unique

i have lived out of home for seven years now, almost eight! beth counted the amounted of places i have lived in recently and we worked out that on average i've moved every six months! i think it might have included moves as a family but since living out of home alone i have resided in corinda, corinda again (different house!) paddington, brisbane (quay street), mount waverly, pascoe vale, melbourne (collins street), woolloongabba, norman park and now quaint little carina. i think that's all of them. and with each move i start think a little bit more about the things i hope to one day fill my house with. i used to think i wanted simple, with everything white and matching. but more recently, especially since living with beth and delving into more blogs i am excited by one off pieces and splashes of colour. i've even started to collect a few things, although i'm not going too crazy.. my savings should be going towards buying a house first rather than buying cute things to fill it with! i like the idea of buying things from places i've been or shops i love. i have gorgeous handmade coasters from los angeles, a turquoise cushion from the woolloongabba antique store (i'm going back for a framed black board!) and i have my eye on about a million different prints. i love it when you are in someones house and there are so many things to look at and talk about. my dear friends ash and kathleen both have places like this. everything has a story. books, paintings, colour choices, even the mugs they hand you tea in. anyone can have simple, basic and white. so i'm planning on having a few unique things here and there, just like them! collecting items from around the world also excites me. my cousin amber has these beautiful brightly coloured small serving bowls from morocco. (her house in sydney is also amazing by the way.) imagine getting those little bowls down when entertaining guests and being taken back to somewhere exotic you have once visited with family or friends. so special. 

p.s. in addition to my lovely abode with beth, kathleen's amazing taste in homewares and art, ash's bold choices of colour and the very different but equally beautiful homes of my aunts (louie, rosie, lynda and janine), cousins (rach, erica, amber and di) and parents, the home of jo, from the blog a cup of jo, inspires me. take a peek into her life and get a glimpse of how unique and gorgeous it is. living room. (love the globe! i have one too) bedroom. (how beautiful are the photo frames) nursery. (sailboats and clouds, so dreamy).