Time Worn Style

Our Country Home ~ Country Style magazine February 2012 WIN A COPY

It's finally here 

our little slice of heaven

featured in this months 

Australia Coast to Coast

Country Style

I've had a rough start to the year,

a friend and I were badly injured in a car accident

so on the road to recovery

this has been a bright light in the grey

I hope you enjoy the article

I know we enjoyed having the lovely Country style team here for our photoshoot

(all photos below Mikkel Vang)

 

 

Country style magazine is available for purchase Australia wide

Overseas readers can purchase a subscription here

I have TWO COPIES to give away

 

 I've had a few lovely emails about the giveaway so am opening it up to all my readers IN AUSTRALIA AND OVERSEAS

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Hope you enjoy the mag!

Random architectural pieces...

I was synching my iphone last night and going through some of the pictures stored therein..

and came upon a realisation..

I have an unusual habit of taking random photos

Random photos of architecture..

I actually wanted to be an architect when I was a child..

making houses out of shoeboxes

but in the end found I enjoyed decorating the interior of the shoebox

with matchbox beds

and crooked material scrap curtains a little more..

However that interest in architecture has obviously not left me completely..

And Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

and its surrounding suburbs provides a plethora of opportunities 

for my random iphone shots..

So I thought I would share a few of my favourites

Original Victorian Leadlight, Specialist surgery Camberwell...

Leadlight near furniture delivery ~ Brunswick

 

and facade..

Doctors rooms South Melbourne..

 

 Even an interesting gate latch in Sorrento..

Will add some more as I find them..

Nice little inspiration pieces

I'm also doing a little guest spot over at

Jo Comiskey's gorgeous blog

BEAUTIFUL SOUTH

 

Do pop over for a visit wont you?

I have some beautiful Pink Depression Glass now available at my ebay store...

Inspirations for 2012

If you are anything like me

you may be feeling the end of year weariness 

that comes along 

after a busy time of getting things done for 12 months previously..

Its nice to have a little time off 

but I have to say I am itching to get started again

on some new and wonderful projects 

here at Greystanes

and within my Time Worn Style business too..

So I thought I would share with you my inspiration board at Pinterest..

 

Source: sminspiration.tumblr.com via Alicia on Pinterest

 

I love that place

its like flicking through an enormous and endless magazine..

I grab sparks of wonder from all over the place and put them in my own little file of ideas..

Inspriations that get me thinking and planning..

You can follow me here if you like..

 

 

I'm always adding to my boards

with pictures from around Greystanes and our renovations

to ideas that just catch my eye..

My Home Inspirations...

I'd love to see you over there..

Keeping Christmas Simple...

In regards to Christmas decorating

I'm keeping it simple this year..

 

Just a few decorations out..

 

 

a light silver streak of a tree..

a few touches here and there...

just little reminders

that its Christmas time..

and not the big pack up afterwards..

 Have a wonderful and blessed Christmas everyone 

Time Worn Style will be open by appointment 

over the festive season

Wishing all my lovely customers a wonderful Christmas

and a fabulous New Year

A corner to read in...

If you are anything like me

and love to decorate

then you will find that you amass a good collection of magazines

and interior design books..

 

I like the idea of a reading nook..

and this little half single bed 

to me seemed to be the perfect answer

a nice place to relax..

 

and an extra bed 

for that extra guest

if required..

 

A stable to a barn...

 

We have a lovely old building on our property

well more of a small shed really..

it used to be part of a horse paddock out front of our house

and its right cute 

with a small tack room on one side

a drippy tin roof

and moss covered weatherboards..

We really weren't using it

except for our pet bunny who lived under its roof 

but other than that

just a folly in the garden..

to stack firewood against..

 

so as part of our plan to improve storage options around this big old house..

we thought we might put some doors on the front..

but not just any old doors

some nice old barn doors which open all the way out 

and lay flat against the wall..

We were very fortunate to be referred to a fabulous carpenter via

Jenny of Vintage Heaven B & B in Healesville

The best recommendations come by word of mouth 

and I have to say that this Carpenter/Joiner

is fabulous...

