If you follow me on twitter then you may have already seen these photos. These are the rental listing photos for the apartment we moved into up here in Sydney. As you can see it is quite a spacious 1 bedroom apartment with polished concrete floors and some industrial fittings (the bench in the kitchen stayed but we took down the tv stand in favour of our own vintage Danish sideboard)
Another amazing feature is our rooftop pool with a view of the famous Sydney skyline (from the opposite angle to this photo!)
However we are having problems decorating it in my usual red and white girly way, which you can see from the photos below (which were taken for Real Living magazine but never published!) really suited our last place.
You could also say, that after living with the red for so long, its got a little old and boring for us and I love a new decorating and styling challenge. I feel like moving to Sydney is in a way moving into adulthood and I want my home to reflect that, especially as I work from home and have clients come by often. So I'm feeling a more muted palette is needed, with a few new pieces of statement furniture and maybe even a little bit of nature to bring it to that next level. We have already sold the red lounge chairs, and we left behind quite a lot of my red bits and bobs in Melbourne so now we just need to slowly add some tone, texture and nature, like in my current inspiration/want it now board!
From Left to Right: Hanging Egg Chair for our balcony (similar can be found at Damayne), Matt Blatt Replica Jens Risom Lounge Chair $399 to replace our old red lounge chairs, David Shrigley doona cover from Third Drawer Down $250 cos its so freaking cool, Fern from local nursery, Pappis box from Ikea $1.99 cos as a stylist I have loads and loads of stuff! Macrame hanging from ebay as have been obsessed with macrame for ages, Redalen bed from Ikea $339 because it reminds me of my mothers old rattan dining room setting straight from the 1970's, oh the memories.
I'll blog the progress of our home style transformation, which will be slow as some of the things we want are a bit pricey, but I'll keep you all up to date.
The macrame looks exactly like what my Mum used to make. If she has any in boxes, I will pack them up and send them to you!
ReplyDeleteYour home is gorgeous! I can't wait to see what you do with it.
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Your new place looks amazing! Gotta love a concrete floor, and my goodness, that pool! You are a lucky thing indeed.
ReplyDeleteThat apartment is gorgeous! I'm incredibly jealous.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great new space with plenty of decorating potential, enjoy kitting it out!
ReplyDeleteI love the red! But yeah, change is good when you've lived with something a long time.
ReplyDeletethe flat looks amazing...
ReplyDeletepls do show as how it looks once u're done personalizing it:)
Gorgeous and amazing! Man, apartments outside NYC are awesome. New York real estate really sucks.
ReplyDeleteYour new place looks amazing! I'm intrigued as to how you found such a great place considering the lack of flats and amount of people looking.
ReplyDeleteHave fun decorating the place, your picks so far are very cool! x
Oh wow. You're making me feel guilty that my house has no clear cut theme (it's hard with a filthy roommate, you see).
ReplyDeleteLove that apartment. I can see how the red may not work. Would make it pretty clinical and kind of harsh.
ReplyDeleteAnd can you tell I am loving it here. I'm new, BTW.