Jo's place

Thought I'd share a quick photo of my weekend project. I've been rearranging one of my walls in my dining area (would love to say "room" but as a lot of you know 2 bedroom apartments don't normally stretch to a separate dining room). Happy with this for the moment. On to the next project.

Jo's place

So I feel like a queen with a throne ... or should that be a blogger with a bad case of retro! My new peacock chair fills a corner of my office (it's HUGE!). For once I resisted the urge to paint a piece of furniture. It was such a lovely day today. The sun was streaming in through the window and all I wanted to do was climb into my chair and read a book. Sorry, too much blogging to do and besides a big comfy pillow is needed for the seat. It's hard on the old bottom! The wall is a work in progress and the Keep Calm poster is a present for a friend. You know I tried minimalism once but just couldn't do it. I wonder why?

Look what the peacock chair fairy left me

So excited. I have another peacock chair and this one is a beauty! Made in the 70s by the man who taught my blind husband to weave cane (yes the typical cliche of a blind man making baskets!) and stored in a shed since his retirement the now 73 year old gentleman let my husband have it for a reasonable price and the promise to help with some cane weaving jobs. He just finished weaving a basket for a hot air balloon and he's supposed to be retired. I would love to have seen his shop in it's heyday. I was too excited to wait until it was in my office to take a photo. It's currently drying after a warm soapy wash. Tomorrow hopefully photos of it gracing a corner of my retro office.

Jo's weekend thrifting

Kim scored a fabulous vintage Herman Miller Eames shell chair. I on the other hand found something a little different. A World War II era Australia Red Cross Society bookcase. Old, chippy, crackled paint with 2 metal and enamel badges at top. Complete with dust and daddy-long-legs spiders. The perfect home for my retro decorating books. I'm just going to clean it and replace the handle and that's it! After I get rid of the spiders. Until then it's living in the garage ... hate spiders!

The view from here

Thought I'd turn around and take a snap. Tidied up my office this weekend and took this picture from where my office chair is. I realised I hadn't shown any more photos of where I slave away in my free time. Just kidding. Lousy photo but I'm actually quite proud of this small space. Everything in this room with the exception of the kilim which I have had for over 15 years was bought in a thrift shop, on eBay, Etsy, secondhand shop, fleamarket or created by me. Mind you I don't get to sit in the Grant Featherston Numero chairs that much as I'm always over here on the computer! I had the chairs reupholstered after I found them in a thrift store - is that cheating? Anyway just thought you'd like to see. Now if I just squeeze over to the other side of the room I could take another shot. Maybe next time.