tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79247636371834106482024-03-13T14:27:27.980+11:00Rustic Pieceswith a little creativity, an eye for bargains and all things rustic, two online friends of 10 years recently found themselves with the same passion for refurbishing old furniture.. turning their homes into a dream come true.Rustic Pieceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11570515819107632740noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-28463488281346441012012-07-21T22:58:00.000+10:002012-07-21T23:05:36.945+10:00I'm the Worst Blogger Ever :(Oh my. Hello again, blogger world! I can't even say how sorry I am about the lack of posts I've done in the past two years :( Such an unbelievably long time has passed and I don't blame everyone for giving up on our poor blog. BUT here's to second chances and new beginnings! Big, big thanks also to Jona who didn't give up on me either - did you know I was going to come back eventually?<br />
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I shall start slow and leave my recap of the past two years for later :)<br />
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Today was a Saturday here in Oz and I was lucky enough to have a lovely catchup planned with a friend. Just a regular catchup would have been enough to make my day but a few extra special things happened that cranked up our feel good factor. First off, we drove to Parramatta in search for lunch and had those round-and-round-the parking-lot fiascos while trying to get a spot. After about our fifth time around, a nice lady waved us over to her carspot with a big smile on her face. Her hubby moved their car out of the spot and she turned around AND GAVE US HER PARKING TICKET! As in, her paid parking ticket with a few hours to spare! Yay! Nothing like free parking tickets to put smiles on anyone's face right :)<br />
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Lunch - we walked a few blocks down and saw a newly opened burger joint, <a href="http://www.grilld.com.au/">Grilld</a>. Lovely, proper juicy beef burgers grilled beautifully with amazing chips (yes this was abit naughty). But with our meal came a couple of beer bottle lids, since they had an in-store program where three jars for three different charities stood on a shelf. Each month the store donates $300 to the charity who's jar had the most beer bottle lids. How beautiful is that!<br />
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Lunch Dessert - another newly opened store was around the corner called <a href="http://www.facebook.com/wowcowyogurt">WOWCOW</a>. It turned out that today was their big opening day and all frogurts were $1! The store was covered in pink balloons, loud music pumping, a cow mascot face painting kids faces and real baby cows in a pen wearing pink hats - great atmosphere all in all.<br />
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Lunch Dessert Dessert - yes we had a very naughty day, we didn't stop with our frogurts. We headed over to <a href="http://www.sanchurro.com/">San Churro</a>, sat in a cozy little spot next to a window eating macarons, churros and drinking tea.<br />
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Yes, my soul was sweetened by the time we headed home - nothing like good times with good friends.
Till next time, have a great weekend!
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I have finally forced myself to paint the tiles in the kitchen. <span style="font-size: large;">Yay</span>!! This was actually finished two weeks ago. I just haven't had the time to write as I have been busy painting some of our furniture <span style="font-size: large;"><b>white</b></span>. Yes I finally have had the <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">courage </span></span>to go white! but we'll talk about that some other time :)</div>
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And the <span style="font-size: large;">finished product!</span> It feels <b>unbelievable</b> to finally tick this off my <span style="font-size: large;">list</span>!<br />
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The space feels so much <span style="font-size: large;">bigger</span> and <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">fresher</span>. But at the same time now I think it may be a bit too white?</div>
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I can't remember how I came across this idea <span style="font-size: large;">(</span>most probably from <a href="http://pinterest.com/jjnoodles/"><img alt="Follow Me on Pinterest" height="28" src="http://passets-ec.pinterest.com/images/about/buttons/pinterest-button.png" width="80" /></a> :)<span style="font-size: large;">)</span> but I'm thinking of doing a <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">painted splashback</span> on the tiles to break it up a bit. Here are some <b><span style="font-size: small;">inspirations</span></b>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am also thinking of stenciling the dining so still <i><b>deciding </b></i>whether to do a damask design or not. All the designs look <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">amazing </span></span>which makes it hard to decide :/</span><br />
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<br /></div>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-6374719387812683202012-06-21T19:11:00.000+10:002012-06-21T19:11:46.938+10:00DIY updateHello there! So in one of my recent <span id="goog_2055862721"></span><a href="http://rusticpieces.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/i-cant-believe-last-post-was-2-years.html">posts<span id="goog_2055862722"></span></a>, I have mentioned taking photos of changes we had done to the house. After some thinking, I'm not sure if I'm going to do that anymore :/ because <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">1.</span></span> I didn't <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">really </span>take any photos lol and <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: large;">2.</span> well it seems like I'm bragging a bit <span style="font-size: large;">too much?</span> and there's nothing really to brag about because it's not an actual renovation <span style="font-size: large;">i.e.</span> no walls were knocked down and therefore nothing major was really done. But don't worry I will soon be bragging about the kitchen even though its only a <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">paint job</span></span> :)<br />
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Yes it will soon be 100% done! After being <a href="http://rusticpieces.blogspot.com.au/2009/11/85-done-kitchen-makeover.html">85% done</a> for so long! like around 2 years! hah! Here is a little preview.<br />
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I hope to finish before the <span style="font-size: large;">weekend</span>! Anyway have to keep this short as I still have to wash my <span style="font-size: large;">grubby </span>little munchkin! and then I can finally do some painting! yay! :)<br />
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So yesterday Aaron and I took Max to the Werribee Zoo to see the <span style="font-size: large;">lions and the elephants</span> (the <i>pawooo and raaahhh</i> as Max calls them). But as we arrived at the zoo we realised they didn't have elephants.. uh oh! Lets hope the lil man forgets.. he didn't but he got to see the lions and the monkeys so he wasn't as upset. Phew!</div>
