Ottoman

A few months back my Granddad and Grandma moved out of their farm house and into a little bungalow. A few of us went to go help them pack up some things and move them to their new place. 

As we were packing up all their things we came across toys that we used to remember playing with when we went to visit. We found my aunties old wedding dress which I tried on (....absolutely hilarious!). We found old photo's of my Granddad and Grandma, and of all my aunties and uncles as they were growing up (there were some serious hair styles going down back then). It was like talking a trip down memory lane.

Along with all these fun memories, and cool things that Grandma had collected over the many year they had lived there, there was also a LOT of junk. It's kind of crazy how much you can accumulate over the years! Thank goodness bonfire night was coming up when we did this...it was a decent bonfire once all the junk was piled up! I was kind of keeping my eye out as we were packing up all the things for a good find...something old that was going to be chucked that I could maybe bring back to life...and I found this...A very old, and very tatty and worn, ottoman...

And so this ottoman was added onto my 'project list'. I have to admit, it sat in the extension for a little while. I tend to get there project ideas, get all excited about them, buy all the supplies, do a little bit of work on them...and then leave it for a few weeks unfinished. But I just got round to finishing off this one! ...well, I think I might add a few finishing touches at some point, but for now I'm pretty impressed.

OK, so maybe it isn't the most professional of finishes, but still, I'm kinda proud of my little ottoman. 

Project Office Update:

Desk cleared...check.

Carpet visible...check.

Paper shelves organised...check.

2006 calender taken down...check.

Old junk rid of...working progress.

project office

So I have set myself a project to let the interior designer inside myself to be expressed. I'm decided to re-decorate our office. Now, I use the term 'office' loosely, dumping ground would be a more accurate way of describing this room...I mean, just take a look...

Who even knows what's in this cupboard

The calendar on the left there is from, no joke, 2006!

Yep, its a serious dumping ground. On that
chair there, the one that got rejected from
 the sitting room when we decorated that,
is a very very very old mac that is never ever
goingto get used again.
Why do we have it I ask?!!

Now, thanks to my pintrest addiction, I have gathered some ideas on the end result of my project...this is what I'm visioning...

Look how organised that it :)

  

So simple

(Images from www.pintrest.com)

This could be a little bit of a challenge I think, but boy will it be worth it. I also feel that this project may take me some time...doing little bits at a time. 

GO PROJECT OFFICE.

Creative urge

This afternoon after getting home from work I got the urge to be creative. And so I made a bracelet that I'd seen on pintrest AGES ago. But my creative desire was still there.

I opened some photos up on my laptop and started editing and playing around with them. But I still felt the need to be more artsy.

And so I rooted in my draw, pulled out some paint, got my self a paintbrush from the cupboard, filled a glass with some water and started painting ...well, I say painting, no great masterpieces were created. However, my creative urge was satisfied when I had that paintbrush in my hand.

I've missed being artsy.