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What a dream come true! My living room/kitchen has been featured on The Room Illuminated blog. The lovely and talented Kate found Homely Creatures through the Pedestrian TV Blogster awards when we both came up as finalists. Kate got in touch when she saw that I lived and Melbourne and asked if I would like to have my living room photographed for her awesome blog which is all about taking a peak into the favourite rooms of every day people. Naturally I said yes.

What a treat to have a visit from Kate! Within minutes I felt like I had known her for years which is a neat quality to have when you make a habit of going around and photographing the inside of stranger's homes.

Kate has found a creative way to quench her curiosity for the stranger's abode at the same time as improving her photography skills. We can all benefit from this by following her blog which is fulling up with heart warming stories of rooms, furniture and families.

Here are some of Kate's lovely shots of my open plan lounge/kitchen and you can check out the whole story here on The Room Illuminated.

 







If you live in Melbourne and know someone who has an interesting room full of memories and stories, get in touch with Kate.

Okay, so I'm going to restore a chair that I picked up at a garage sale many months ago.

I am totally new to furniture restoration, so please don't take these particular blog posts as instructional because I have no idea what I'm doing and there is a very good chance that I will totally fail at this.

So far, I have stripped off all of the existing upholstery cause it was old and gross and am left with this frame. The wood needs some attention and I have picked up some cheap pre-cut foam cushions from Spotlight along with some black felt to cover the metal part and some lovely black and cream patterned fabric to cover the cushioning with. (I'm also a pretty ordinary seamstress!) I like that the fabric is bold, geometric and kind of looks like the feathers of arrows. Hopefully it fits in nicely with everything else in my living room. Mind you, since we only just moved in there is very little in my living room... so it will go perfectly! Do you like our new grey rug? Would you believe I got it from Bunnings for around $150!?? They have EVERYTHING there!

Anyways, I digress. What do you think? Do you like my choice of fabric for the chair?



Stay tuned for the next instalment of me 'Restoring a lounge chair' which might be more entertaining than educational...