dreamy bedrooms

hi everyone..


love loving our new white walls. i think painting walls white is the single best & most affordable thing you can do to improve a home. keeping furniture and decoration simple, mostly white, a touch of colour, texture and something rustic. 


looking forward to painting bedrooms soon.. here's some inspiration. 

love the fabric covered lamp idea.. blue and white stripes

wicker under bed storage.. love everything about this room 

the contrast of rustic recycled timber against all white 

simple & calm

source 1. 2. 3. 4.

which one would you like?

cheryl

x

jewel sea

i love a jewel sea

shell cottage

we don't live in a cottage, we live in an apartment in a busy city. sometimes i dream about having a whitewashed cottage near a secluded beach. i'll call it shell cottage.
after my daughter saw the most recent harry potter movie she told me i had to go and see it just for shell cottage. my kids were at a perfect age when harry potter first came out & like many have grown up devouring the books and loving the movies. 
i always admire the amazing set design and will have to get around to checking out shell cottage!
these are some of my shell collections & creations..

"Bill and Fleur's cottage stood alone on a cliff overlooking the sea, it's walls embedded with shells and whitewashed.. Wherever Harry went inside the tiny cottage or it's garden, he could hear the constant ebb and flow of the sea, like the breathing of some great, slumbering creature. He spent much of the next few days making excuses to escape the crowded cottage, craving the cliff-top view of open sky and wide, empty sea, and the feel of cold salty wind on his face"

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows

read more about shell cottage here

have you seen shell cottage?

c

x

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funky junk interiors

a winner

hello..
not much to report today apart from a lot of painting going on here with more rooms turned upside down & not many places to take photos.

and the winner of the giveaway is.. 
Holly from Bella Nest Blog. congratulations Holly!


thanks so much for all your entries, comments & to everyone who shared this :)

cheryl

x

GIVEAWAY

this is the last day to enter beachcomber's 1st birthday giveaway. 
i'm giving away any one item from my etsy shop. we'll be drawing the winner tomorrow morning.
these are a couple of new items i've added to my shop that you could win. 

it's easy to enter:

1. become a LINKY follower if you're not already 

  (see it in my sidebar)

2. leave a comment

for extra entries..

3. like beachcomber on facebook

4. spread the word by mentioning on your blog or facebook

5. leave a 2nd comment to let me know

good luck!

full moon rising

my moon child always makes me aware of the phase of the moon. with clear skies after the rain we headed to the cliffs to see it rising over the sea. 
2 weeks ago..

c

x

vintage finds

hi lovely blog friends..


this has been a mammoth weekend of painting things white at our place. steve has been slaving away giving our walls a fresh coat of bright white paint. the colour is dulux whisper white, if you're wondering. i've been freshening up lots of the white painted furniture that was looking pretty shabby, not in a good way. so happy with the clean, fresh look.

you might remember this old dresser was a throw out across the road from another art deco building. it had probably been there since the late '20's early 30's. i dragged the old thing across the road by myself! in my excitement. it suits our old kitchen and looks like it's meant to be there.

the books & mismatched china are mostly found & collected from thrift shops & garage sales. i like how everything in here has a story & time worn character.   

what do you like collecting?

cheryl

x

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dreaming

ralph lauren's jamaican home... a bit of a dream location i've had in my scrapbook for a long time & still love. i shared some of these pics on facebook last weekend & thought you'd like to see more and dream along with me. 

vogue living australia
casasugar.com

have a great weekend!

c :)

birthday giveaway

it's giveaway time! 


to celebrate beachcomber's 1st birthday & to thank you all for following i'm giving away any one item of your choice from my etsy shop. 
overseas postage only for smaller items.

it's easy to enter:

1. become a LINKY follower if you're not already 

  (see it in my sidebar)

2. leave a comment

for extra entries..

2. like beachcomber on facebook

3. spread the word by mentioning on your blog or facebook

4. leave a 2nd comment to let me know

visit my shop here

the winner will be drawn randomly at the end of next week

good luck!

big swell

hi.. 
one of my first ever posts almost a year ago was called big swell. i took you along my favourite part of the sydney coast, the spectacular bronte to bondi walk. 
so here we are again one year later. a most stunning day, sparkling sea and a huge swell hitting the coast at a beach renowned for big waves.
the best way out for surfers is over the back of the pool. a bit of a wait for the lull between sets. the other way out.. get a ride on a jet ski.

one of those days when you realise
it's great to be alive!