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Aaron looked up as if he couldn't believe I had said it lol. Which was fair enough, I mean even I was shocked that came out of my mouth. Being an only child, I didn't have to worry about siblings or anyone but myself and that's all that mattered. I have never felt a love so <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">unconditional</span>, so <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">pure</span>. I guess this is what <i><b>motherhood </b></i>is all about :)</div>
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That's right! Posting two days in a row! Making up for lost times! haha! </div>
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So anyways, I've been really <b><span style="font-size: small;">obsessed </span></b>with Pinterest lately and have been pinning all day everyday since I became a member. Its like my very own virtual vision board. It keeps me <span style="font-size: large;">motivated and inspired</span>! Here are just some of my pins:</div>
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If you have the time come follow us on <a href="http://pinterest.com/jjnoodles/"><img alt="Follow Me on Pinterest" height="28" src="http://passets-ec.pinterest.com/images/about/buttons/pinterest-button.png" width="80" /></a> and have a <span style="font-size: large;">fantastic </span>weekend! xx</div>
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<br /></div>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-91903069529396448312012-06-14T22:09:00.001+10:002012-06-14T22:09:54.087+10:00i can't believe last post was 2 years ago! :(<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
Wow!! I am really feeling sorry for this blog as it has been
neglected quite a bit that I couldn't even remember the login! :(. So
much have changed around the house that I don't even really know where
to start either. I might have to do a one massive one I guess and then decide
whether I need to create a separate post for it. So over the weekend hopefully I get to
take pictures of the house and show you what's been done. This is
considering of course Max lets me, who by the way is now 2 and a half
years old and is quite a cheeky lil munchkin! How time flies, right? So
you might get a glimpse of the little guy in some, if not all of the
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<a href="http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/?action=view&current=Untitled-2.gif" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif" /></a>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-25394441164349475362010-07-25T18:59:00.004+10:002010-07-25T19:47:12.849+10:00quick update on master bed pt. 2howdy everyone!<br />first of all, apologies for the slackness.. it has been awhile since abby or i have posted anything. like everything else, i would have to blame this on the weather.. the cold not to mention the actual virus 'cold', haven't been helping me be motivated. also, i have found myself a new job :D hoorah! its only part time - two days a week, 5 hours a day.. at a graphics firm, which is my ultimate dream industry to work at.. i definitely couldn't have landed the job if it wasn't for my good friend melissa who has put in a good word to her boss :D<br />so in between taking care of my lil munchkin max and working and studying (yes, forgot to mention im also doing a course in graphics part time), this leaves little time with diy'ing :(<br /><br />anyhoo! so i went ahead with sydney's as they have given me a very good price with my furniture but it also came with a headache as they have given the tables the wrong stain and wrong legs :( .. im willing to put up with the legs as it isn't that obvious but the stain i couldnt let go.. it was orange! :/<br />so i went in there again today to see the re-stained job.. its no where close to what i want it to be.. but its much better. I don't have the energy to convince them they need to redo the stain again so i would have to do the re-staining myself if needed :/ but hopefully once furniture is next to my bedhead it wont look too bad.<br /><br />so finger's crossed people!<br /><br />till then!<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif" />jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-20372817585274839622010-05-01T18:07:00.005+10:002010-05-01T20:53:33.654+10:00Autumn Country Market<img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04325.jpg" width="40%" /> <img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04326.jpg" au="" target="_blank" width="40%" /><br /><br /><br />Can you guess how excited I was when I saw these banners!! I nearly fell out of the car (SERIOUSLY) in my hurry to see what kind of treasures were waiting for me. This little road trip to the beautiful towns up in the mountains (<a href="http://www.leuravillage.com.au/" target="_blank">Leura</a> and <a href="http://www.bluemts.com.au/tourist/towns/wentworthfalls.asp" target="_blank">Wentworth Falls</a> in particular) was done last Anzac Monday.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04331.jpg" width="30%" /> <img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04330.jpg" width="30%" /> <img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04332.jpg" width="30%" /><br /><br /><br />Couldn't have asked for a better way to spend the last day of the long weekend! Treasure hunting with autumn leaves everywhere along with much needed stop overs at cozy warm cafes, old fashioned candy stores, CHOCOLATE bars... ahhh the life!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04337.jpg" width="40%" /> <img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04338.jpg" width="40%" /><br /><br /><br />But I guess you really can't please EVERYONE...<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04341.jpg" width="80%" /><br /><br /><br />Anyhoo better get on with the goods. What exactly did end up coming home with us? Unfortunately we ran into a little problem: everything was waaaay over priced! Of course these places were for serious professional antique hunters. For example that framed cafe print above is almost too beautiful for words but as you can see the price tag is at $229. So sadly we had to pass on many many many wares, but the good news is we still found treasure!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04375.jpg" width="80%" /><br /><br /><br />Our new beautiful kitchen clock is - I think - a bargain at $25 (or is this only a bargain compared to $229 framed prints??)<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04357.jpg" width="40%" /> <img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04360.jpg" width="50%" /><br /><br /><br />Framed Monet prints at $5 each! Yep definitely more sweets to add to my <a href="http://rusticpieces.blogspot.com/2010/04/frame-collection.html" target="_blank">frame collection</a>. And today I found the perfect mistint can of duck egg blue to colour up the frames:<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04366.jpg" width="50%/" /><br /><br /><br />So keep an eye out for when these goodies are up and painted, hopefully by next week the paint gun parts will arrive and I will finally have more pieces to show.<br /><br />Happy Saturday lovelies, let's make the rest of this weekend count!<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png" />abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977567433176844817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-41364675665938994722010-04-17T11:51:00.010+10:002010-04-19T22:47:33.937+10:00quick update on master bedbefore i blab on about the master bed, i would like to say a big congratulations to <a href="www.vintagefokus.blogspot.com">bernadette and khristian</a> on the birth of their baby boy Alexander! well done guys!<br /><br />more little people!! yay!! hehehe<br /><br /><br /><br />on my last post, i mentioned something about doing white for most of the furniture. like most rooms in my house, i have changed my mind.. again.. and decided to just do dark and use white for accessories.