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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

Oh So Clever DIY

With new real estate purchases and astronomical mortgages on my mind, I'm loving stylish and oh so clever DIY projects at the mo. Some DIY makes me wonder, well, why?

But then little treasures like this one come along and I think, bloody brilliant! This broken down table had the top salvaged and stuck on a set of legs from IKEA. Always a fan of vintage timber meets clean steel, and this is a really great example. Very tempted to go and just buy a set of these legs and tuck them away somewhere for a rainy day.

This ever so good idea comes from you are the river via remodelista

All images via remodelista

Did You Spot These...

...Killer DIY ideas that were featured over at AT?

Love the cross stitch mural, can just imagine something like this in a little girl's room, or even a more rural scene for a living space.

And what do you do if you love Woods Wallpaper, but don't want to part with the dosh to get it? Yes, as all smart {{and clearly brilliantly artistic}} people do, you turn to your trusty sharpie.

Brilliant ideas - maybe a little something inspiring for a weekend project?

Images via apartment therapy, originally from bloesem and my pencil box

Like A Moth

You know I love concrete right? Yes, it's a love that's true. So I noticed this awesome little project over at Ready Made just like a moth notices a flame.

If you're looking for an uber cool do-it-your-selfer to make you feel like life is not all about deadlines, computers, bills and getting tyres rotated this weekend why not give this one a try. {directions at the link}

Hope everyone is having a dandy weekend and, as always, thanks for dropping by.

And many, many thanks to these lovely people this week....

Melinda @ Making It My Style

Sarah @ La Maison Boheme

{please go check out the wonderful post here about Sarah's darling boy Charlie}

Japanese Trash

Longlist

and the ever lovely Shelley @ Femme de Montmarte

Image from ready made

Find It

I'm seriously doing this {{if room permits!!}} in my new version of real estate heaven {{if i ever find it that is!!}}.

How simple, but so effective.

Image from lonny

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Doctor Ordered

Looking for a pain free weekend project? This brilliant little idea could be just what the doctor ordered.

I noticed these cool chalkboard globes over at the arbiter of vintage style, Blue Bell Bazaar. But please don't harm any lovely globes in the process {i have a soft spot for them} , but for one that is past vintage cool or is just plain ugly, this is a lovely idea.

Or better still, head over to the shop and snaffle one up right now.

 

Images from blue bell bazaar

End So Well

So much vintage coolness here, it doesn't seem fair to pick a favourite.

But I kind of can't go past the Granny Square rug. In a zealous fit of "I can do that" attitude one holiday I went out and bought a hook and some wool, sat myself down in front of you tube, and well, it didn't end so well.

Maybe one day I'll get to make a rug like that, or maybe that's what Etsy is for.

Images from hus & hem

Action Someday

Man, I wish my real estate search would turn up something like this fabulous place. As long as it had a yard big enough for boys and dogs, I'd be in heaven.

Those white washed bricks, the original timbers and the light from the picture windows are just part of the equation that pushes my buttons.

But despite this home being on the other side of the world, I found a little take home detail that might just get put into action someday. That inexpensive Ikea floor lamp pimped up with a v.cool shade is seriously good.

Images from skeppsholmen

Projects, Chairs and The Happy Dance

 

 

 

Hope all you kids had a sensational weekend. I know I did. {{Snuck off for a little I'm-not-done-with-the-beach trip}}. I've also ticked off a little project that's been waiting in the wings for a while.

 

I picked up a frame from an op shop for $8 the other week. Not for the Government Dept. advertising, but because the frame was incredibly well made. Add to the dags-ville frame a little left over black paint, and a gorgeous print from the very talented Emma Leonard, and I'm fully stoked with the outcome. Love it to bits.

 

OK, so I also promised a run down on some of my eBay loot too. These images are lifted from the auction pages, as I'm still waiting to take delivery on one piece and the others are temporarily ensconced in my workshop until I have figured out what to do with them and/or get my real estate dreams to come true.

• So, there was a set of six antique chapel chairs {complete with bible holders} for $130 (yep for all 6!).
• Then there was the brass and lucite coffee table, $3.25 thank you very much.
• And probably my biggest happy dance was for a Philippe Starck Bubble Club Sofa for a post auction sale of only $200.

 Yes, it was a pretty sweet week indeed!

Delish Little Idea

It was the balance in the bathroom that caught my eye on this one. But once I'd satisfied that little part of my brain, the rest of me went ambling round the other loveliness.

The richness of the entry, the modern library complete with ladder and reading nook. But the show stopper for me was the cloud of floating spoons.

I'm wise enough to know my own limitations, but surely someone, somewhere will take that delish little idea and recreate it. Please send some snaps if you do!

Images from carden cunietti

Concrete Landscape

Seeing urban art being commissioned and created is one of my favourite things about my work. I get a bit wistful about it really, and imagine that someone whose daily life never gets touched by art may have a close encounter with a piece and be moved or inspired.

OK, enough romanticising. I spotted this lovely mural that has been created in Brisbane by Kate Shaw over at one of my favourite inspiration destinations, Urban Art Projects.

Images from here

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