Scrap Bag

Many of you may already know but I have moved into the back of the shop. A very big change for me as my last house was a four bedroom monster. Much too much room for one person a cat and a dog. Well I am now living in two rooms, a little kitchen, tiny bathroom and laundry. I have been very busy doing a little decorating if you have noticed the lack of posts recently. I am nearly done, just a few little things I am looking for that I will find at some opp shop or from a second hand dealer. I thought i would share my living space with you so be warned there are lots of photos!

The shop is quite an old building with a tiny little kitchen. The bench with the sink is so low, I get a sore back when I do dishes. They must have been a lot smaller in the olden days. The kitchen table I have actually had for years. It has been living at my sister’s down in Melbourne. It was looking a bit worse for wear and a customer told me to rub in almond oil and it would freshen up the laminex ……. she was spot on. It looks great.

As you can see I am a fan of red and green so I decided to base my kitchen around those two colours. I have had heaps of fun looking around for red and green stuff.

I am a collector of all things Coca Cola. The collection is quite large and I have it all stored in plastic containers under my parents house. I just don’t have the space anymore. I did keep the one sign and I love it
in the kitchen.

I have just finished making those cushions. I have made them out of Anna Marie Horner fabric, Kaffe Fassett fabric and Amy Butler fabric. My three fav designers. I just machine quilted them all a bit differently. The couch was a bit of a bargain, picked that one up for $30 – did have to get it recovered, that was a little more.
The coffee table was from a garage sale across the road from my old house. $5 for that one. Quick sand, stain and varnish ans it looks fabo. I love a coffe table with a magazine rack.

Some of art glass collection is up on top of the book shelf. I have a big collection and only brought my favourites with me. You will see more later on.

Yes I am one of those freaks who likes to have her books in colour order. Makes finding anything a bit of a challenge but I do love how it looks.

This is back the other direction to my work space. I have my sewing machine and computer out all the time. I do so much work on both it is just easier to have them out. Anyway hwere would I put them, it’s not like I have a cupboard or any sort of storage space. I put the three shelves up next to the sewing machine. I love to have my extra feet, quick unpick etc easily available.

There is my lovely computer and big A2 printer. She takes up so much space but it is lovely to be able to print large stuff. As you can see I don’t have any windows except on the back wall of the house. mmmmmm. But I do have a skylight in the lounge/sewingroom/computer room. There is also one in the bathroom and kitchen.

This is my lovely bedroom. I have also had to put my plan drawers in here. No where else to put them.  The quilt on the bed is my scrappy log cabin quilt newly finished. I love this quilt it is so lush.

I have put a bookcase on top of the plan drawers to make them look a bit more like a bit of normal furniture. I got the drawers from a second hand dealer for $100. It had no outer frame so my Dad put one on for me. I love it and it is fantastic to store all my artwork and paper.

My one window with metal security thrown in for free. I got the curtains at the opp shop and just added some backing.

My lovely dressing table that I have ad for years and years. I have always meant to give it a face lift but i have grown attached to it’s worn ways.

Some more of my art glass in lovely reds and oranges. You can see the green of the curtains better in this photo. So as you can see I am very cosy and snug in my new home but very happy. I have all the stuff I need and of course 24 hours access to a quilt shop………….. dangerous.

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