Getting Ready for Baby | Nursery Mood Board

Getting Ready for Baby | Nursery Mood Board

This seemingly never-ending pregnancy business is surprisingly tootling along quite nicely, today I entered the hallowed Third Trimester {!!!!} and a wee bit of panic set in.  The sum total of Jumbo Baby’s nursery is piled in the corner of what remains Dave’s office and 

The Never-Ending Summer

The Never-Ending Summer

I looked outside yesterday and couldn’t help but appreciate the sight of two loads of whites drying on the line, yes the water truck came {FOR THE 5TH TIME} and so we washed. I hate to begrudge people a long, amazing summer, seeing as how 

Monday….after a clumsy weekend

Monday….after a clumsy weekend

On Friday afternoon as I picked E up from school I was expecting him to be riding his scooter down the hill toward the truck, flushed, hot and happy after an afternoon of playtime at school Rewards Day.  Instead he was limping, making his way 

Around Here | Family Room

Around Here | Family Room

Getting the nursery ready for our winter baby is requiring a little re-jigging in our house.  Unfortunately we don’t have an empty room, painted in neutrals, ready and waiting to transform into the nursery of my dreams.  What we do have is our office that 

Talk me out of this please | Kate Sylvester Swan

Talk me out of this please | Kate Sylvester Swan

Thanks NZ Girl for bringing this beauty to my attention, my credit card is finding this month difficult enough without beauteous home ware temptations :::sigh::: Do you love it as much as me? Kate Sylvester Swan by Rebecca Snelling $135

Around Here | Our House

Around Here | Our House

Our house has been a massive work in progress since we bought it in May of last year.  We have done so much {and thankfully stuck to budget} and are now up to the final phase of finishing touches and tidying things up.  Little projects 

Saturday Love

Saturday Love

Ethan is at a birthday party, there is nothing I HAVE to do right at this moment so I am listening to my favourite music loud {Modest Mouse, Built to Spill & Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming Lips}, working on posts and trying not 

Vintage finds | Watchmakers Chest

Vintage finds | Watchmakers Chest

Mum, Ethan and I braved the blustery weather yesterday and headed across the bridge to Junk & Disorderly – hands down the BEST second-hand shop I have ever seen.  I definitely took my time, but I still feel that I would need to spend another 

House & Home | Lounge #2

House & Home | Lounge #2

I have waited a long time for our very own lounge to decorate and I have loved piecing together the bits and bobs in this room. It’s cosy, bright, comfy and Ethan friendly. I’m in love with this room. Truth be told, I only sat 

Acquisitions | Owl Print – Collected by LeeAnn Yare

Acquisitions | Owl Print – Collected by LeeAnn Yare

Don’t you love?  Had to rearrange my new wall collage to fit this little guy in. $19 from Collected by LeeAnn Yare