The Girl Shed

PROJECT: Shoe storage

2012-01-26T21:38:00.000-05:00

I have been an awol blogger lately because I have been busy being besotted with the new little man in my life. I fear I may never have time to do a crafty project again, but here I go lining another one up.
Shoes organised with styley photos on the boxes, and a cheerful fluro pink shelf would be a lot nicer to be confronted with than the jumble of piled up shoes I have falling out at me when I open my shoe cupboard.
Mmmm...the sweet joy of organised storage.

Via: Emma's Design Blogg

PROJECT: Coffee sack floor cushions

2011-11-22T14:39:00.000-05:00

I did have some coffee sacks as mats in the house, but I think they would look pretty good as floor cushions.

Image via Desire to Inspire

Winter cosiness

2011-11-21T09:49:00.002-05:00

As a huge lover of all things warm and cozy, I love the Winter cosiness from the latest Toast UK catalogue. I mean look at that couch with all the rugs and cushions. It's the sort of thing you'd sit yourself down on and not get up for another 8 hours or so, having lost yourself to the comforts of being horizontal, watching old-school 80's legal drama movies, with the snow falling outside and demanding hot chocolates be delivered to you. Heaven.

Images: Toast

So much goodness

2011-11-09T16:04:00.000-05:00

There is just so much goodness at Anthropologie. Lovin' this giraffe hook for the little nursery.

PROJECT: Stamped placemats

2011-11-08T10:15:00.001-05:00

I love these simple placemats.

Via Hip Hostess.

Crazy talk

2011-11-04T09:35:00.000-04:00

Christmas already? I know, the calendar has only just flipped over to November! But then is it ever really too early to get excited about Christmas? These decos from west elm are to blame...

Santa gnome S&P shakes - too cute.

Feather wreath. Now that's a lot classier than your standard circle 'o branches.

Felt garlands.

Glass and feather decos. One day when I'm really loaded, instead of the homemade hodge-podge of tree decos I currently roll out, I will have a tree with coordinating, classy decs like this.

Bring on the hot chocolates

2011-11-03T09:59:00.000-04:00

How cozy do these rooms look for the Winter?

Via Desire to Inspire

Great table setting

2011-10-19T20:49:00.000-04:00

Via Remodelista

What I've been up to

2011-10-17T14:30:00.000-04:00

Here's some of the stuff I've been making lately, as part of this nesting business.

A jacket for the little guy...

Hat..

Bibs...

Some friends picked up this rocking/nursing chair from the recycling part of the dump and gave it to us...with a decent clean up and a bit of re-upholstery (it was a hideous beige colour in it's previous life), we've got a pretty good nursing chair.

Here's a layer cake I made recently for a baby shower...it looked like this on the outside..

but when you cut into it there are six layers of colour. Cool huh.

And this is my fave part - what we have nicknamed the 'Cute Zone'.

Includes the nappy-changing system Carl finds hilarious, the NZ native bird toys, and of course a bit of Babar...

Mentally redecorating

2011-10-10T13:08:00.001-04:00

I've felt a wee bit homesick this week for Oslo and Tairua, (think the nesting instinct has kicked into full force now, which is kinda scary as I'm a pretty good nester anyway by nature). Anyhoo, as per usual when a bit of homesickness hits, Tairua gets mentally redecorated. Here's the inspiration this time;

I LOVE these bar stools. They look very uncomfortable to sit on and are probably worth an arm and a leg, but I still love them a lot.

Image via French by Design.

As always I am a total sucker for a cosy rug on a chair. Even more so for a cosy rug on a Phillipe Starke chair.

Image via Decor8.

I like the colour of this kitchen because I have a thing for grey and wood and white at the moment. I don't know if I could commit to how dark this is though.

Image via Design Sponge.

The colour of this basin is rock n roll. Totally in love with it.