housse

chandelier + cement screed flooring + branchy arrangment
beautiful assortment of chairs + plenty of daylight spilling in

next home

when we did e reno for our apt almost three yrs back
we had a very tight budget
most of the moolah was spent on spatial reconfiguration
to maximize e potential of the huge floor area of our old walk up apartment
we hardly did any any built in furniture
mostly affordable ikea and a few key pieces from air or vintage shops
maybe because we felt this wouldn't be our "final" home,
so more economical to invest on loose furniture, rather than built-in,
which we could bring along if we moved

for our next home or if we were to rehaul the entire apt
i'm going to FILL IT UP with loads of huge paintings and artwork
hopefully can afford them in years to come

& gonna start collecting images in my blog as a library of inspiration as I dream about our next home...
these screen prints from anthology... super like

pendant lights

chairs and pendant lights are 2 pieces of furniture
which i think are highly important to a space
i like a random assortment of chairs,
so guests can choose the seat they like
and i like pendant lights that hang off thin cables,
they remind me of mobiles that swing freely

grab this now - it's on more than 50% sale!
from pedlars

finds

how is it that in the magazines i read in salons

- just regular local mags, like female, bazaar etc,

there always seem to be much info that i can glean

but when i actually buy these mags,

i find them less than informative most of the time

& a total waste of money?

whilst having my hair coloured at

my old neighbourhood salon last week

i found these finds in the july copy of female

painted installation - elisse net trapezio,

by swiss artist felice varini

talented local illustrator, read her colourful blog

at prissydiary.blogspot.com

nice red sneakers from agnes b, $185

gucci mini bamboo bag

chester aged brass, gilded metal & khaki lacquer dior ring, $650

it's getting christmassy

a l'il bit of christmas for the door

a l'il bit of christmas for the lamps

and our first l'il christmas tree for the house

i simply can't get enough of these tiny metal christmas decorations from daiso

feel like buying a hundred of  those tiny tin soldiers & lining them along my whole balcony

beginner class

found out 3 weeks ago the class i have been attending

was actually meant for advance flower arrang-ers

good thing the instructor offered to teach the few of us

a beginner's course

the extra fun bit was having LB & B joining HY & i

really liked this week's arrangement, 

a long and horizontal piece

sits very nicely on our 2m long dining table

these are a few of my favourite things

"raindrops on roses and...
bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
brown paper packages tied up with strings,
cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels,
door bells and sleigh bells and...
wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings...
snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes,
silver white winters that melt into springs,

when the dog bites, when the bee stings,
when I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
and then I don't feel so bad..."

picked the lines which described things that i liked
and this is one of my favourite corner in my apartment
which houses a few of my favourite things