Your Interior Style.....Mid Century...Best Picks

So you think your style might be Mid Century Modern? Do you love Natural dark wood, geometric elements and a vintage colour palette of browns, greens and oranges? Maybe you have a sunburst mirror at home and you dream of living on the Mad Men set on a permanent basis?

Well look no further, here are my top picks to turn your home into a Mid Century Modern Haven!

Lets start with the perfect piece of art for your space! This piece is from Modern Retrograde on Etsy

 

image sourced from Modern Retrograde

These coat racks are a new way to add a touch of 'deer head', You can find them at Eco Chic 

  

image sourced from Eco Chic 

The gorgeous legs on this coffee table are a perfect example of Mid Century furniture, the brass adds a touch of sparkle! You can get one from West Elm 

 

 

image sourced from West Elm 

Also from West Elm is this beautiful Cabinet, I'm imagining it turned into a vanity for the bathroom 

 

image sourced from West Elm 

The Rio Sofa Bed from Vavoom is a beautiful modern take on Midcentury design! 

 

image sourced from Vavoom 

How amazing is this Compact No.4 Pendant Light from Douglas and Bec, everyone needs a light with curves and it will go perfectly with the wooden elements in a Mid Century space.

 

image sourced from Douglas and Bec 

What would Mid Century design be without the Rocket Planter! This one from Click On Furniture is my favourite!

 

image sourced from Click On Furniture 

Living Edge stock the only book you'll ever need called Mid-Century Modern Complete 

  

image sourced from Living Edge 

And before you sit back to read your new book you can grab yourself a drink from this amazing bar cart from West Elm 

 

image sourced from West Elm 

Thanks For Reading 

 

 

 

Laundry organisation tutorial to make life easier!

If you are like me , your laundry gets washed, dried and shoved in the cupboard never to be seen until you shove the next lot in on top and push really hard hoping that next time you open the door you don't get hit in the head by a heavy queen size sheet! 

Today I decided to tackle the laundry cupboard. 

This is what it looked like before ( mind you it was only 6 months before that I put all doona covers inside their corresponding pillow slips and hoped for the best, it didn't work ) 

So the first step was to empty the cupboard in its entirety, right on the floor so it looks kind of like this 

I think the poor dogs thought we were moving again!

I went to K-mart and bought some cool white wire baskets and some collapsible storage bag things. 

Just $10 each for these http://www.kmart.com.au/product/medium-square-basket---white/820813

  

And $8.50 for these 

http://www.kmart.com.au/product/collapsible-storage-tubs---pack-of-2/807543

I had a few Ikea storage bins I was using for crafty stuff, But I don't think they stock them anymore. 

So the next step was to slowly pick through the rubble and decide to keep or toss, I think I ended up with 6 shopping bags full that are going to the salvos. Then it was just a matter of neatly folding and putting linen into my new boxes. I had some white gift tags so I labelled each bin and waaaala......new pretty laundry ready to make going back to work after 10 years a little easier!

Do it, it's lots of fun and doesn't have to be expensive!

Thanks for reading :)

Top Trend Alert...Rattan

When I was little, Mum had a rattan laundry basket with a lid. I wish I had a photo, it was actually quite awesome and when I moved out of home she allowed me to take it with me (I'm guessing because it wasn't actually something she wanted to keep in the house anymore!) So that was about 17 years ago and I sort of wish I still had that rattan basket now!

Rattan has come a long way since that basket too!

Here are my choices of Rattan for the here and now.

The Nito Vanity Large Basket in White Wash is perfect to update your laundry room

 

 Image sourced from Freedom

Or how about the Southampton Glass and Rattan Water Jug from Dunlin, it screams to be used for a cocktail!

 

image sourced from Dunlin 

This one is beautiful, the Curve Lounge Chair Indoor, 

 I love the black binding 

 

image sourced from Spence and Lyda 

They also stock the cutest Footstool, the Nest Small Footstool

image sourced from Spence and Lyda

I can see this one in a beautiful sunroom, Spence and Lyda have it all with this Snug Chair Rattan 

image sourced from Spence and Lyda

and finally the Braga Floor Lamp from Jimmy Possum, a gorgeous handmade lamp.

image sourced from Jimmy Possum

Now if you think rattan is just for summer then think again, just add a sheepskin or throw rug in beautiful jewel tones and you're good to go!

Thanks for reading :)