My love of Markets, Garage Sales and Op shops is a recent thing. It has always been there, just didn't want to recognise it til now. My Mum would drag us along to all sorts of moth ball smelling places, where we would think "this is all crap Mum, why are we here"?....
but, Mum would always come away with some piece of furniture, fabric, vase etc, and turn it into a gem something we would all fight over now as homeowners ourselves. So now we all have this zany gene from Mum to 'sniff a bargain' from a mile away. I am working on some now as you know. My $5.00 sideboard is turning out really well and I will show you photos very soon, then there is the two old suitcases I picked up for $3.00 (I haven't done anything to them yet). So I wanted to show you what you can find if you look. Hence the photo above.
This is a market (I think) in Norway or somewhere you could imagine a beauty like this to be found. I haven't posted these two images for the market, but for myself as a reminder that this is what I would like my Shop to look like...whenever that may be. Lots of tables, heights and treasures to make your eyes dart about...to draw you in so you will find a little gem you just have to have.
This is the epitome of what I would like my Shop to be styled like. The whole setting, colours, smells (I bet) and items is just what I have envisioned for ages...I nearly died when i seen these photos - someone had been in my head!!...
image - 4&5 Ness Lockyer...back to reality. This is what my Shop looks like at the moment!!! This is the back wall, and right over the back of the photo is the storeroom door.
This is the front window of the Shop and the door which is yet to be replaced. It is the dumping ground for the adjoining Cafe which is being built (which my Sister may takeover). The Shop has looked like this for a year....when will I ever get it?? Cry with me people.
Just keep the top images in mind!
Ness xx
...with loads of white fairy lights...
...and maybe a quirky little bird cage...
image - hisss
image - Elfine
image - Sarah Richardson
image - Giannetti Home
image - via White And Wander
image - Weatherstrong
This glorious home belongs to David & Susan White. He is a baker and she owns antique store Good & White. Their Cape Cod style home is a testament to the fact that you don't need to go overboard and buy expensive things to have a wonderful Christmas. Even their decorations are natural and simple....like the colour scheme of the home. The shell garland around the tree is actually little shells with white lights!
I could imagine this all lit up at night...with Christmas lights and without. Cape Cod houses just have an air of elegance to them without being out of reach. Anyone could own one.
The living room is a delight and I love the stepped fire hearth. Susan wanted it this way to create a seat up close to the warmth of the fire. All of the elements to this room, any one can do. White slip covered lounges in Cotton Duck (very affordable), garland over the fireplace from the tree outside, an old pine table with the legs cut off for a coffee table (look in junk shops), a pine chest of drawers in the corner (look in one of your bedrooms or your Grans house) and recycled pieces- from the bricks on the fireplace, to the old weather vane used as a sculptural piece, add interest and bring some warmth into this white setting....btw, I love those quilted stockings...he he!
...this is a guesthouse that I would live in permanently.
I love this floor in the screened porch, made from Blue stone. Our own home is built on it, and I can tell you, it will withstand ANYTHING!
The short order Kitchen is so lovely with its Tongue-and-Groove boards and open shelving. Love that light fixture.
There are clever storage ideas everywhere. Like this space in the Kitchen, which has been put to good use as a mini office.
I seen these photos at Skona Hem, and immediately thought of Emma at White and Wander. The whole warehouse/loft style of living completely floats her boat...I see why. Ceiling heights to amaze, beautiful expanses of wall (perfect for a huge & in red) and these divine whitewashed floors. I am also loving the black fireplace surround, which I think keeps all the white in check.
That's a Bathroom to love. You can get that same sink at Ikea for about $140.00...hhmm!
I don't know if you can make it out (sorry the photo is small) but there is a little hanging bassinet, all done in a creamy white hanging from the ceiling for junior. There was nothing like that when our boys were born..its so lovely.
image - vintage and romantica
image - Skona Hem
image- via Cote De Texas
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