<br /><br />i have been looking everywhere online (because i am too lazy to go anywhere with max) for bedside tables that are atleast 70cm high, but could only find 67cm ones from ikea that is within my budget and also goes with the bed frame.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/masterbed%20finally%20sorted/hemnesbedside.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/masterbed%20finally%20sorted/hemnesbedside.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />and dresser<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/masterbed%20finally%20sorted/ikeahemneschestofdrawers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/masterbed%20finally%20sorted/ikeahemneschestofdrawers.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />the only negative thing about this is we would need my dad's van to get all these to the house and aaron now refuses to drive it as it is soooo unroadworthy! <br /><br />feeling forced and desperate, i went out with max yesterday and drove along old geelong road and stopped at the first furniture shop i saw, <a href="www.sydneys.com.au"> sydney's furniture </a>. there i spoke to one of the sales guys and told them my 'dilemma'.. they dont have any bedside tables that are 70cm high in the shop BUT they might be able to custom make it.. 'how much' i asked with no enthusiasm as i already knew this was going to break my bank.. but i was quite surprised when he told me his price.. no it wasn't my usual bargain find but knowing the average price everywhere else, i thought that was quite good seeing as i was going to get exactly what i wanted.. they can also custom make my dresser!<br /><br />SO! i'm thinking this design for both bedside and dresser<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/masterbed%20finally%20sorted/jindabyne.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 265px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/masterbed%20finally%20sorted/jindabyne.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />i should be getting a call tomorrow from them with a quote.. fingers crossed it is within the budget!!<br /><br /><br />till then mateys! xx<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif"/>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-72982233025439437482010-04-14T17:43:00.012+10:002010-04-14T22:04:56.694+10:00hopped back on the diy wagon :)g'day everyone!<br /><br />apologies for taking awhile to blog again. been quite chaotic in my household, with the new addition to the family:<br /><br />max aaron<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/P08-04-10_12.jpg" /><br /><br />max is 9 weeks old and a very alert baby! he's a good sleeper at night so i can't complain there.. but he's so alert, he refuses to sleep during the day.. making it quite hard for mummy to do anything!<br /><br />so in between the feeding and trying to get this lil guy to sleep, i shall endeavour to finish the master bed.<br /><br />not sure if you guys remember but we upgraded from queen to king a couple of months back.<br /><br />here's a before pic of our old bed, quite horrendous i know lol.. also, apologies for the mess.. have no idea why i didn't bother tidying up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC07777.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC07777.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC07804.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC07804.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />and here are the after pics:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08574.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08574.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08578.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08578.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08579.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08579.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />and here's the rest of the room:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08585.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/DSC08585.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/builtincopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 453px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/builtincopy.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />as you can see, max have set up shop on this side of the room. i guess until he does atleast 5 hours sleep this will be known as his side.. who am i kidding, the whole room is max's room!<br /><br />the doors on either sides are our built in robes and our ensuite behind the door facing us. i would luv to get rid of these robes making way for a bigger ensuite and use max's room (which is located next door behind where our dressing table is) as a walk in wardrobe. ah to dream!<br /><br />so back to reality! i'm not even sure if this is going to work but i'm thinking white for most furniture....<br /><br />i've tried looking for inspiration on the net but only found a few:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/modern-black-and-white-bedroom-inte.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 356px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/modern-black-and-white-bedroom-inte.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/4de3db0984ea.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/4de3db0984ea.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/a6a56569eb62.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/a6a56569eb62.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/3202032652_fe5fccaa20.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/3202032652_fe5fccaa20.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/18f75fef51f0.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 363px; height: 240px;" src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/hopped%20back%20on%20the%20diy%20wagon/18f75fef51f0.png" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />fingers crossed it'll work for me! :)<br /><br />so over the next couple of days.. or weeks lol.. i'm going to paint the bedside tables and the dresser white (taking out the mirror bit, which hopefully is do-able).. and see how that pans out :)<br /><br />so stay tuned! :D<br /><br />till then mateys! xx<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif" />jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-62697738838349658802010-04-10T10:39:00.004+10:002010-04-10T12:09:12.071+10:00The Frame Collection<p align="center"><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04234.jpg" width="60%" /></p><p align="left">You may remember me sharing about the <a href="http://rusticpieces.blogspot.com/2009/11/white-on-white.html">golden ornate frames</a> that I painted white last year. Recently Jona asked me about whatever happened to them so I thought I'd share the finished pieces along with my growing frame collection.</p><p align="center"><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04232.jpg" width="90%" /></p>You'll have to excuse the lighting, it's been a pretty cloudy Saturday morning down here!<br /><p align="center"><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04214.jpg" width="40%" /> <img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04238.jpg" width="40%" /></p><p></p><p>Nothing like a fresh coat of white paint to make things look new! If you are wondering why these frames are lying on our coffee table instead of hanging up on a wall.. you'll find out all about that in a moment. Meanwhile these beautiful ones came home with me after a recent trip to the <a href="http://www.salvos.org.au/">Salvos</a>: </p><p align="center"><img style="WIDTH: 535px; HEIGHT: 370px" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04194.jpg" width="50%" /></p><p align="center"><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04195.jpg" width="40%" /> <img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04196.jpg" width="40%" /></p><p>I love the look of the ornate frames! I know gold is abit old school but they do have a certain aged look about them already. So I am still trying to decide whether or not to paint these or not. I know that the prints will be updated though so still trying to find them. The little oval frame is cute, only 50cents! I wish I found a larger one though.