
Also, well, we needed the money to be able to buy a house.

So, on eBay it went. It didn't sell for a lot, only $20, but it's better than nothing and very good considering we got it for free in the first place.

At our new house we might have a full wardrobe and not need any extra storage but in the case that we do need extra storage, I would like a big old chest of draws instead of this low, low, low dresser.

So, in the mean time, until we move, we needed somewhere better than the bench is store our clothes.

I had a set of plastic draws but the draws were being used by Lewis for his tools in the shed.

Lewis had the genius idea of using these red lockers that we have in our backyard to store his tools.

I bought these lockers for $20 off eBay a few years ago, and painted them with a lot of rust proof primer, as it was pretty rusty when I got it. My brother used to use it for his clothes until we had enough space for it.

One day I want to have it inside our house.

Either painted light grey or white and take most of the doors off to use it as shelves.
Eek! I can't wait!

I have a thing for lockers.

So, my strong and trusty men moved the lockers from the backyard to the shed.

When moving the lockers we found this little memento on the back.

Awwww.

I think the lockers look great in the shed! The lockers are practical for the tools, look great and will be protect from elements until we want them inside.

Here's the before and after for the fireplace - where the dresser was and where the draws are now.

Please ignore the giant pieces of paper on the walls. That is Lewis and mine's sums for buying a house and saving.

It helps us keep on target by having to look at it everyday, ie not spend money.

It may not look as pretty as the dressing table did, but it's worth it if we can get a house of our very own.

So the need for money ended up with us selling the dresser, thus needing the plastic draws which lead to re-oraganising the shed to get the plastic draws. In the process we made the shed look more awesome by having the red lockers in there.

Everything turned out great in the end. Now all we need to do is to save more money so we can buy a place of our own.

Quotable Art

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This is definetly my moto. Except you know spelt Mum.

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Just like bullies in school.

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Scary but true. You are in controll.

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I must work on this one myself.

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Very true.

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Heavy.

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Ahah.

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Something to remember when shopping.

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Gotta start somewhere.

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Thoughts=Outcome

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Very limited.

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Or feel the fear and do it anyway.

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Another reminder to take risks.

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Sound familiar?

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Too much all at once? Hehe
Maybe i should do a quote a day, thoughts?

Sunday Round Up

Last sunday i posted a few quotes in among the photos, but i seem to have amassed a lot of quotes recently and i don't expect to stop finding great quotes that i want to share.
So i have decided to split it into Sunday Round Up and Quotable's Day.
I have not decided which day will be Quotable's Day, heck it might be a different day every week.
So look out for some Quotable's soon.

For now some pretty pictures...

Picture by Anna Kern via Hooked on Houses

I love this shade of yellow and the idea of painting just a door a bright fun colour.

via Design*Sponge

Wouldn't this look great in a big display, maybe making a shape.

via The Haystack Needle

Love the chalkboard dresser draws. Good idea especially for kids to list or draw pictures of what's inside so they know where their clothes are, and hopefully can put them away.

via It's The Little Things

Love:

Wall Colour

Bead board on the walls (could easily re-create with pieces of wood)

Chalkboard

Table with chairs and bench

The No.s on the bench

 by Fudge Banana Swirl via Design*Sponge

Clever idea or what to do with an unused fireplace or just to make with a salvaged fireplace surround as a cute bookshelf.

via Better Homes & Gardens US via The Inspired Room

I like the aqua colour of the chairs and the idea of painting wicker furniture. I also love the bench seat with the panelling at the bottom.

via Elle Decor

This is from Courteney Cox's home.

I want a giant penguin book...thing!

via Elle Decor

This is also from Courteney Cox's home. Wouldn't it be amazing to sit out here and watch the sunset with friends and some drinks.

From Better Homes & Gardens US via Mike & McGee

I love big bold painted on wall stripes. Love this shade of pink and the idea of this for a kids room.

Buy 'How To' PDF from Etsy found via Frankie

Incase your bike gets cold.

From Vogue Italy via Frolic

I love love love the baskets at the top with the scolloped edged lining. Could do this with any basket i suppose.

from here via Vintage Oh Me Oh My

Cute vintage advertising.

Centsational Girl via Design*Sponge (with How To)

This is so cute.

Gerren Lamson via Vintage Oh Me Oh My

Love me some vintage labels. Especially love the word Cider how its all swirled and connected

Apartment Therapy via Remodelaholic 

Love the colour of the brickwork.

by Chez Larsson

Now this is how you style box shelfs (Ektorp from Ikea).

Viewing it as one long stretch of boxes instead of individual hidey holes stops it from looking messy and is more pleasant for the eye to look at, then looking at 25 completely different little boxes all at once.

by Raise No Chicken via Vintage Oh Me Oh My

Some more gorgeous vintage advertising. I love the colours in this poster.

from here via Vintage Oh Me Oh My

Gin Pills, wouldn't everyone like some of these.

and

from here via Vintage Oh Me Oh My

This would definitely help with getting the teeth brushed.

Ana White

This is a Kids Helper. Ana White made one for her daughter and on her website gives very detailed instructions on how to make your own.

The platform is adjustable so you can use it for whatever age kid you have and it has anti-tip attachments (pictured on the Helper below)

Ana White

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I love how the brick arch behind the bed becomes the headboard. And how simply but gorgeously the room is styled.

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I love this but seriously no man lives here right?

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I love the contrast of the white shelf with the two colours.

That's all for today.

Hope you have a great sunday.