This chair or that chair?

For some time now, I've been collecting images of different chairs. Pinterest has been very helpful with that, as well as my never ending collection of interior design magazines.

Whilst I'm glad that we bought inexpensive Freedom chairs when we moved to Melbourne from London four years ago (having two young kids and a dog has left  it's mark on them), I feel like I'm getting closer to allowing myself to splurge on some amazingly beautiful chairs.

However, I found it very hard to make up my mind on a particular chair, after all, if I was to spend our children's university savings, I want to be 100% certain.

So which one is it going to be, Slinky Eiffel legs, Classic DSW Eames Chair, or should I opt for Tulip chairs, Norman Cherner wooden ones or perhaps Charlotte Perriand leather beauties? They are all equally stunning if you ask me.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

                                               

Tree trunk table

I do apologize for the blurry photo, but I came across this picture in one of the interior design magazines a few weeks ago, and as it was one of those old editions waiting room type of magazines, I had no choice but to take a picture of it. Since then I haven't stopped thinking about it, it's gorgeous. This table is in New York :-(, and has been made as one-of-a-kind piece by the Groundwork Group.

Since shipping such a piece would be out of the question, I'm trying to think of a way to make one here...it has to be possible, after all, all one needs are two perfectly shaped tree trunks whitewashed to oblivion, and a stone covered top. Yes, you could use glass I guess, but I personally have never been into glass tables, not very practical with little kids in the house (have seen some beautiful ones lately though). If anyone has any suggestions, please leave a comment...

one sunny day

I am very much in need of some new clothes. However, until I organize the day to have someone look after the kids and do some clothes shopping the old fashioned way, I decided to wear some jewellery instead...

Making the impossible possible

For those of you that don't know me, it has to be said that I was never, ever, interested in running. I was more of a yoga class kind of girl, and while that was all good, I felt that I lacked the discipline and willpower that it takes to lose weight after having a baby. Then one day, purely by accident, one of my friends recommended reading this book written by Dr. John Ratey, called "The Spark". 

To be honest, I never really finished reading the book to the very end, but the purpose of it has been achieved, I started running...Initially, this was a 5 minute run around my local car park (and even this was too much for me at the time, or so I thought). Each and every day though, I got that little bit better and I ran that little bit longer...and I started feeling good about myself and my body. To my amazement, I started liking running, noticing that each time I drove past a runner, I felt like jumping out of the car to join them.

And now, 5 months later, I ran my first official 10 km run. This one, Run Melbourne, happened last weekend. These photos, and my medal (which everyone gets) will always be a proof to me, that I can really do anything if I put my mind to it. I made the impossible possible...

Christmas in July

I can't believe that I'm even thinking about doing the whole Christmas in July thing... but having moved to Australia 4 years ago from London has been very strange when it comes to Christmas. 

Being Croatian, and having a Danish hubby, we are very much used to having a cold, white Christmas every year. Since moving here though, we had to say goodbye to all those heartwarming dishes, real snow and evenings spent next to the fireplace, drinking red wine.

So, even though celebrating a Christmas in July is still a weird thing for me to contemplate, I can't help but look at our last Christmas photos and dream of a white Christmas...soon, I hope...

Matilda's room 2