</p><p>And the following two frames were collected on another treasure hunt in a local homewares store:</p><p align="center"><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC04242.jpg" width="70%" /></p><p>Confession time: even though I have been steadily building up my frame collection, there is actually only ONE item hung up on a wall in our entire house - a beautiful clock given to me by my mother in law. This is because I'm abit hesitant to hang anything up - it seems too permanent once it's up there! What if it's crooked?What if it would look better on another wall? What if the hanging glue starts making a sticky mark on the walls? Hmmm.. I'm sure I'll get over this fear one day. In the mean time I hope you enjoyed seeing the frames and if you have any tips on how to hang frames up properly please let me know :)</p><p align="left">Have a great weekend!<br /><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png" /><br /></p>abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977567433176844817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-70923265648302342432010-04-07T21:06:00.004+10:002010-04-07T22:20:04.248+10:00Serious Eye CandyLately I've been randomly window shopping around <a href="http://www.etsy.com/">Etsy</a>, particularly for new cushion covers. Thanks to the awesome rise of the Aussie dollar shopping online has never been SO MUCH FUN!! Or window shopping anyway.<br /><br />Check out these beautiful rustic cushion covers from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/marleyandlockyer">Marley & Lockyer's Etsy Shop</a><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><img src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.129971287.jpg" /></p><p align="center"><img src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_430xN.126665637.jpg" /></p><p align="left">So beautiful! I LOVE the rustic look of canvas with classic french images. I noticed that the seller was from Tasmania so I decided to check out her <a href="http://marleyandlockyer.blogspot.com/">blog</a>. Her blog is full of images that will definitely inspire your diy home projects so you should definitely check it out.</p><p align="left">THEN I found an entry of hers introducing another blog full of images that got my heart racing....<br /></p><p align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1G2wcJvjAwb2jskEppVJtY0o3zFfzYqsQ059RxJCiIkY7Owph9JNDKqozOrk5eyr93aA3XSz-w9WYY1ORUpV_8Ts-UG0pYzJKsG6EmzxeFxb6BOJhCet2GrB1XDuT_NUQobfEVtPD_I4/s400/HAMMA_~2.JPG" /></p><br /><br /><p align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Jvp5ZGmw6AYJ0R4QgSTfklOAuDJlbdCDSFjPhQG-b28vSLig4ZXeEkZ5ESIVWTZCYYWg6ZFVjwWnO5fw5_tfhsKpm0-EtxB85QRwRBuqJ_SYZxNK0zCZcl_F9gvb9XJqXxrIiZpQtNY/s400/Stina_009.jpg" /></p><p align="left">It's given me the exact inspiration for my <a href="http://rusticpieces.blogspot.com/2009/11/hutch-affair.html">hutch</a>! Yes I confess I've had my unpainted hutch sitting in our dining room for months just begging for a paint job. I realise now that part of the reason I've held off painting it for so long was because I wasn't sure how to sit in in the middle of a blank wall. Just the bit of direction I needed to motivate my lazy self. Hoping for a beautiful sunny weekend coming up so I can get started!</p><p align="left">By the way the beautiful kitchen above belongs to Stina, so check out her <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=">blog</a> to see the rest of her gorgeous home!<br /><br /><p align="left"><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png" /></p>abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977567433176844817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-57197023118079058552010-03-28T19:23:00.003+11:002010-03-28T20:42:40.866+11:00The End of My Sewing Career<a href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04066.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: silver 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: silver 2px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; BORDER-LEFT: silver 2px solid; WIDTH: 368px; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: silver 2px solid; HEIGHT: 524px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04066.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Well, this is pretty embarassing. I haven't blogged since the start of 2010! A big HUGE sorry for everybody that has been diligently checking up on our blog. Jona of course has the perfect reason for her absence - she gave birth to a gorgeous little boy!! She and the bub are both fine & well but will be out of action as they're getting to know each other better. As for myself.. well I did lose my laptop & internet for a month.. I did get a new job which needed abit more settling into than I ever thought was needed.. but even with all the valid excuses, yes I was also abit lazy too. So here I am back in the mode with my new kitchen curtains to share!<br /><br />The fabric on the dining chair above is the one I chose from Ikea for the homemade kitchen curtain. So the inspiration for this idea came from a recent Ikea trip where I fell in love with a show case kitchen (I've tried to find pictures of this showcase kitchen online but I can't find it anywhere) that had a simple, flat blue striped curtain which was one quarter the length of the window height. Now I have absolutely ZERO textile experience - I've never used a sewing machine in my life or never had to measure and cut any kind of fabric before. But since it was just a flat curtain piece with no ruffles I decided to give it a go. How hard could it be?<br /><br />So I ran over to Ikea and chose the Beskada curtain rod:<br /><a href="http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0090010_PE223361_S3.JPG"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.ikea.com/PIAimages/0090010_PE223361_S3.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then I went over to the fabric section. I had no idea that I had to actually cut the fabric myself?? So I tried to calculate it on my own while the unhelpful sales lady tried to explain things like allowance and multiplying the length by this and that and at the end of it all she basically said that maybe I should come back after I had properly calculated the length of material I needed. But since Ikea is a 40minute drive from my place there was no way I was doing that. So I told her that I think I would just rather fluke it and started cutting the fabric up. She just gave me a look and walked away!<br /><br />Discouraging much? Nope I was still excited and determined to see that fabric up on the rod! I wish I could remember the measurements right now in but really I can never keep up with figures in my head. So onto the next step: actually sewing the fabric into a curtain!<br /><br />I had to borrow my parent's sewing machine which nobody had used for a couple of years. Since it had only been used once before and since I've never seen one up close before I'm not too sure if it's just my parents' machine that seems abit fiddly to use. It took me ONE HOUR to setup the thread properly before I could start sewing. It then took me another half hour to pin the fabric up properly. So when I finally finally had the machine and fabric all ready to go I thought that I was on the home stretch. But for some reason it took another ONE & A HALF hours to actually get it all sewn up! I was actually sweating beads of sweat! Despite all the crooked lines and the slightly uneven finishing I was pretty proud of it in the end, but I definitely know now that there is no way I am meant to be a seamstress and that I will unfortunately never ever DIY anything involving fabric ever again.