Photoshop + creativity = fun ideas for our rooms

I shared this blog with an online forum asking for ideas, and one member created a mockup of her vision of the rooms using Photoshop!
Here’s what liddylu suggested:
The biggest thing for me is to tone back the red a little in the lounge. I understand you went for a red occasional chair, however, I played [...]

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Storage and decoration in one

Moving is a great opportunity to re-organise some of our belongings. For instance, we have more wardrobe space now (I took over the entire wardrobe in the master bedroom and J has to make do with a much smaller one in the spare room, but that’s kind of besides the point ) so [...]

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Short break - cute homeware 3

Some of you may remember the coasters that we bought from etsy.
Well, we placed 2 more custom orders with lostmitten.

One will be used a a pen holder, the other one will be used to hold my makeup brushes, mascaras etc.
Can’t wait till I see them in person!

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The “after” shots part 1

I know it has been a lot time since the last update. J and I unpacked more stuff in the weekend but there were still a lot of junk in the lounge room and bedroom. We finally got our acts together tonight and cleared up the rooms (basically everything went into the “dining room [...]

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Designing our new dining room

Internet at home is up and running finally!
It was actually working last night but I didn’t leave work till 8:30pm and wasn’t in the mood to blog by the time I got home.
In the last post I said I’ll share some “after” pics, but the place is still in too much of a mess (more [...]

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Slowly settling in

It’s been a few days now, the contents in boxes and bags are slowly making their way into cupbroads, wardrobes and other storage areas. I’ve unpacked all my clothes and bags but haven’t tackled shoes yet. J put together the bed on Sunday night. Kitchen is probably the next target.
Internet is not working yet so I’m posting [...]

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We’re in!

The move is complete (in the sense that the removalists have done their job) and we are now living in our new home.
There’s not much to show yet, there are just boxes and bags everywhere. We have been sleeping on the mattress on the floor (J will put the bed together once he [...]

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I need a break from packing

The removalists are coming in an hour but there are still so much to do …
My sinus is irritated by all the dust, I feel sick and want to lie in bed, except there is no bed to lie on!
I know I need to soldier on, just had some Berocca, hopefully it will energise me [...]

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Today’s progress

J is keeping me up-to-date on today’s activities by e-mail and photos - thought I’ll share with you as well.
The carpet underlay is done, they managed to fit the cables in so they won’t be a lump.  The new carpet is on the bottom left hand corner. The colour is nothing like what I remember!

Also the [...]

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Before the move

The real world intervened and we didn’t have the time to update the blog.  J and I spent last night packing all the goodies in the kitchen. Packing is NOT fun!
Well, tomorrow’s D-day.  After some drama, the carpets are being installed as we speak, new sofa and whitegoods are being delivered later today, and the [...]

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