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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363633605948572075noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549315684739207288.post-34889161668414358192014-04-17T01:01:00.001-07:002014-04-17T01:01:45.226-07:00The House 'The Jacks Built' 2007 - 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The House 'The Jacks Built' 2007 - 2014 started with the kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As much as I'm a lover of all things old and vintage....sometimes things are </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">even just a bit too old for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It started with the oven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Check out the left hand side of it....there is discoloring to the cupboard door.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That was because the oven door had 'warped' and all of the 'HOT' air was escaping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only were we wasting a heap of heat and power, but the paint was beginning to burn on the cupboard next to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The kitchen was also extremely dark. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With a Rimu kitchen, floors & furniture - it was too much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We even had a rimu ceiling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once we could afford it - it had to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So onto Trade Me it went.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Along with the table! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Which I might add - was a 'dumping' station mostly of bags, mail & junk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as we sat mostly around the tiny breakfast bar in the middle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">of the kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the wall opposite the stove which was also taken out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We closed this off and created an entrance from</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">bedroom on the other side....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as this would one day be our en-suite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next to the back door here - there is a large set of bi fold windows</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">which we also removed and in place we put a massive</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">set of bi fold cedar doors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That really was the making of the room along with the new kitchen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the opposite end of the room from the back door - was</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">this eye sore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really really hated this fireplace in the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only was it ugly, but it served no purpose what so ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The original 'Aga' that once stood in the place of the pot belly</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">we actually found down the back of our property in the wooden playhouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That also went on Trade Me....along with this Pot Belly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had the builder close this old brick fire place off to create more wall space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the wall today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No giant dining table in the middle of the room to take up space - we converted this end of </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the kitchen/dining into almost a second living area since our</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The wall by the clock is the other wall we closed off to make our en-suite on the other side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the back door & old windows gone - the bi fold doors work a treat in</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the summer time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A bigger breakfast bar was decided on since we all love sitting up there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And a smaller dining table in the top left corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The paint colour on the walls is the same as the ceiling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While our kitchen isn't overly huge - the space works really really well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am a lover of baking and cooking - so the size of the stove</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was a must for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The bathroom was hideous!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dark purple and mauve on the walls along with more Rimu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Believe it or not there was a wall from the floor to ceiling between the bath</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this photograph the door into the toilet has been removed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So there was no window in the toilet at all for light or fresh air!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To the left of the photo was the original doorway into the bathroom and there was only</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a bath and the pedestal vanity in there with </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And prior to walking in there - in a wee room all of it's own, like the toilet was</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That too had no natural light - so was incredibly dark and damp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We opened it right up as one room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the end of the bath in exactly the original spot - is the toilet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plenty of room and by having the shower this size meant</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was no carpet on the floor and the window frames were all Rimu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The wall colouring, which you can't see was a soft mushroom colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can see I have painted over the Rimu and we now have carpet!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With our floorboards - we sanded them and then oiled them with a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted the floor boards to look not only rustic - but lived in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was updated as it too needed freshening up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That is why I picked a wallpaper full of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The red throw and light shade compliments the colouring in his wallpaper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also chose the 'drum' light shade to make it a little more modern.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But I do remember this day very well - it was incredibly hot when I was pulling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ruby also love's to draw, so I painted an entire wall with black board paint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once upon a time, a little window was in here and it was a shame not</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only are they gorgeous doors, but the storage is amazing inside!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm a mum of three great kids!