<br /><br />So after all that you must wanna see what I actually got at the end of all that...<br /><br /><a href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04064.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 468px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 724px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04064.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is the before shot of our kitchen window with its boring vertical blinds. The kitchen was abit hard to get a shot of since our kitchen is pretty long and narrow.<br /><br /><a href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04074.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 468px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 724px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04074.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The end result! Like I said before I am happy with the outcome but still not 100 percent satisfied, particularly with the colour. I'm thinking I need something abit darker to make it stand out abit more, the fabric from the Ikea showcase kitchen was a dark navy striped style.<br /><br /><a href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04077.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 524px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 368px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC04077.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p>Just on a side note, here is one of my favourite parts of the house. My breadbox, straight from the Reject Shop, was something I'd been looking for so I was so excited to find one for $18! It was also the first piece that I painted white :) The Leksvik hooks are another Ikea purchase, while the napkin holder was another bargain steal - online this pretty little thing was around $20+ but I found one at my local homewares store for $10! Love bargains! Underneath the Leksvik hooks is my wooden step stool which I tried to include in the picture but I just couldn't get the angle right.</p><p>Anyhoo I think that's it for tonight, gotta get started on the usual preparations for the coming week (folding clothes arghhhhhh) but I hope every has an awesome Easter break!</p><p>Till next time!</p><br /><img src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png" />abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977567433176844817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-7384653525147807342010-02-02T15:31:00.012+11:002010-02-03T19:05:35.472+11:00nursery - wall decorso i've finally finished dressing up the nursery walls! yay!<br /><br />also, we purchased a change table top that goes on the cot (when baby isn't in the cot of course) and made a cover for it.. i thought this giraffe print is just adorable!<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/DSC08219.jpg" /><br /><br />this is just great specially when we dont have the space for an actual change table. Initially, I was going to use the aneboda drawers as a change table but it is just way too slim and i can just see baby falling off quite easily.<br /><br /><br />so without further ado.. the baby room:<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/DSC08250.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/DSC08249.jpg" /><br /><br />i have no idea why the animal prints appear blurry, i have taken gazillion of the same ones and theyre all blurry. so here's an upclose:<br />FYI i did the lacing to cover some of the background that didn't get printed - a4 paper was obviously too small :/<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/animal-wall-prints.jpg"><br /><br /><br />i also made a little alphabet frame decal to go in between the windows as the wall looked quite bare:<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/DSC08265.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/DSC08212.jpg"><br />you really gotta see this in person though, it looks way better.<br /><br /><br />then i thought, hmmm something's missing.. so i framed some of the extra giraffe fabric :)<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/DSC08274.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20-%20wall%20decor/DSC08269.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />and that's all folks! :)<br /><br />next on list? have baby! lol<br /><br />i will now be spending my days playing cake mania until max or sierra arrives :)<br /><br />till then! xx<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif"/>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-20218179251989063212010-01-20T20:28:00.007+11:002010-01-20T20:53:27.175+11:00nursery - done!YAY!! nursery is finally done! well the big, main things anyway.. walls are still bare.. so i will be slowly dressing them up in the coming days/weeks.. depending on how i feel, which i hope is like today, very productive! it was like i just had a sudden burst of energy!<br /><br />but for the mean time, i would like to show you some before and after photos :D<br /><br />please note, not much diy'ing happened in this room.. only shelves and staining of rocking chair<br /><br />before:<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/DSC08028.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/DSC08045.jpg"><br /><br />after:<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/DSC08094.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/DSC08102.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/DSC08101.jpg"><br /><br />and that's about it with the nursery.. its a tiny room but cozy .. dont u think? hehe<br /><br />next on the list: <br /><br />- master bed! but can the bed frame come any slower!? feels like i been waiting forever! 5 more weeks i think, boooo! meaning i'm going to have to tackle this when baby is around. all good though, i always love a challenge :)<br /><br />- lounge room is slowly slowly coming into place, i just have to now hang my frames (which im hoping to do tomorrow!) and paint, but hubby stretched a tendon in his shoulder so painting is postponed until further notice :(<br /><br />i am hoping to post updates on the lounge quite soon.. so stay tuned! :)<br /><br />till then! xx<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif"/>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-7441033464027533272010-01-16T00:24:00.002+11:002010-01-16T00:32:24.851+11:00even more exciting news!i got both cot and king mattress today!! i know! it was an awesome day lol<br /><br />so stay tuned for the nursery update.. should be up sometime on the weekend or early next week.<br /><br /><br />and just quickly, how expensive are king sheets!? and not to mention quilt covers??!! i have been looking non stop for nice quality yet not over priced sheets and quilt covers.. cheapest i found was $60.. for a 250 thread count.. that any good? sorry i'm clueless<br /><br />any suggestions as to where to find affordable manchester please do tell!!<br /><br />till then!<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif"/>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-25755792458289367702010-01-14T23:50:00.002+11:002010-01-14T23:53:27.856+11:00im just so excited that i just have to share this!but first and foremost.. i hope you all had a blissful Christmas and a fun and exciting new year! xx<br />have we broken any of our new years resolutions yet? lol just teasin!<br />i dont have any this year.. i have been either too busy nesting.. or just resting haha<br /><br />anyway, before i get sidetracked!