Home Tour

Today I thought I would show you around the farm house a little. We have been here 33 years (wow, I need a gold medal for that!!) and have done lots of things to make it a home. It is a very humble house which we have extended several times. I must admit though as we are spending more time at the beach house my decorating style is changing. It's a little too hard to start changing too much here though. Hope you enjoy!

Porch

Guest Bedroom

 Bathroom

Living Room

Main Bedroom

Garden 

Sunroom 

Kitchen

Suzy

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Thrift store finds

Finally, I have scored a winner at the thrift store!! I admire all the wonderful finds other bloggers share from their trips to the trift store and I never seem to find anything much (sob, sob!) but this week I did. I walked in and right in front of me was this gorgeous soup tureen complete with a matching white plate underneath.

It was just perfect to add to my collection of white dinnerware.

I tried not to grab it with both hands and run... I just love it. I'm sure it has never been used.

I can just picture it now - full of yummy chowder on a cold winter's day.

I also came home with the oval platter. It is a Franco Giorgi by Quadrifoglio platter - just $5 what a bargain!

Just look at that gorgeous rim with fruit on it!

I set my $8 soup tureen and my $5 platter up on my little kitchen cupboard. I have them sitting on a beautiful rose teatowel I purchased from my sister's shop. (That cost more than my 2 pieces together!!). Thank goodness for family discount!

Suzy

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Animal Tablescape

As we are coming into winter here in Australia the animal prints are everywhere so I was thrilled to see these tablemats for a couple of dollars each. I have used my black dinnerset (something I never dreamt I would own!!) with some great taupe coloured plates which have a fabulous circle pattern on them  (they were only a couple of dollars each at the supermarket) to set this wintery table. Today I used my mats across the table for a change and I really like the look. Simple candles, striped napkins and clear glassware all finish the table. I have set up a bottle of port and glasses in a simple black trug for an after dinner drink!

Enjoy!

Suzy

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A teacup or two....

I have been working on my first photography project - we need to submit about 6 - 10 photos we have taken and fiddled around with just a little. They have to follow a theme so the thing I love and have more than anything is china so that was a pretty easy decision for me. These photos of my Royal Albert china are just a few of the ones I took now I need to present them ready to print.

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