a house in the hills: September 2013

Sunday, September 29, 2013

His and Hers Finds

Where has this week gone! So busy since I last posted. Mr VL and I discovered an old fashioned country town antique shop yesterday. It is stacked from floor to ceiling with furniture and interesting and quirky things. We had to tip toe side ways down narrow passages. We split up and met back at the counter!!!

MY PURCHASES

A pair of vintage Mason's soap dishes

This table was on sale ~ it's mahogany and Victorian about 1880...the top has the most beautiful patina and ebony stringing

HIS FINDS

a 1940'S Bakelite roulette wheel

A vintage Italian oil can for his new" man cave" shed

(How blokey are his buys)

We called into his nursery on his day off to pick up some plants and pots and I bought home this lovely duck egg blue throw from the gift wear

We had a gale during the week and my beautiful Italian terracotta pots with the topiaries on the deck smashed so we bought home a couple more

Dawn this morning in the backyard

Our little chicks hatched from incubation on Friday - we have 7 and we are hoping at least a couple are girls

The renovation is slowly taking shape ~ this week we put in wardrobes in 2 bedrooms...classic white floor to ceiling and the guest room was painted white and now finished

What I'm reading from the library this week

A sweet" tussie mussie"

Linking up with :

The Dedicated House

A Living Space
Knick of Time
French Country Cottage
Ivy and Elephants
Common Ground
The Colorado Lady
Shabby Art Boutique
The Thrifty Groove
Chic on a Shoestring
Country Farm Home
My Romantic Home
Sir thrift-a-lot
Rose Vignettes

Rooted in Thyme
My Charmed Home
Blackbird Has Spoken
Elizabeth & Co

Sunday, September 22, 2013

A Gifted Week

It wasn't my birthday this week but I received some lovely gifts

The very talented and lovely Zara from Zaranne Handmade sent me the most gorgeous bunting made from doilies

I was also given a lovely doiley and 2 Le Crueset Mini Cocotte Pots

We did a bit of shopping in Freedom Furniture and came home with some cushions and a table lamp

It's been a stressful week as far as the renovations went- the laundry cupboards were supposed to be installed Monday but the cupboards were the wrong size and had to be remade and reinstalled ....and were still not right ARGGGHHH

It is a tiny galley laundry and had no cupboards at all ( WHO does that?) all that was there was a sink.

We have a very small budget and we have put in cupboards below and above a laminate bench in simple clean look white and Laminex called "Carrera"

We built a hen house to nestle into the backyard next to the espaliered fruit orchard and we'll make a new vegetable garden next to it and extend a run for the chooks. It seems we have 9 viable eggs in our incubator!

The garden is coming to life with plants we haven't seen in flower yet and the last of the blossom is finished

Linking up with :

Apron Thrift Girl
The Dedicated House

Rooted in Thyme
My Charmed Home
Blackbird Has Spoken
Elizabeth & Co
The North End Loft
Finding Fabulous

Sunday, September 15, 2013

This Week's Finds

We dropped into Hosanna's op ~ shop yesterday and I just had to have this beautiful 1950's bridal headpiece...I love it ...it's pink , teal and ivory silk with pearls

I found my mother's wedding wrist piece...wax orange blossoms and satin horseshoes and hung them on my bedroom stand

I found a small quilt ( Mr VL's face was a classic when he saw me pick up another one)but this one has a practical use -it's for Sascha to sit on !!