Saturday 4 May 2013

ikea shelving, white bins and school art


When we bought the two Ikea Billy Bookcases for Kym's Hansard collection, I assumed I'd paint them in the same Blue Ink of the panelled wall to help the books hide sink in to the wall. After a lot of advice from friends, we've decided to leave the shelves white... for now. 

I'm still holding on to the paint in case I change my mind again. We'll wait to finish a few other changes to the living space which may help them settle in more comfortably.

In the meantime, we bought two white bins from ikea to store paper and wood for the fire, which I am completely in love with. 




I've also switched the art on the right side of the wall to a piece I did in my final year of school! I've waited for somewhere it would 'work' and think I may have finally found it! 



What small updates have you been making around the home? 

6 comments:

  1. My little changes....

    http://ticketyboohome.blogspot.com.au/

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    1. L.O.V.E. from the walls to the adorable stationary and (quite literally) mini-vans! A happy space it really is :)

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  2. I love that flower art piece on the wall, it's one my favorites along with the lemon tree ....

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    1. Thanks :) You will probably inherit it some day!!!

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  3. Hi Kate, I had to pop back and find out what a Hansard Collection! I like the white bookcases against the blue wall. I'm wondering, would it be too cluttered for your taste if you were to hang small pieces of art work from the shelves to break up the book collection? Or is hubby in the books too often for that to be practical? It was an idea I saw once in Elle Decor that I just loved, but I'm a bit of a clutter-bug. ;)Here's a Pinterest link that will show you what I'm trying to describe. http://pinterest.com/pin/135530270007860310/

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    1. WOW. I love that idea (nothing is too cluttered in our house... which, come to think of it, might be the problem). I'm going to re-pin and show to Kym!! Love the idea of breaking up the massive wall of books. While it helps to add to the facade that we are intelligent people, it's hard to live a lie...

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