appropriate cutlery

I don't know how I could work this in but I am loving the individuality of the cutlery mobile in this kitchen! I love originality!

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singular art

A single colour canvas is surprisingly very interesting. It draws out the colour in the room - really draws your eye to it.

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too cool for school

I can just imagine guests at the wall trying to find all the words in the find-a-word! It would be classic!!! LOVE IT! Come to think of it...I might just make one myself! Very personalised art indeed!!!!

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the ooh la la of homes

Thank you Desire to Inspire for bringing me my daily fix!

Check out this house! I am so feeling us in here! The floors are dark and the walls are white (yes, they are black floors - but if black and white works - then brown and white will work!) and it has an apartment-vibe which I love! Apartments are generally much smaller than houses so they really make use of space!

I am loving the dark floor - white wall combo.

Loving the use of aluminium in the kitchen - we won't do the bench - but a splashback that matches the floor is something to think about.

We need ceiling fans because we are going without air-con - hail to the electrical gods! When you think of ceiling fans - they don't make you think 'modern' but I love the look in this room! Dark floors, white walls, black window frames, asian vibe and an aluminium ceiling fan - LOVE LOVE!

Loving the asian vibe! I am also thinking twice about the shower wall hidey-hole - I am quite liking seeing it all in white! Admittantly the tile is quite small or it has a design, but I reallu love how clean the white is! I will have to find out if ours would have clean edges or if it would be edged in aluminium. I think I would be happy with either, but this is so minimal - LOVE IT! Maybe instead of a fussy tiny mosaic, we could get a small square white tile inlaid instead? or use the same type of tile throughout? Hmmm... interesting...

I LOVE the bright as a button art on the stark white walls. It looks so impressively modern and brightens the room! The exposed cord hanging lights over the dining room are also amazing, but I know I will never get that through Mr Piggy! For one, we would have to pay for 3 x light fittings and secondly - it looks unfinished and he isn't too fussed on that...

Black framed windows look amazing. It makes the windows look like you are gazing into pictures...

 



no...these are a few of my fav-our-ite things...

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OMG I could not be loving this more than I am! I was about to pack up and go to bed and then I saw this and I got all excited!

I would love to make one for Mr Piggy and me for our new home! It would be so cool to list all the things that we really love and get a little canvas made up! Or we could print and frame it! I love the typewriter font - its so kitsche and cool!

Must remember - must remember!!

dowel never looked so good

Stem tree coat stand. So simple. It feels like you are bringing the outdoors - in.

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the youngest grand-daddy on the block

This grandfather clock from Rowen Wagner is so amazing in its simplicity. I could stare at it all day.

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sex in the city eat your heart out

What attracted me to this 'art' is the fact that it looks very Georg Jensen and I am absolutely in love with my man Georg!

But - Sex in the City eat your heart out - its a shoe!!

I'm not a shoe-love kinda girl, but I could stare at this all day!

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the cheapest new home-owner art of all

Isn't it great when you see something new and it opens your mind to more than just the ho-hum?

I almost feel over myself when I saw this pic. Could there we a cheaper form of art for a new home-owner? When you have all these colour tabs everywhere already, its very unlikely!

Were you not brave enough to run with that colour scheme you were thinking about? Just pop down to Bunnings, pick up a selection and pop it on your wall... oh to dream...

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books as art

Enjoy your books!! How often do you really take those books off the shelf and have a flick through? Wouldn't it be nice to be able to share that with your guests?

I love the idea of a book being left open, particularly to a picture. Its such affordable art!

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hangin in the home

Have seen hap-hazard hanging of picture frames for good design, but I haven't thought about keeping to a horizontal mid-line and hanging the pctures around that. Would be a great leading line down a hallway.

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Talking about hap-hazard... Frames for art - without art in between looks amazing! Especially when the frames are varying shades of the same color. They just belong... AND I am loving this seat!!

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Oh Martha - you're right! Small frames do get lost on big walls!! ...using the space that you have...

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the contempory fireplace part 2

If you haven't read part 1 - check it out! This is unlike a normal fireplace and you have to read about what makes it so clever!!

Check it all out at ecosmartfire

There are so many pics on the website. They are making new designs all the time. Lets be inspired....

 

the contempory fireplace part 1

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Back in 2004, on The New Inventors (ABC TV), I saw an invention that was oh-so-amazing and Australian to boot! Its an ecosmart fireplace that burns ethanol cleanly so doesn't need ventilation or a traditional flue. The most readily available ethanol is methylated spirits - and we know how cheap that is! It sure beats the cost of traditional wood!! There are so many designs now, they are so contempory and so easy!!

I have talked about this for ages with so many people I know! I have gushed! It has been a dream - but now - I need one!!!!!! OMG I need one!!!

I see pictures like this:

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... the TV above a fireplace, and I dream about the eco-smart fireplace!!! It would look amazing and be so functional! You could move the fireplace from one room to another!!

So, talking about functionality - let me give you the details from the ABC website...

Fuel for the EcoSmart Fire is provided by denatured ethanol which is housed in a stainless steel chamber — shaped like a cube — called the EcoSmart Burner. You can regulate and extinguish the flame through its built-in regulatory mechanism. This feature means you can manipulate the amount of heat being generated and the quantity of fuel used.

The life of the fire is determined by the amount of fuel in the burner. Five litres of denatured Ethanol provides 7.25 hours of burning time on a high flame setting and over 24 hours on a low flame setting.


Once the fuel is burnt there is nothing to clean or clear. The burner assembles like a puzzle with a cover that seals and protects the internal mechanics. Its modular design allows a variety of fascias; the return lip on the outside of the burner enables it to easily slot into any position. Importantly, the EcoSmart fire is stable under all temperature conditions and oxygen levels.


The fuel: The EcoSmart Fire uses denatured Ethanol as its fuel source with Methylated Spirits being the most commercially available form of denatured Ethanol. Its combustion is environmentally friendly and easily biodegradable. When it burns, the residual emissions are heat, carbon dioxide and water steam. It is completely composed of biological products resulting in a neutral ecological balance.

Now for all the pictures from thefirecompany website ! (I have emailed them for pricing info and for my very own catalogue so I will have more info soon!!! ...which I will post excitedly!!)

There is a built-in type of fireplace which must be mounted - but I am in love with the stand-alone! You could move it from room to room!!!

Ooh...ahhh...

The Slimboy - from $1999

h912 x w594 x d449 (mm)

The Max - from $2399

h862 x w862 x d449 (mm)

The bluboxfireplaces are the more affordable range. There are other finishes - white, black, natural and walnut.

These appear to be quite small - I think I would need one to be taller. If you are going to get one - I would like it to make more of an impact - unless you had something to stand it on I guess. I would also want a full glass piece on the front to make it child friendly. Its not that I don't like the open fireplaces - they look amazing - but I would be scared of someone burning themselves and something in my head tells me that an open flame could be detrimental to my home - being that it could burn down...

I will do another post for the designer range - ooh lala (and so out of my price range I imagine!!!!)

monotone love love

How is it that monotone just works??? Its bordering on too-much but its looks so artsy and is so simple!! Cheap do-it-yourself alert!!!

I am feeling a flea market trip coming on!

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decal a lil bit of awwww......

Then there came thewallstickercompany ... awwww.....

Too cute!!! Love love love!!