Our attic space reveal

 As you know, last year we renovated our garage into a studio apartment/office space. 

You can see the reveal here

The attic space had remained unfurnished except for a desk and chair as the boys had been using it as a study zone. But life after COVID is slowly returning to a certain kind of normal and we are looking forward to having family and friends be able to stay over. It was time to makeover the attic space into a cosy bedroom for our guests.

I wanted to keep the space very simple and serene and connected with the style below in the office/apartment area. I went with a palette of white (of course!) and neutral tones. The light is really beautiful up there and it has turned into such a lovely place to be.

I wanted clean lines and low to the ground furniture to maximise the space.

Bed - Malm (Ikea)

Bedsides - Malm (Ikea)

Lamps - Target

Wall Hanging - Flower Power

White Linen Quilt Cover - Adairs

Pillow cases - Pillowtalk

Throw - Target

Cushions - Spotlight

I have also added some photos from the office space below. It still looks so fresh and lovely.

The plants are all doing so well. They really love the light in there and Simon does a great job of keeping them all so healthy, especially the fiddle leaf!

Completing the attic room was the final step of our office/studio apartment renovation.

We are so happy with how everything has turned out and it is such a wonderful, useful space that the whole family utilises.

Time for a new project!

Visual Diary - Isolation/Covid19 - March, April, May 2020

With all of our boys back to school full time from tomorrow, a little bit of normality and routine will be restored to our lives. For the last 9 weeks we have filled our time at home with books, puzzles, LEGO, Netflix and movies, painting, baked and experimented with new recipes, gardening, building our new apartment/office space and family walks with Dash. We've celebrated 2 birthdays, Easter, Anzac Day and Mother's Day. 

Add in the home schooling onto that and it has been a fairly full couple of months.

 I'm grateful to come out of the other side with all of our family healthy. Also I'm so thankful to those front line workers who kept things going in the thick of it all and put themselves at risk to help others.

I thought I'd put up some photos as a visual diary of our time in Iso. 

Hopefully a once in a lifetime experience!

Hope you're all well xxx

Mood board for our new office/studio apartment.

We're currently in the middle of building our studio apartment/office space on top of our garage. 

We are still a couple of months away from completion but my mind has turned away from all of the construction dust and engineering to the fun part of the build, the decor.

As it is going to be a multi purpose space I want it to be functional but still stylish.

I've kept the palette simple and neutral with my favourite colour white featuring throughout. 

The white will be broken up with colour from plants, artwork and the warmth of brass accents and some rattan and wood furniture.

I can't wait to show you the space once it all comes together!

Kitchen bench material - Caeserstone

Cushion - Target

Rattan cupboard - Freedom

Chairs - Temple & Webster

Sofa - Ikea

Brass Tap - Reece

Rattan tray - Adairs

Coffee table book - Booktopia

 Round Cushion - Kmart

Table - Ikea

Brown cushion - Target

Round rug - Miss Amara Loves

Brass exterior light - Lighting Collective

Plants

Art - Love your Space

Floor cushion - Target

Floor mirror - West Elm

White spiral staircase

Rug - Miss Amara Loves

Cup - Country Road

Do you have any building projects at your place at the moment?