Category Archives: House

Do What You Like!

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Much love and respect for the one and only Luca Ionescu. This gift from him is now proudly up on the wall in my art studio!

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Life’s short, listen to more music!

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Wall mounted CD player.

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Some of my faves!

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Signed Faith No More CD’s.

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CD Tower.

I was thinking about setting up my old iMac in the art studio, but I’ve decided I want to keep the studio analog. For music (essential when making art), Spotify has been OK, but it just FEELS wrong. I end up listening to the same playlist over and over again, and I don’t feel good about listening to the music Spotify tries to suggest to me. I want to take back control.

I threw out a LOT of stuff in the move, but I couldn’t throw out my CD’s. Some of these CD’s mark massive moments in my life. They’re like memory boxes. It’s been a while, but I think I’m ready to open some of them up.

Who the hell buys a CD player these days? Well I did! I bought this little wall mounted CD player so I can see the CD art up on the wall. As expected, the built in speakers (despite the adverts and YouTubers suggesting it sounds awesome) are TOTALLY TRASH. It has an AUX line-out though and I’ve got it plugged into my Bose speaker which sounds MUCH better!

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Loft Bar Stool

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Loft Bar Stool from RJ Living.

I’ve been sitting on my KORG guitar stool when having meals at the kitchen bench. It’s way too big though so I’ve been looking for a super narrow bar stool and I came across this beautiful one at RJ Living. I actually spotted it a few months ago but didn’t pull the trigger on it until now. Really glad I did. It’s perfect!

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ZEN THAI

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Gina practising her ZEN THAI on Leslie for the first time (I’m next!).

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Double Rainbow

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Happy Monday all!

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Philodendron Hope & Fat Boy

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Philodendron Fat Boy in the lounge room.

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Philodendron Hope in my office.

I knew it wasn’t going to be long before I bought some Philodendrons!

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The pond is wet!

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No leaks! Happy days!

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Early settlers.

I dropped in to Aquaristic today (I now live next door to one of the best small aquarium shops in Sydney) to buy some dechlorinator. Not so surprisingly (as Aquaristic tend to sell some really special things) they had one single red rice fish! I passed on the fish for now but I did pick up 2 banana leaves (free-floating, no stems, the roots sprout out from directly under the leaf itself). They only had a few and these were the only 2 in decent condition (they were the biggest ones too). The guy who looked after me said they will flower if they get full sun.

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Outdoor furniture set

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Paloma Jedeaux 4 piece iron outdoor set.

Just bought this outdoor set from Living By Design for my rooftop. Looked at a lot of more comfy lounges but the afternoon sun up there is just SO harsh. None of it would last more than 6 months. This should last a little longer me thinks!

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Acapulco chairs

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$57 at Bunnings.

I initially saw one one of these chairs on Facebook marketplace, but I’ve since seen these Acapulco chairs absolutely everywhere; in YouTube videos, via google image search and all over Pinterest. I reached out to someone selling some on FB Marketplace, asked if I could pay via PayID, her reply was “so many scammers on PayID”, so I dropped in to Bunnings and bought some instead.

I’ve got them on my balcony and love how they look (they’re comfy too), but I doubt they’ll survive the harsh afternoon sun for long.

I’ve since done more research on these, turns out they’re quite an iconic design. The Acapulco chair originates from Mexico and is associated with the glamorous vacation destination of the 1950’s and 60’s. The chairs are handwoven in Mexico and are still being made to this day.

Looks like the original differs from the Bunnings ones in a few ways; overall shape (original looks more egg shaped and these Bunnings ones look more round), the original has 3 feet not 4 and a sturdier looking base frame and it looks like the original chair is a little bigger too.

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Plant update

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My Queen Anthurium has pushed out a new leaf and it’s beautiful!

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In love with my Watermelon Peperomia. Not only because the leaves look like watermelons, but they sparkle in the sun!

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