a house in the hills: March 2013

Monday, March 25, 2013

The Old and the New

Mr VL had a day off in the middle of the week so we had lunch in the Adelaide Hills . I stopped at a church Op~Shop in Balhannah . I picked up this old fish set for $5. Perfect for serving awhole baked salmon

Don't you just love going to Ikea ...it was hard to not to keep buying

a funky white bowl

plant holder which I'll use to put a white orchid in

bedside lamps

French framed black and white photos

Using old holiday pics we had them enlarged and printed in black and white and bought Ikea frames

Mr VL brought home a new gift line at the nursery~ rusty flowers

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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Treasure Hunting on Holiday

Last week we spent a few days in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales and booked a house in Bowral called Shangri-la. It was on top of a mountain and sooo peaceful!

We visited lots of op-shops and antique shops,,,,and a couple of highlights were Dirty Jane's Antique Centre and Red Cow Farm

Mr VL found this cute globe in a wooden holder for our globe collection

I found another Victorian book for my growing collection

A drive to a Homewares shop in Mittagong was like being in candy store

When we got home my much hoped for parcel from Etsy with the little 1760's leatherbound French book had arrived

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Bedroom Bargains

Out and about the shops this week searching out bargains for decorating

I stumbled on this gorgeous mercury glass bottle, while I had my nose pressed against a gorgeous gift shop....it has sweet beading and a glass stopper, perfect for my white bedroom AND it was ridiculously cheap

I also ventured into Laura Ashley and was gobsmacked at the prices of their bed throws BUT a nice shop assistant said they had slashed some for an interior decorators order and I could have the one left for half price.. YAY...in duck-egg blue