A little girl's room

After a storm last night, I was very happy to see the concreters preparing to box up for the slab this morning.  I will go back this afternoon for a progress pic (you know, after school pick up and extra-curricular activities are over and done with!).  Then, tomorrow we will have a slab.  I am really getting excited!

It was whilst sitting here, planning a blog post that I didn't have any content for, that I realised I hadn't shared the concept board for our little girl's room yet.  I showed you her wallpaper here, but not the full vision.  So, here it is...

This little one is three years old, and I think she'll have a ball exploring all the little intricacies of the wallpaper.  I fell in love with the fabric pictured next to the photo frames, and am thinking of making a bedrunner out of it.  What do you think?

I've also been channelling my old favourite Sarah Richardson this morning, but am not going to tell Husband lest he has me committed for the plans I'm making!!!

Have a great week everyone - I hope it's all sunshine and joy for all of you!

Tween Girl's Room Concept Board

After sharing my fabric purchases with you earlier in the week, I thought I'd share with you my plans for our big girl's room.

She's turning eight shortly, so needs something that is definitely not little girlish, but not like a teenager's room either.  She wants a desk to do her homework, space to practice her violin and a lounging area as well.

This is what I've come up with for her...

She will have a white quilt cover, so that if we tire of the accent colours, we can easily change out the accessories.  This room also has a niche space that we need to decorate.  I think that will be a task for once the walls are up and we can decide what to display in the niche.

Oh, also, please note that the desk and cubes will be white, not beech!  No white picture available on the Ikea website!!!

What do you think?

The Mud Room you have when you're not having a Mud Room

We tried and we tried and we tried to fit a proper Mud Room/transition space into the floorplan of our new house.  Unfortunately, it just wasn't meant to be.  But, hey, we're going to make it happen anyway!

Below are some Mud Spaces that totally inspire me!

I'm afraid I don't have the details of where I found these images.  If they're yours, please let me know, so that I can credit you!

Anyhoo, back to reality!  Our Mud Space will be reclaimed from the Garage, and I've negotiated a 2m x 800mm spot, adjacent to the entry to the house.  We will store shoes, school/swimming/library/daycare bags, hats and regularly used sporting equipment.

Rather than spend up on custom made cabinetry (how amazing would that look?!), we will hit up Ikea and Officeworks for the pieces we need to make the space practical and easy to use.

I will make a seat pad and cover it in the fabric shown, just to make it comfy (and a little bit pretty!)

Thank you to my lovely friend, M, for the inspiration to consider my Mud Space - she has created an awesomely organised nook for her boys' school and daycare gear - as well as all the other bloggers talking about back to school organisation.

In my true procrastinationory (new word) style, I am using the rental as an excuse not to get organised for school and will wait until we move!!!

I'm off on a little working holiday, so will see you all next week.  Hopefully (if the rain eases up), I will have photos of our site cut and retaining walls for you upon my return.

Close, but no cigar

A little while ago, I shared with you my Concept Board for our Formal Living room, here.

Unfortunately, when I took Husband to check out the sofa, he wouldn't even touch it, let alone sit on it!  That's how much he disliked it.  How rude!

So, in light of this fact, we are going to stick with a sofa that we have (I had initially planned to sell it), and the new Concept Board looks like this...

The lamps were client off-casts and will be re-covered in the fabric shown on the concept board.  The room will also be home to our piano, and the windows will covered by plantation shutters.  Wall art will be the next consideration...

Happy Monday!

Concept Board - Teen Girl's Bedroom

No, no, no, we don't have a teenage girl (yet!), but via our business we get to help other people create stylish solutions for real living in their own homes.

In order to reduce the stress of dealing with our contracts, this is a project I worked on today.  Working on a Saturday has never been so much fun!

We offer both in home (greater Brisbane area) and remote consultations, so please contact us - madonna@maddanhome.com.au - and we can get to work on creating a stylish solution for you, too.

Have a great weekend!

Concept Board - Children's Bedrooms



Created by Mr nearly 5!





Created by Miss 7

  This is what our older kids have been up to over the last couple of days of the holidays.  Miss 7's is a shoe-in, and I think she's done quite well.

As for Mr nearly 5...  Not so much!  His taste in clothes suggested that he would have better taste in furnishings.  Oh well, plenty of time to work on him.

I hope all the Queenslanders have enjoyed their holidays, and that those still on holidays are having a safe and happy time.

Bring.on.Monday!

Concept Board - Guest Room

In the new house, we will be lucky enough to have a Guest Room, so the little peeps don't have to be re-homed when we have visitors.

This room will be teeny-tiny, and furnished with a double bed and two bedside tables, with lamps.

To help make the room feel larger, I want to paint horizontal stripes behind the bed.  A lovely friend has recently painted stripes in her nursery, so I envisage me holding a gorgeous little baby and delegating the stripe painting to her.  Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, you know who you are!!

I also intend purchasing an upholstered bedhead, as we already have an ensemble.  Once we move in, we'll decide between these, from Design Inspired:

In a lighter colour, though.

Beachcomber

The room will also have a very neutral colour scheme, but with lots of texture.  Quite possibly my favourite look of all!  Here is my concept board.

Hope you're having a great weekend!