You Paid How Much?

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Just when I thought the Sydney Op-Shop bargains were over, an oasis emerges from the heat of the Inner West. The furniture is delivered daily, and though they have a small selection, apparently things turn over VERY quickly. I can see why.

This one was missing a ticket, now usually at Sydney Op-Shops, there's no budging the ladies for a sale. If there's no ticket, there's no sale. Even though they just make up the ticket prices out of thin air, they still cant decide on a price on the spot. This was the final death of the op-shop experience.

Well not today! Not anymore!! THIS op-shop lady plucked a sweet ten dollars out of those fluffy white clouds. There were two and she let me split them, and sold them as each. That hasn't happened since 1999!

Now this 3 drawer retro side table lives next to the bed. Its obviously not in perfect condition. A few scratches. Because its wood veneer, I cant really sand it back. The drawer fronts are pretty minimal. The top, I've stuck on an off-cut of Cole & Son Off wallpaper with double sided tape.

I got the cane basket sitting on top for one dollar and a nice dress which only cost me five bucks.
Admittedly, the bus cost me two dollars because I couldn't walk home but I'm still calling it a thrifty day.

Mountain Ranges

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When figuring out if I want to put wallpaper up on the bedroom wall behind the bed, I like to have a bit of a play to see if it would look any good. I've been looking on Wallpaper Direct which is a site from the UK. Their wallpaper is from reputable, big named companies and is much cheaper than buying from Australia, especially with the great exchange rates at the moment, even if the hefty cost for postage, it'd still be worth it. Then I discovered wall murals. A lot more sites from the US offer this, and it costs about the same as wallpaper. The large ones, (they come in different sizes) are in 8 panels and go on the wall just like regular wallpaper.

I know this is really cheesy but check out the mountain mural mock up! Oh how I love kitch...but maybe not for this apartment. I would so love to have a real house and a play house just so I could do silly stuff like this. Maybe for our next place I will be a little braver in my decorative choices.

Besta Burs Storage Solution

During our shopping spree at IKEA a couple of months ago, we were looking at storage solutions. Getting things off the ground when your in a small space is a great tip. If any store understands small spaces and storage, its IKEA. Now don't think our house is going to be an IKEA house. because yes I admit there's a lot of crappy stuff there (like signed framed Matisse prints and canvas art) and poor quality stuff too so we were cautious in our selection. This wall storage is called Besta Burs and its intended to store DVDs above your 1800mm wide flat-screen TV, but seeing as we don't have a TV or many DVDs we were planning on putting it above the computer for office storage.
However, it didnt really suit and after we put it together, we couldnt take it back! so we looked at options around the unit and felt it was well suited above the bed. About the same width as a queen bed and easy to reach, it now is used as a medicine cabinet, also storing out hairdryer, tissues, haircare, toiletries - all things that we wont be able to fit in out TINY EN-SUITE SIZED bathroom. After much convincing Pete agrees it looks pretty good too.








The swatch of paper is wallpaper by Cole and Son. We are pretty sure this is print that we are going to use to wallpaper this wall behind the bed in the bedroom. Will our house look like a Cafe? Maybe. Will it look dated in a few years? Perhaps. Is it money better spent on something else? Possibly. But every time I look at it, I will feel really happy and may even sleep with my head at the base of the bed just so I can sit and stare at it for many happy hours.