Living room updates for the change of season.

I feel a change coming on in the living room after a recent visit to Guernsey and a chance to check out one of my favourite shops, Indica, which has seduced me many times before and have written about here in a  previous blog post.

While on a recent stay to see my daughter I popped into Indica and found some lovely cushions by one of my favourite online Danish Lifestyle stores Time K Home, the products are  a mixture of bohemian living, and elegant simplicity, inspired by travel and nature, I haven't seen any Tine K products sold at home, so was really pleased to have found this cushion while Island Hopping!

Our Family is Expanding! Simple Nursery Makeover.

1. Alvhem via  planete-deco.fr  2. bolig Liv 3.planete-deco.fr   4. Pinterest

Technically my Daughter is doing the expanding,  yes there is a baby on the way, and I am going to be (and I hate to use this word because I'm far too young) a grandma!   I have decided that I am not going with the conventional name of Nanny or Grandma, but have chosen the much nicer title of MeMe.   A bit of a French influence and American I think, but so much nicer than grandma.

Sunday Styling.

 Photography and styling Samantha Stansbridge

I bought this little white table ages ago for a tenner  from a hairdresser in town who had advertised it on a Facebook selling page, a scented oil burner had sat dripping its contents onto the table acting like paint stripper, and had left a huge round mark on it, and it has been sitting in the living room ever since with a strategically placed flowerpot on it, up until now that is, I finally got around to sanding it off (actually, I left the sanding to my dad who has a workshop full of  industrial-size power tools and could do it in a fraction of the time it would have taken me do) and giving it a repaint with some Farrow and Ball All white Eggshell paint.  This just left me the job of playing Sunday afternoon stylist while dinner cooked! 

Slow Sunday

Slow Sunday, going back over photos of my ever changing wall in the living room, see more on Instagram.   oh yes and it makes for a slightly random place to hang my fav tulle skirt

Corners of my home.

A new candle holder bought on my last visit to Guernsey.

Finally, some pictures of my Bathroom!

welcome to my bathroom maker over, the longest bathroom makeover in living history I suspect. ( If you follow my instagram profile you'll know I've been busy painting the window this week) It's taken me over a year to get this far because I wanted the entire bathroom tiled and I'm no tiller, and as we couldn't afford to get some one in, I had to do it myself, pretty much one row at a time. LOL 

But I finally feel like I'm winning, the end is in sight, with just a bit of finishing off to do, some bathroom cabinets to get for over the sink and some flooring and that will be it!

I decided to paint the sash windows in B&Q's slate grey Matt finish for wood, to break up all those white tiles, and to pick out  the grey in the mosaic tiles over the bath.  Our house is an old cottage dating back to the 1800's but I didn't really want anything traditional looking, so its been a balancing act getting the  look right, and I think the grey paint makes a feature of the sash windows, but still ties in with the rest of the room which is clean lines and modern. 

We bought the bathroom suite, taps, tiles, plumbing,  and wood used for the boxing in of pipes and creating  a shelf all from our local B&Q, my inspiration for the makeover came from a local shop in town, I would of loved to have a floating sink and toilet, but the budget didn't allow, nor did the pipe work.  But overall I'm very pleased with the out come, and its a darn sight better then what it use to look like!! 

My inspiration

The before and during

Ever have days like this?

  

Saturday was a glorious sunny day here in Jersey, blue skies and warm sunshine.  My daughter and I kick started the day with a power walk around the lanes to get the blood pumping and some fresh air in our lungs, then inspired by the onset of spring coming, I decided to have a little swap around in the house.  

It hasn't  felt right for a while now, basically we bought a second hand IKEA sofa bed  for the living room, for when we have guests stay (namely my daughter and her husband)  with the intention of getting rid of the old sofa, but to be perfectly honest, even though I love how the IKEA sofa looks, its not that comfy and everyone gravitates towards the old on so we kept it, which then meant we had too much furniture in the living room, so the white units (Seen here & here) have made their way into my office,  and I spent the weekend moving and arranging pictures and stuff on and over the units.  

Still not sure if its right.. Arrrgh!  ever have days like this?

Creative Juices flowing.

Last week while at the charity shop I spotted an unopened new canvas going cheap, so decided to buy it with the view of creating a little something.  I haven't really done anything arty since leaving school, (unless you count making room displays in the Nursery for preschool children in my previous job)  so at the weekend I had a little try, and for my first attempt I'm pretty pleased with in.  Its also very therapeutic too, to be lost in the moment of creativity. 

Local finds in St. Helier.

Last weekend  while out having a girly day shopping with my Daughter we stumbled across a pop up shop in our little town of St. Helier, (not something you see very often)  selling all locally made artwork, (they have a Facebook page here) and  I instantly fell in love with the stag picture above, for £20.00 so my unit has had a mini makeover, plus we've sold one of our  imposing red sofas (which I hated) from our living room, freeing up some space,  so its given me the perfect excuse to  to try out different looks and pretend I'm a stylist. Haha. 

Make space for a book corner.

While I love the internet and its huge assortment of homes and interiors blogs, nothing beats the sight feel and smell of the printed page does it, so with my new Bloomingville Butterfly Chair and some  IKEA photo shelves I decided to create a cosy book corner in my office so that I can enjoy  a little interior inspiration  from time to time with a few of my favourite books to hand.

White Wood and Rustic.

I was asked recently how my office makeover is coming along, well the answer is, a bit at a time and very slowly, partly because it takes me so long to decide,  partly because I have other projects going on at the same time, and partly down to money, but basicly this is what I'm aiming for, something along these lines, white wood and rustic, with a touch of modern.

1. Magazine rack Sisters Guild 2&3 Bookshelf Wallpaper B&Q 4. Kartell chair Amara 5. Vinyl flooring Carpetright  6&7 IKEA

I'm hugely inspired by the home office of Daniella Witte, and as we live in an old crumbly falling down house in the country/outskirts of town, rustic seems to fit nicely with the house style.  

Daniella Witte.

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