<br /><br /><br />the news is!!...<br /><br />cot is coming a week early!! YAY!<br /><br />i get a call from baby cuddles today, informing me that cot is on the way and it'll come either tomorrow or Monday! YAY!!! which means i finally get to finish nursery!! YAY!<br /><br />i just can't believe its a week early!! so it should be, right? i should've had it on the 4th!! but anyways, whats done is done.<br /><br />also, more exciting news! hubby and i have been looking for a new bed since we found out we been sleeping on a double! we thought it was a queen! (i know, right? how did we manage that!?) i mean, our queen sheets not fitting properly should've given us a clue, you'd think...<br /><br />so a couple of weeks ago, i dragged hubby to go look for a king bed.. we found a chiropractic mattress for a grand.. bargain right? and this beautiful king frame.. both $1800 in total.. i didn't realise it was going to be that much!! yikes! but its an investment i guess..<br /><br />and then after i got a call from baby cuddles, i get a call from the bed place saying that our bed is ready to be delivered!! whoohoo! BUT frame will take around 4 - 6 weeks :( - theyre going to loan us a base while we wait.<br />its ok though.. as long as were out of that squashy, uncomfortable double bed!<br /><br />what kind of frame are we getting? u ask<br />i've actually been googling a similar one but can't seem to find any :(<br />so i'm going to try and describe it..<br />it's timber with walnut finish.. i customised it so the legs are 15cm higher (from 15cm) and the headboard to be extra 15cm higher also.. which would mean the headboard would gain a total of 30cm.. making it 150cm tall! that's nearly as tall as me! haha<br />i wanted a real dramatic look to it so hopefully 150 is enough.. it should be though<br /><br />initially, i was going to try and make the headboard myself (upholstered) but it was going to cost me more and not to mention the time and effort!<br /><br />since, we're getting a new bed with a new frame.. i'm gonna have to go look at new bedroom furniture too.. :/ haha jk.. they can wait.. although, the plan was to get everything with a budget of 2g.. but i went overboard :/<br /><br />so fingers crossed, bargains aren't hard to find like they have been for the past two months! :(<br /><br />anyhoo its nearly 12am and i still gotta play legends of zelda on ds lol<br /><br />till then!<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif"/>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-6265649187949349182010-01-03T21:56:00.004+11:002010-01-03T22:38:58.793+11:00Seasons Greetings . . . With Cashew Tarts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03974.jpg"> <img style="width: 248px; height: 136px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03974.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03977.jpg"><img style="width: 227px; height: 136px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03977.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wow I haven't blogged since last year! With all the crazy happenings that the holiday fever seems to make I have been officially in holiday mood - no work, no emails, no worries has made me a happy little vegimite for the past couple of weeks. But yes reality hits unfortunately and I have to go back to work tomorrow...<br /><br />So how was your Christmas and NYE celebrations? Hope you had the best time ever with all your special ones close by! My Christmas and NYE was spent with family - a nice quiet getaway with my immediate family to Port Stephens and a big old fashioned Christmas day with my larger extended family. Sorry not too many pics were taken this season, the weather was abit gloomy so it made me abit lazy with getting the camera out. <br /><br />In one of my old posts I talked about how some of my Christmas gifts were going to be DIY. I decided to go for boxes filled with Cashew Tarts and I thought I'd post up the recipe.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03994.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 448px; height: 336px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03994.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Makes: 24 tarts<br /><br />Crust Ingredients:<br /><ul><li>2 cups flour</li><li>2 1/1 tablespoons sugar</li><li>1/4 tsp baking powder</li><li>1/4 tsp salt</li><li>1/2 cup butter</li><li>1 egg yolk, slightly beaten</li><li>1 tblsp lemon juice</li><li>6 tblsp iced water</li></ul>Cashew Filling:<br /><ul><li>3 eggs</li><li>1 cup maple syrup</li><li>2 tblsp melted butter</li><li>1 tsp vanilla essence</li><li>150g chopped cashew nuts</li></ul><br />Steps:<br /><ol><li>For the crust: sift flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Add butter until mixture looks like coarse breadcrumbs. Add egg yolk and lemon juice. Blend in 1 tablespoon water at a time until the dough can be formed into a ball. Wrap in waxed paper with abit of flour and chill in the fridge for 30mins.<br /><br /></li><li>For the filling: combine all the filling ingredients and set aside.<br /><br /></li><li>Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. After crust has been chilled, roll out dough on a floured surface until it is 3mm thick. Grease mold (I used a muffin tray) and cut out circles to fill the base of each mold (I used a wineglass for cutting circles).<br /><br /></li><li>Pour about 1 tablespoon of filling into each mold. Don't overfill the crust since it will spill out! Bake for 20-25 minutes or until crust is light brown. Let cool and store in an air tight container if you're not planning to eat immediately.<br /><br /></li></ol>That's it! I made about 96 of these tarts and the house smelt so gooood for about a week. I had to keep on taste testing as I went along to make sure each batch was fine so that's probably the only hard thing about making these - they're too good to pass up!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 115px; height: 44px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png" border="0" alt="" /></a>abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977567433176844817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-72354136198917031602009-12-28T22:11:00.006+11:002009-12-28T22:45:29.239+11:00nursery - part 1.1 - quick updateon my last post i mentioned something about hoping to get the nursery done before 2009 ends.. so on sunday, i dragged hubby to baby cuddles, hoping to pay off and pick up our layby.. we get there and they're closed.. what's worse, they are not open until the 4th of jan!! u can imagine my utter disappointment!<br /><br />i was so determined to get the nursery out of the way this year that i even went and looked for a different cot.. but hubby is set on getting what's on layby.. which i'm glad he is as i would have probably regretted buying a different one.<br /><br />so the following are the furniture that are definitely going in the nursery:<br /><br /><img src ="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nurseryPart1a/moodboard.jpg"/><br />1. old rocking chair stained in black<br />2. ikea dalom pedestal table<br />3. ikea aneboda chest of 3 drawers - front drawer covered in some damask wallpaper or fabric.. like <a href="http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2008/01/little-bit-of-blue-for-aneboda.html">this</a><br />4. bootiq annabelle walnut cot<br /><br /><br />i am hoping to go to ikea tomorrow and purchase 2 & 3 and a desk for the study.. fingers crossed though, everytime i make plans to go to ikea it never happens :(<br /><br />nehoo thas all for now<br /><br />till then!