Fancy Living in an Old Corner Shop? Ours is For Sale!

***NEWSFLASH*** Under Offer in less than a week!

Hello stranger!

Here are some snaps of our old shop house, tarted up ready to sell. I thought I'd post them just in case any of you who read this blog over the years would like a sticky at the finished product. 

As I write this I'm thinking about the 'heady' days of blogging and how much fun it was. I'm also wondering what you're up to, and that it's probably a waste of time publishing this because chances are no one will see it anyway...

  
Anthony and I worked our butts off renovating this house. There were times I hated it with a passion, but now that it looks so shiny and lovely I want to move back in! Funny that!

Anyway, here tis

Before I sign off (quite possibly for the last time) here are a couple of before pics to remind you of what we were dealing with. It looked waaaay better in the photos than it did irl! Seriously! We could it the sh*t hole!
Now to get started on the next one (newish and on the sterile side).
Take care, thanks for reading. Over and OUT!

Yuk!

Check our 'famous' loo here.

More For Sale info and photos here

x

  

Wallpaper " paper, usually with printed decorative patterns in colour, for pasting on and covering the walls or ceilings of rooms, hallways etc."

That's what the dictionary says, but wallpaper is oh so much more than that! Have a look at these...

This is the wallpaper in the t.v. room at my house. It has a lovely copper thread running through it which you can't see in the photos.
It's by Harlequin and called Virtue. It was very tricky to hang though...

Here's some more retro loveliness:

Retro tulips found at Belmont swap meet.

 Sweet vintage wallpaper bought from Elvins in Osborne Park. The ONLY place to buy wallpaper if you live in Perth!

It's quite literally a museum for wallpaper! Plus current wallpaper too. For my daughter's bedroom.

Now for something a bit different...

Very old wallpaper lining a cupboard built in the depression.

This one reminds me of old,worn lino. Francesca Floral Tea by Ralph Lauren. From sample book found at swap meet.

An old roll I bought at a garage sale. Shabby but still lovely.

Flowers...

Rhododendrons and Lilies. Zoffany.

Samphire. Zoffany.



Sussex Gardens Floral. Ralph Lauren.

Fern. Zoffany.

A touch of the Orient...

Oriental Garden. Oriental Trellis. Zoffany.

Loud and Noisy...

Selsby. Cole and Son.

Acanthus. Cole and Son.

Dorothy. Cole and Son. This is much nicer in the flesh-grey rather than purple and a more mustardy yellow. I love the name.

Casimir. Cole and Son.

Cheyne Walk. Cole and Son.

Phew! Are you all wallpapered out? Which one is your favourite? Or didn't you like any of them? I have taken most of the photos from discarded sample books that I was lucky to find at swap meets.

One more photo of a chest of drawers in my daughter's room wallpapered with scraps of paper...