I've been at IT again....

....hoarding keeping stuff I should be selling. BUT IT IS SO HARD SOMETIMES...aargh! So you remember this chair below ? Well it's in the house now and if you look closely it is surrounded by some West German friends one of which is new.
                                     

Lovely vasey goodness. Son number two said to me "Mum don't you think you have enough of those vases, they are kind of every where?" So I told him what they retail for and how he will inherit them., he he. But yes I am the German vase equivalent of a crazy cat lady.

There is new things in the no man's land entance. The front used to be an open verandah which like a lot of Queenslander houses has been closed in. This means we now have a lot of useless space in the middle of the house.

So it is perfect for this sweet little parlour suite I nabbed moments before it was supposed to go to the WAC. I love these and it fulfills my need to own more chairs that no one sits on.  I like this set because it was complete, consisting of the two seater, two ladies chairs and two gents.

The hallway has some new things too.

I love this vase sooooo much. It came from the same house as the suite above.

Even its back is fabbo in my eyes.

I recently purchased these frames for some post cards I have....actually I have a thing about post cards, but that's for another post.  The frames are not old but I liked them and they were reasonably priced and fun. Do you recognize the print above ? Yes it was done by the lovely Kerri from Driftwood Interiors.

This post card is one of my favs. It's an old one that I had in another frame but the frame broke, some time ago, so finally it has a new home and I can enjoy it again.

Now you probably think this picture shows a new German lovely. But...

it's the fan that is new to this corner. Ready for summer. Vintage ones are so much nicer don't you think?

I know more vases...you see why son number two has a point and I am in some serious denial. But it is the poster that is new. I have actually had it for a while but only recently framed it for the Retro room.

Below is a taste of a couple of things I took over to the Cottage Garden nursery yesterday.

I thought the chandelier looked so romantic even hanging in the doorway to under my house. Hope you all are having a good week.

Slowly Going RETRO

When you do what we do and have an amazing volume of furniture and vintage homewares passing through your hands all the time it is hard to stick to a style or pick a style that feels just right in your own home. The upside of this of course is that you can muck around, pick and choose and change your style easily and cheaply. I have spoken before of my love of mid century and how my lounge is slowly going RETRO.

This week I decided to change up my coffee table. I must have had heaps of the original, Noguchi designed, ones but for whatever reason it was this reproduction that I have decided to keep for now. The proportions of this one is slightly larger than the originals and better suited for a family. I desperately need a new rug now.

There are still few older items in this room like my faithful trunk,

one of our many clocks, this one is still keeping good time, even though it would probably be around 150 years old

convex glass framed pic, one of a pair.

And my cedar map drawers which I LOVE, but they just don't suit big teles. I want to get a sideboard for here but am yet to get one that I like enough to keep. I don't want it to be too big. I also know that when I find a replacement I have no where in my house to fit these drawers and they will have to go which I will be sad about. So until I find replacement items the other items will stay in this room and add to the shimozzle that is my decorating style.

Friday Favourite ~ Empty Table and Silky Oak cabinet

                       This post is for Ange who firstly always worries about my normally full table of finds and secondly never fails to admire my china pears and old lanterns on my dining table. So I was thinking of Ange this week when my table was finally empty and I could see the cedar again. I don't normally post about my house but lots of people ask so I thought as this room was actually tidy I would give it a shot.

                     This room is perhaps one of the largest in the house and we really don't use it alot so it does tend to be the drop off zone for treasures. Kristen would like to put a pool table in here and turn it into a games room. But it is a wonderful room for dinners, particularly birthdays and Christmas. The table seats 10 comfortably but more at a push.

The paint appears much yellower in the photos. It is not quite as custardy.  This simple silky oak corner cupboard has a bit of a story to it. The piece next to it with my French glass flowers on it Kristen found when someone was THROWING it away and it was orphaned and needed a good home and someone silly like me to love it.

The silky oak corner cabinet came from my Grandfathers house in Kelvin Grove. I inheritied it when we cleared the house. Now the furniture in his house was not precious or particularly flash and as was common in those days when he bought the house the furniture came with it. So it held no great sentimental attachment for him. My Grandmother had passed away long before I was born and no one knows what she felt about the furniture either. Anyway when I openned my shop on a whim "Frogs Hollow Antiques and Curios" in Hawthorne.....many years ago and long gone now I needed furniture so I grabbed a few bits from home, for those in the industry this will be a familiar story. The plan was to bring it home shortly after once the shop was nice and full. Well as fate would have it, it sold. To a wonderful lady who actually became one of my favourite customers. So it was all good but I still held a spark for this piece. Years later and long after we had shut our shop Kristen came home from a buying trip and said to me "Go and look at the back of the ute." Sure enough there she was. She had come back. In the mean time she had been to Sydney and back. So funny I think and makes it all the more special to me.  

Had to show you a picture of the dining ceiling. I love fancy plaster work. The one in our bedroom is a favourite and it is nice to look up at when you are in bed. Hope you have a lovely day it is raining here in Brisbane.