<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif"/><br /><br />ps. hope you had a wonderful christmas! xxjonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-4144813530635544632009-12-20T00:11:00.011+11:002009-12-20T22:48:44.897+11:00nursery - part I - painting done!i just can't believe the day has finally come and i am super ecstatic to announce that... nursery is finally painted!! hubby and i decided to tackle it in one day! fair effort huh? hehe even though painting was the last thing i wanted to do that day.. luckily, hubby was determined :)<br /><br />i can finally cross that one off my to do list, after having it on there for atleast a month!! <br /><br />so here's a before photo.. sorry only took 1 :/<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/DSC08028.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />so far we only have cot to go in there.. which is still to be picked up from baby cuddles.<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/AnnabelleCotWalnutWeb.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />a rocking chair.. stained in black or painted in white.. haven't decided yet..<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/DSC08045.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />and maybe floor lamp from the dining room....<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07996.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />so i've been scouring around for some inspiration and found these<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/inspiration10.png"/><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/inspiration8-1.jpg"/><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/inspiration9.jpg"/><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/inspiration3.jpg"/><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/inspiration5.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />i'm also thinking of having a tree decal in the corner of the room like this<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/treedecal1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />but can't decide on what design.. i quite like these ones<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/inspiration6.jpg"/><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/treedecal2.jpg"/><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/treedecal4.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />and/or maybe have wall art like this.. but not as big<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/nursery%20part%201/wallArt1.jpg"/><br /><br /><br />i'm hoping to finish the nursery before 2010 comes.. i have 11 days! i have a feeling i may be biting off more than i can chew though :/ as i've noticed i have been feeling tired quicker now :(<br />lucky tho maternity leave for me has already started so i have more time to chill as well as my runnin around :)<br /><br />till then!<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif"/>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-16582627474288818972009-12-17T17:09:00.009+11:002009-12-17T19:41:55.370+11:00living area - part 1.1: recliner dilemmaso i thought i'd share with you my recliner dilemma as im sure my home living buddies are sick to death of me talking about the same thing! lol<br /><br />below is a photo of one of our current recliners (the other one is identical except has more patches)<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/living%20area%20part%201a%20going%20gaga/currentRecliner09.jpg" /> <img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/living%20area%20part%201a%20going%20gaga/rip.jpg" /><br /><br />i did the patching myself :) pretty aren't they? haha<br />i patched them 3 years ago and as you can see, more and bigger ones have appeared :(<br /><br /><br />the other night, the newly fixed recliner broke again and was going to buy the ektorp muren on the weekend.<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/living%20area%20part%201a%20going%20gaga/ektorpMuren.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />which would've ended the 'recliner saga' but my car decides to play up and will probably cost me 1500 to fix!! grrrrrrrrrr<br /><br />today i dropped the car off to get a full service hoping it would fix it.. its a little better but it still takes awhile to kick off to the next gear.. we suspect gearbox is on its way to retiring so would probably need to get it replaced definitely by next month or so..<br /><br />with christmas just around the corner and the baby coming, it decides to play up.. why car? why??<br /><br />so anyways, i might have to postpone buying the recliners :( and bought these blankets last night to cover them up<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/living%20area%20part%201a%20going%20gaga/blanket1.jpg" /> <img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/living%20area%20part%201a%20going%20gaga/blanket2.jpg" /><br /><br /><br />oh and i know i mentioned on my other post that i was going to make slip covers.. but they are way too complicated for a newbie like me :(<br />i sewed them the other night and couldn't slip em on :/ yes i know, i need a stretchy material.. i didn't think of it when i bought my fabric.. all i was thinking was oooooh $5 a metre! :/<br /><br />i've also rang upholstery places and they've quoted me ridiculous prices.. cheapest i got was $500!!!<br /><br />i have seriously ran out of ideas on how to revamp the tired lookin recliners and is seriously going insane! last nite i had a dream about recliners... i mean who has dreams about recliners?<br /><br />fingers crossed santa buys em for me.. haha!<br /><br /><br />till then! xx<br /><br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif" />jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-72859920214413241432009-12-15T17:05:00.003+11:002009-12-15T17:31:04.129+11:00Free Labels & Templates!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/weddings/2008Q3//mwd103906_sum08_round_xl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 450px;" src="http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/pub/weddings/2008Q3//mwd103906_sum08_round_xl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />With Christmas around the corner (OMG next week!!!) I'm know I'm not the only one going for DIY presents this year. I've always had a thing for beautiful packaging and tags so finding these free templates from <a href="http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/downloadable-tags-and-labels">Martha</a> made my afternoon. Can't wait to make up brand new tags for the sugar and flour bowls!<br /><br />I've decided to hold off on all my refurbishing plans till after the holidays with all the last minute shopping (I've just barely started), Christmas parties and baking of goodies as presents. Hopefully I'll be able to post the gift boxes once they are filled and ready to go.<br /><br />Also Rain and I recently ran off to Queenstown in New Zealand to celebrate our first wedding anniversary :) We found the most AMAZING country that seriously took our breath away just by driving around the country side.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03823.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 624px; height: 368px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03823.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I was extra excited to find a rustic little french restaurant that sold yummy french patisserie.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03823.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 624px; height: 368px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03924.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Too bad I couldn't take a souvenir with me, these tea towels were actually $135NZ each!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03823.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 624px; height: 368px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC03763.