The Black Wall

OK, so after much waffling on and faffing around - I finally got it done. And I love it. I also painted the other walls the same grey that the rest of the house is painted.

I'm kicking myself a bit though because I got so fired up on  a mix of  dark chocolate, Foo Fighters and Tony Bennett, that I forgot to take before photos. Oh well. Suffice to say, imagine a lot of mucky old off white with lilac accents. Yeah, nice.

I am so swept off my feet in love with that suzani, can hardly explain. And seriously, what a bargain. Take a look back through here and here for the eBay store that sent this stunner all the way from Uzbekistan.

Thanks for putting up with the aforementioned waffling and faffing - now we can resume normal transmission!

Images by The Diversion Project

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Hello Fabulous

These crazy cool pieces have totally won me over with their amazing colour. And talk about wow factor in over drive! 

Images from here

Weekend High Jinks

I hope your weekend is full of parties, pretty frocks, picnic-ing, camping out and all sorts of fabulous high jinks.

A big kiss to Kerry over at A Tranquil Townhouse for including The Diversion Project in her amazing wrap up of top ten pictures of the week. Fabulous idea - there are so many gobsmackingly gorgeous things around this wonderful web of ours, I loved seeing the ones that had stuck in Kerry's mind last week!

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Vintage Itch

I wanted to show you what I snapped up at Little Byrd Vintage the other day. I fell for this little French landscape's colours, and I fell hard, so now it's coming to live in Oz with me.

I'm enjoying getting back in the habit of scratching my vintage itch. It's been a while.

Image from here

Done Ruminating. I Swear.

OK, I'm done ruminating. I swear. It's not that I'm indecisive really {I make a gazillion decisions every day in my work}, it's that I typically have a fair bit of time between thinking I want to make a change around the house and actually having a chance to physically do it! And in between then and then I find so many tweaks, options, and diversions. But...hopefully will have some pics for you very soon. There is a tin of paint in the house as we speak.

I digress. What I loved about this home is that it has that same black aesthetic, but not a bristle drip of black paint has touched the walls. What a fabulous collection of paper they have here, right down to the little black cars and buses.

{Oh and the light's are fabulous too. The silver glass in the dining room, the anodised in the hall and I just love that pendant in the child's room that looks like a ball of string.}

Images from here

In Stitches

I found this cool blog called Ten Dollar Drawings via the Little Byrd blog that I mentioned last weekend.

 

I just loved the idea behind the blog and Alicia's drawings. And her FAQ had me in stitches. Go take a look see, I think you'll like.

 

All images from here

Turned

I've been sitting up and paying attention lately to the most exquisite ''turned'' trend.

First of all was these amazing tables that I saw over at Desire To Inspire. The natural timber is really up my alley and those gorgeous side tables remind me of chess pieces.

And then to add to all the fabulous light fittings I've seen come out of Milan, I came across these incredible lights. And again, I'm turning and spinning. Such loveliness.

Furniture from here, via Desire To Inspire.

Lighting from here.

Just Because...

...I loved this photo of Garance Doré birthday picnic-ing here in OZ.

Image from The Sart

Did You Spot This?

In case you missed this slice of pretty over at Design*Sponge, I thought I'd share it. I just love the unabashed application of the owner's colour style.

But what I truly love is the DIY window film that she's applied in a killer pattern. Genius.

And - if you happen to reside in NYC and fancy the idea of a trip to Amsterdam, the owner would like to do a house swap holiday with you!

Images from here

Gagging For It

These chandeliers by Mud Studio really had me gagging for more during my trawl through the Amaridian site in the wee small hours last weekend that I mentioned yesterday.

This South African studio creates these genius pieces by hand from different types of African clay. Pure amazement - again!

Images from here