To explain what you want

and thats what you end up with ~ and more..

This is one top notch Carpenter

Absolutely delighted with our new Stables

and now the next decision 

is to paint or not to paint..

   

David Heard

Carpenter/Joiner

0408 145 565

Of course there are always treasures to be had

down at my showroom here in Olinda

and also in my ebay store

for those who live further away..

New treasures ~ mountain studio..

 

I do read about this all the time 

about bloggers who feel bad about not answering comments left 

or visiting other bloggies when they should

So I think we should just all agree

to make no apologies and accept that we all love receiving those glorious comments

the little packets of care at the end of our blog posts

that make you smile

and realise you are not typing stories about your everyday life into the void

that they are actually being jumped at 

and held 

then let go again

for the next person to gently read...

and that us who write these everyday threads of life and home

SO appreciate it 

that it brings such a smile to our home

that we dont need to apologise

or feel bad for not visiting..

because its a given

that we feel the love <3

So thankyou so much Cas over at Peaches and Maple

for this gorgeous award

It was a lovely surprise..

Liebster comes from the word Liebe in German which means Love, Friend or Dearest.

I'm passing it on to all those glorious blogs with less than 200 followers

cause you all deserve it

for sharing a touch of your beautiful life with everyone

How could I possibly pick only five??

 

Have sold lots of furniture out of my showroom these last few weeks..

so have been doing a bit of rearranging

 We still havent finished the outside..

an old rug still sits at the entrance

but at least we have an undercover area now 

so rearranging is a little easier..

although not any tidier..

 however at least weather proof..

Before below..

brought in a lovely old Victorian kitchen table 

I had been keeping in storage outside..

as a permanent shop fitting..

love its pretty green legs

and who knows I will probably end up selling it eventually..

Still not finished as I found some more beautiful treasures this weekend too..

to find a place for in the showroom..

 

 

 

but that is half the fun really isnt it?

From shabby chic to neutrals...

One of the things that I love about my business

is I get to play stylist

with new things every week.

 

Some I like so much in their new spot I decide to hold onto for a while..

others I put in my ebay store quick smart..

I found a wonderful lot of treasures on the weekend, 

some that I would have shoved in my cupboard with much gusto in the days where I loved all things pink and rosey..

 

 

So when I was taking some photos of all these new found delights..

It got me to thinking how much my decor has changed over the years

Don't get me wrong 

I still do love pink and rosey china, linen, furniture..

but not on the grand scale that was..

only here and there

Which in all honesty 

for me

makes it more of feature

that jumps out and says "look at me"

 

To be honest

I think I am going through a bit of a backlash against my earlier frilly shabby chic phase

And again

having said that

I do love a ruffle and frill here and there

just 

not 

as

much..

Because some of our rooms are starting to head in this direction now..

I found this huge old antique basket

which calls to me more

than some pink and roses

for the moment..

and when I stood back and looked at this room..

it struck me just how pared back it is

and calming in a way..

a clashing of horns 

against my earlier hoarding days

I'm enjoying layers and textures 

overlapping and changing..

silver

linens

neutrals...

industrial accents

but don't think for a minute

that all of our house is going down this road..

after all

I still do have a cupboard full of this..

The Australian Verandah...

One of the main things I loved about this old house when I first saw it was its long and deep Australian Verandahs..

We have them on both sides of the house

You can fit a good size table and chair set on them

and in summer they are the coolest place to be sitting back with 

a G & T and enjoying the serenity..

but of course being such an old house

this more "original" section is in dire need of a makeover

the uprights are sagging

the decking rises and falls with the weather..

more to do with some earlier poor repairs rather than anything else..

 

 

and the bases of the uprights are rotted out..

the railings need to be added back in..

and the stairs replaced..

 

Theres another little room underneath..

the boards need replacing..

 

 

I think this is going to be our next renovation project

over Summer..

its a big one

we may just sit on it for another year

enjoying the serenity..

and hoping it doesnt collapse from under us

and available for purchase now in my ebay Australia store..

 

Antique boudoir clock..