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The pic below was taken at sunset at 10pm.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/DSC03823.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 624px; height: 368px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/DSC03766.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Till next time!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 44px;" src="http://i584.photobucket.com/albums/ss287/rain_abby/rustic%20pieces/abby.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11977567433176844817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-56483842838645546422009-12-12T14:49:00.007+11:002009-12-12T16:07:29.389+11:00living area - part 1so i've now moved on to the living area :)<br /><br />here are a couple of quite horrifying before photos:<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/living%20area/before-living-1.jpg" /> <img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/living%20area/before-living-2.jpg" /><br /><br />I've been doin lil changes here n there but its still not finished so I won't post any after pics as yet.<br /><br />here are the changes so far:<br />- red curtains taken down, replaced by white roman blinds.. which i just bought curtains for to soften it abit<br /><br />- tv mounted on chimney breast (this took a lot of nagging to get done.. haha)<br /><br />- 2 x a metre high bookshelves (painted in black) beside chimney acting as dvd storage and to hold my <a href="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/buffetlamp.gif">buffet tables</a>.. yep they finally have a home :)<br /><br />- coffee table stained in dark dark brown<br /><br />and upcoming changes:<br />- living room to be painted (same colour as dining, off white)<br /><br />- hang frames as per abby's post <a href="http://rusticpieces.blogspot.com/2009/11/white-on-white.html">white on white picture wall</a>. thanks abz for the awesome inspiration! hehe<br /><br />- attempt to create a loose cover for our two hand me down reclining chairs.<br /><br />one actually broke recently and i was running around like a headless chook trying to find new ones that are cheap and matches my decor... yes i know asking too much!<br />because yet again, i didn't find any second hand ones or maybe i'm just impatient and want everything NOW lol<br /><br />i nearly was going to spend 1200 on two (from either ikea or fantastic furniture).. these were actually the cheapest brand new ones i could find... my husband nearly died when i told him the cost<br /><br />then one night (and dont ask why we didn't do this when it happened) we thought, hmm maybe we should see whats wrong with the recliner and maybe it can be fixed?<br /><br />so we had a look and one of the springs broke from its handle.. restricting some mechanism that's in-charge of the actual reclining.. so we nailed the spring in and sure enough it was as good as new!<br /><br />so fingers crossed on the loose covers! as this is going to be my first time.. just like the upholstery hehe<br /><br />- maybe change the pendants.. but dining pendant is more important as there is nothing there at the moment.. only a lonely globe :/<br /><br /><br />and thas all, i think.... :)<br /><br />till then!<br /><br /><img src= "http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif" />jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-24310356844560799342009-11-30T19:17:00.015+11:002009-11-30T21:02:36.572+11:00dining room - part 2<span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >so dining room is partly finished.. all that's missing is some sort of wall ornament for the wall, nice ceiling pendant and maybe a new runner<br /><br />for the pendant i'm thinking something like this:<br /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/010821.jpg" /><br /><br />but seriously though, can a room really be finished? just something to ponder on.. hehe<br /><br />anyway, for dining, i decided to go black for main furniture with a splash of whites and grays with a hint of brown.<br /><br />here are some before and after shots:<br /><br />- wine rack stained in black.. might be a tad too black tho...<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/DSC07900.gif" /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07978.jpg" /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >- </span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >hall table painted in black and varnished (silly me bought matt black paint)<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/halltable.gif" /><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07981.jpg" /><br /><br />- dining chairs reupholstered<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07964.gif" /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07963.gif" /><br /><br />- also, as i was pulling down the old curtains in the nursery, i noticed the once were blue tie backs have faded quite nicely into silver.. and thought they might go well with my new white curtains in the dining :)<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07982.jpg" /><br /><br />then i thought, hmmm not sure about the gold though.. what if i painted them white....<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07983.jpg" /><br /><br />they are now hanging very happily in their new home :)<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" >there are still a bit of faded blue here n there to it but i think it gives the tie back some sort of character</span></span></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />and without further ado.. my dining room :)<br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07976.jpg" /> </span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/dining%20room%20part%20II/DSC07996.jpg" /></span><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />so far........ haha<br /><br /><br />will be posting on reupholstery steps soon<br /><br />ciao for now!xox<br /><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><img src="http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa174/jjnoodlesnacks/rustic%20pieces/Untitled-2.gif" /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></span></span></span>jonahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13705817289766858122noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924763637183410648.post-2037997304353337092009-11-25T20:46:00.003+11:002009-11-25T22:20:24.502+11:00White on White Picture WallAwhile ago I mentioned that I had frames that needed to be finished on my to do list. 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So I finally managed to get pictures for them printed out and I thought all I needed to do was get some plain white cardboard for the background. It looked awful!! The school project cardboard look just didn't go. And then I found out today that there are proper mat boards for this kind of thing, NOT cardboard. So I will need to hunt around for a board that's cheap, abit off white in colour and the right size (38cm x 38cm).<br />
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In the meantime I thought I'd look around and see how white frames look on white walls. I'm worrying that it will look abit too white, but the ones I found look reeal good! I think I might also chuck in some darker coloured frames on the same wall but first gota finish these off. So fingers crossed I'll find my mat boards soon!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I know the last one isn't actually white on white but how good does it look!! I LOVE stripes, which I'm planning to do in one of our rooms and I love how a whole bunch of different shapes and sizes manage to match with each other. <br />
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