The New 'AQUA Clock...

You know what it's like when you get a new decor piece...

Things have a strange way of totally changing up.

When I replaced my failing 'worst time keeper ever' clock with a new one, that is what happened.

Because the clock was coloured black and white, the decor pieces on the top of the china cabinet directly below it were black and white!

And Grandma's old china cabinet held my collected china in yellow, white and green.

Then along came the new AQUA clock...

Nothing like a bit of colour to brighten things up!

So the pieces on the top and inside of the cabinet

 morphed into white and aqua...

The yellow, white and green china moved into the white French cabinet, and the aqua that was there moved into Grandma's china cabinet.

Aqua has to be one of my most favourite colours.

I have collected these pieces over many years...

And the watercolour painting of 'my eye', just adds a bit of fun to the display.

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Office Makeover No2....

Way back in early 2015, I did an $18 office makeover.

But time and wear have occurred.

The paint on the desktop has not worn well.

The satin chair fabric needs replacing.

And then the wine accident happened!

One evening, I went to my little office with my very large glass of red to sit and check emails, 
and peruse other wonderful blogs when....

You guessed it -

I dropped the glass of red.

I discovered a few things in the moments following.

#One should never attempt to catch the dropped glass of wine.

#That red wine hurts if you get it in your eye.

#Grey hair turns a pretty (but winery-smelling) shade of burgundy.

#The law of gravity does not apply to red wine spillage - as it went up, down and sideways!

#Red wine stains wallpaper, painted walls.

Now it was definitely time to make over the office again.

This time round, the makeover was based on a beautiful photographic print.

(yes - ironic I know that it is red!)

This is what happened next:
The yellow colour way in the office was removed...

Walls were touched up and repainted in Dulux 'Celery' (satin). 

The desktop was repainted in 'Paris Grey' chalk paint.

 The office chair was recovered in gorgeous new fabric.
(You will find the red rose screensaver for your computer HERE.)

An old, bright blue pinboard was painted black.

'On A Wire' hanging frames were created.

Find out how to make them HERE.

The old stool was painted with Paris Grey chalk paint, and the rattan was spray-painted with acrylic white.

Details about that HERE.

The cushion was covered in the same fabric as the office chair.

Totally refreshed 

- and completely popping with black and hints of red.

My little home office is a joy to work in.

Love, Love, Love!

❤

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Rattan Stool Makeover...

I really enjoy my rattan stool.

But the natural colourway no longer fits my changing decor .

 So the easiest thing to do was to paint it!

And that is exactly what happened.

First, the rattan top was spray-painted white.

Peaks of the weave still show the natural colour a little. 

But I kinda like that.

Rustic French Country -

Is there such a thing?  LOL

The wooden frame was painted with Annie Sloan chalk paint

in 'Paris Grey'.

And then I waxed the wood.

The cushion was recovered in the same fabric, 

 that I used to recover the office chair.

This is the second part of my office makeover,

more coming soon...

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