Shopping!!!

This weekend and last has seen some progress on the shopping front!

Last weekend we managed to buy FIVE light fittings. We went to Chapel Street Bazaar in Prahran to look at some older originals which seem to have so much more character than the bland offerings at some of the new lighting stores. So, perhaps I should call our lights 'vintage' - the trendy word for second hand!

Firstly - art deco lights for the three minor bedrooms. Photo courtesy of eBay, but ours are the same. One blue, one green and one yellow. Very happy with them, and at $50 each you can't go wrong. Will be an interesting feature in each room.

Also at the same place we got a light for the entrance way and also one for the smaller lounge. I haven't taken photos of these yet. May wait until they are in place.

Then more excitement! On Thursday night we went to IKEA. Best time to go as not a lot of people. We bought a few things, but unexpectedly found a light for above the kitchen island bench. Photo below - diameter is 50cm, so it is pretty substantial. We also bought some cushions, plastic lining stuff for the pot drawers to stop things sliding, a chopping board, some mugs, a colander. I think that is all.

My long search for stylish decent length towel rails has ended! Yaaay!

After finding on the internet, today we went to Rogerseller in Richmond - a great bathroom store that I wish we had found earlier. Anyhow - we have bought a double towel rail (920mm) for the main bathroom, 2 single towel rails (920mm) for the ensuite, a hand towel rail for the powder room, and 2 toilet roll holders. Just checked my original budget for these items - clearly is was totally unrealistic, given we spent more than double today... !!

Toilet roll holder below. Hand towel holder is basically a longer version of this.

Also today we checked out some stools at The Chair Man in Richmond. The two hot favourites are below. They are happy for us to borrow for a weekend once we have moved to see how they look and work with our kitchen. So that is great. There is another store I want to visit for stools, so shall check them out in the next couple of weeks.

The first one has a pretty wide base, so we would only be able to fit two. They are a moulded plastic seat and really comfy. The second one is padded and also comfy! We didn't measure the width, but would probably be able to fit three of these.

So possibly enough shopping for this weekend....

We still need some more light fittings - just hallways, bathroom etc. Other than that, not a lot else needed for now.