A New Blog and Fabric love

Today I have fallen in love with Schumacher Fabrics all over again and found a new blog. Whilst innocently browsing the web I came across this most wonderful blog, Little Green Notebook run by the very talented interior designer Jenny Komenda.  You have to check out her daugther’s bedroom makeover. She recovered the headboards in super cool Schumacher’s Chiang Mai Dragon, painted the side table, turned an old mirror into a funky hot pink framed chalkboard, created art for the walls, repainted an old lamp, revamped white bed linen, revamped a mirror, constructed pelmet boxes for the three windows and the list goes on …… Amazing and all doable!!!

and if that ain’t enough Jenny has just completed her office makeover.

After I stopped drooling over all the colours I searched the web for some Schumacher fabric and just purchased a metre and half of Hot House Flowers! Yippee.

Today’s wants

When I was little I never really liked pink. I had three older brothers and probably thought it was uncool.  So I find it weird that I actually really want this pink Princess! phone??? Maybe my inner pink princess has been waiting for the right moment to voice her demands.

And now for something completely different yet compliments my pink phone perfectly is this shelving.

and I definitely need (well want) a ceramic kitchen tidy in the shape of an apple or pear..

A good weekend

Sometimes the weekends whizz by without much happening but this weekend was full of little surprises.

We scored a new dining table from Oxfam on Francis Street for 40 euro and its exactly what I wanted.

and I set up a new work area for blogging / sewing / sketching using the old dining table. It needs some more finishing touches but I love having an area all of my own.

and finally the green thing I have been watering for two months finally sprouted a flower. I think I’m right in thinking this is a type of pansy? Whatever it is it made me happy to see the sunny little flower on Sunday morning.

Hide it away

I spotted this cabinet on another blog awhile back and thought what a clever idea. And it has even more relevance now I need somewhere to set up my sewing machine.

Check out the full details on how to make your own hidden workspace on Martha Stewart’s site.

Cabinet love – Componibili

I love Componibili cabinets. They are just so round and cute. And it just so happens we need a bedside table for the second bedroom / office. I think its fate, don’t you?

Pic from Richard Harrod

I stumbled across an authorised Kartell dealer currenlty offering free delivery within the UK and Ireland. I am going to do a quick scoot around town this weekend to make sure its not cheaper or on sale elsewhere. If not, its Bombero baby.

7 Weeks 4 days 18 hours 35 minutes

Until Ikea finally open the doors to their Dublin store! I apologise now but I will probably be posting my ever expanding Ikea wish list for the next seven weeks. And hopefully I can narrow it down by the time Ikea opens.

I want to be more organised so the first two things will help me achieve that -

And I want to make a bed skirt very similar to Pia’s below -

And while I would LOVE!!!!! to use the same fabric, its a little out of my price range at the moment so here are my Ikea subs -

Manufactum

Manufactum have over 1500 items in their online store and they all have one thing in common. They were chosen because they are well designed and well made. The company claims they only stock products that are made from the highest quality material so are made to last.

They have some very clever products. Just look at this Cardboard Paper Roll case -

First spotted over on Elle Decoration.

Insulated Teapot -

Coat Hanger with clothes brush -

And a cardboard oddments cabinet -

Swedese Happy Chairs

Last weekend I attended the Design and Art Fair in the RDS, Dublin. I would post pics but that is another story.

Anyway I dropped by the Duff Tisdall stand to try out the Swedese Happy High Rocking Chair. Very comfortable indeed especially after you have been walking around for awhile! And it was in a gorgeous bright green which the sales rep told me went perfectly with my purple dress. I was almost tempted.

Here is a pic from the Swedese site. Unfortunately they don’t have a picture of the swing chair in green. But see the office version below.

And the rest of the Happy chair range looks just as stylish and most of all, comfortable. I would definitely be happy to own any one of them.

And oh how i would absolutely love to own a Swedese Tree Coat rack! They look even more amazing in the flesh!

Office POD – my kind of garden shed

My future garden better be big as I have so many plans for it. My own vegetable garden, a place to entertain, extra storage and now I want to work from my garden in my new Office POD.  I wonder if I could convince my company to buy an Office POD and let me work from home. Oh I would work so hard if I had an office POD.

Great idea for a home office/ guest bedroom/ relaxing reading area all in one

I really like the layout of this home office. It has an area for work with the desk facing the window, a relaxing reading area which could also double as a guest bed. Brilliant!

Image from Apartment Therapy