Nearly Impossible

I'm a sucker for a good home visit. The genuine goodness that a person's home has evolved over time is nearly impossible to replicate.

The scale of these rooms made me seriously jealous. But I also loved all the great vintage style, there's some really fab pieces here don't you think?

Images from nytimes

Small Style

I never cease to be amazed how people with limited space make the most of every inch they have. Quite often a loft bed is in the mix, as is the case here with the only bedroom being used by a child. But I have never seen a loft bed with its very own juliet balcony.

This bespoke bed is my idea of small style at its best. Not only is the item completely functional but the form is beautiful too. Bravo.

Images from stadshem

Hello

Hello, how's everyone's weekend rolling? Smoothly I hope.

Thought I'd quickly show you a little project I ticked off the never ending list. With the temperatures here up in the 40's for days (to be clear, that is centigrade btw!!) I've been indoors without any excuse to walk past little jobs like this waiting to be done.

First achievement was packing away the remnants of Christmas - so the tonne of baubles that have been living in those three little thrifted parats have been put away for another year. I know, not really a biggy in the achievement stakes, but I had to talk it up to convince myself to do it!

But the main achievement was taking one of my under $10 thrift store picture frames and converting it into something worth showing. This big frame had a very 80's collection of maroon and orange tulips, which has now bit the recycling bin. I ordered this great print from Society6 a while ago as it was perfect for this frame, and an image I loved. So, new white mat and some gloss white paint on a hot day later, and there's a lovely big addition to the entry hall of the Splendour.

Now, taking things a little further and really styling the hall up would be good, but I don't want to be labelled an over-achiever now do I? I think it would be a good spot for another parat that I bought recently, from the v. cool Lived In Coogee, which I currently have in the fireplace. And a new coat of paint for the table that I inherited from my great aunt would be a good thing too - colour suggestions?

So, are you ticking anything off your list this weekend? A blog related "tick off" for me has been to figure out how to set up a facebook 'page'. I had a Diversion account before, but it wasn't a page, and I didnt realise I could convert my account to a page... (Yes, I am really am that IT limited). Anyway after all that faffing, I found out shortly later that Facebook now wont allow blogs to feed automatically to Pages. WTF is with that?! Dumb stuff. So now it seems that everyone that liked me then, now likes me twice, and I have a useless Page on my hands. Too hard!

Anyway, thanks for listening to my waffle and thanks for stopping in this week!

And huge thanks to these cool people for some Diversionary link love....

Linda @ Oeke Design Blog

Kim @ Desire To Inspire

Images by the diversion project

Did You Spot This....

....gorgeous French country home over at design*sponge?

It really is setting some weekend day dreaming into action for me.

All images from design*sponge

Sweetens The Deal

The softness of this look is something I really love. The natural timbers, cream walls and linen furnishings create my kind of ultimate big city escape.

The fact that this home is in one of my favourite cities in the world, just sweetens the deal.

Images from mires

Actually Quite Fancy

I used to have the biggest chair crush on the good old faithful Breuer. They were on my wish list for the perfect house I had in my head around the age of 16.

Seeing that first image made me realise that I still actually quite fancy them. I see them around from time to time, often going cheap. Perhaps I should rekindle the crush.

Oh and another thing - I think white gloss paint and I should become friends.

Images from journal de la maison

Do I Have To Say It?

....The C word that is. I don't do I, you're with me, you know why I love this place. All time fave material shown to such greatness here.

I will just add the detail that really grabs me is the ledge, that sometimes becomes a bedside table, and a sofa, and then a shelf is seriously cool. A vein of clever design.

Images from nuevo estilo