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I work for a living - like most, but I have a passion for all things beautiful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can't help it - I am like a Magpie when it come's to spotting things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In my spare time, I love trawling through junk & antique shops....or wandering around markets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love mixing the 'old with the new'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I believe old things come with history of their 'previous lives' in homes of other people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Put this in with your new stuff & you create a room with personality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a perfect world - I would love to help people create their home with things they love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know it can be extremely hard for people to pull colour & textiles together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Interior Design, & Fashion Designers were not a thing to pursue as a career in New Zealand in the 80's - or so my parent's thought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But the thoughts of all things creative never left me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think it is Feminine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And far too many these days have insecurities about the way they look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Its extremely classy, soothing & eye catching</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I 100% believe however, no one's garden is EVER finished or completed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It has been a Summertime without hardly any rainfall - however, the lawn has been holding up well so far.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The pond at the base of the water feature, unfortunately has had to have giant pieces of Bamboo spaced around the bottom of it due to the fact our water loving Labrador created a Tsunami in it every time she went for a swim!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The poor fish didn't know what had hit them with all the waves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The very cute 'Wendy House' (playhouse) has long since become my garden shed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The children decided far too many spider's resided in it when they didn't play in it for a while - so they gave up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's a bit of a shame however, that directly behind the </span><a href="http://www.flarefireplace.co.nz/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Flare</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> fireplace the half round garden I had - </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">got a disease and I unfortunately had to pull it out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It fruits 100% of the time!</span></div>
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I love simple yet I love busy.</div>
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I love the look of cosy yet harsh.</div>
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But most of all I love to look at a picture & get the feel of what it would be like</div>
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sitting in that room.</div>
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What would I take & love from it?</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that it would feel great to flop on this big couch & be instantly enveloped in warmth & plushness<br />from the fur.<br />I love that the pictures on the wall have captured something 'sexy' in the shot<br />adding emotion to the room & making me want to kick back with a glass of wine & wait for that same very feeling<br />to flow through my veins.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love the severity of lines within this room.<br />The size of the plush rug & hide chairs balance this out.<br /><br />I would love to entertain in here with friends.<br />I love that you could sit back & relax - or stand in front of the<br />fire, with drinks in hand & listen to great music<br />floating around the ceiling.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love the sheer simpleness of this room, as it's warmth is created through the soft tone of pink.<br />The vase on the table replicates the roundness of the shades & the ambiance of the room<br />would become softer as night time falls with the lights - if the bulbs were of low voltage.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that this room instantly oozes charm & looks lived in.<br />Someone has a love of art as they have created a collage of their favorites.<br /><br />I love that the white background creates freshness & the feeling I would get in here is<br />of bright & cheery.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ooh I love that this instantly makes me think of the ultimate in apartment living.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Without the large 'flotiki' rug...the room would look quite servere & sterile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that I would like to sit in the chair right by the window</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that the severity of the room has been toned down</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love that it looks liked in & that clearly someone loves to read as the bookcase</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By this stage the garden was well & truly taking shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gone is the tropical theme I began with - thanks to the severe frosts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The only things that really survived were the Queen Palms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So when I turned the page of my calendar this morning - three days late, I discovered this as the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In mint condition for it's age & would look amazing filled with a fresh bunch of flowers or Easter Egg treats - placed in the middle of your table!</span></div>
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Gorgeous vintage picture that would suit your bedroom or bathroom.</div>
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Complete your room of choice with vintage roses to replicate the ones in the picture.</div>
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My favourite place to buy such flowers would be from either The Country Provedore or The Birdcage.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">we completed the yard, then we could continue to watch it grow & maintain it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">when we started to focus on the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The three tall trees in the backyard had been left & never shaped so</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">they had kind of had it in terms of what we could do with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">There were out of control creepers growing over the brick wall & all over the nearby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had been told that the 'Waikato' was very fertile with the rainfall it got - that is why</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">there were so many green 'pastures' on nearby dairy & stud farms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">both in Auckland originally & then again in the Hawkes Bay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Around the edge of these circles - bricks had been laid to form a ring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that were riddled with wood rot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Not one was worth saving - they all had to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Only seven months later!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had painted the playhouse down the back the same colour as the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The brick wall I painted black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided to do this for two reasons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First - black blends in easier in the garden & also enhances the colour of plants/surroundings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Two - The wall faced North - therefor any plants planted in front of the wall would</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I had started them off as babies when our eldest was born and transplanted them every time</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">we moved - digging them up and putting them in either massive pots or black nursery bags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">which takes years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But the moment they do - they are worth a fortune.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sadly, the following winter with the dampness & severe frosts - I lost all but one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">By this stage - we had also removed the back of house & replaced it with wall to wall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">bi fold cedar doors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The effect was instant - with the indoor/outdoor flow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finally - my little dream of a 'Ponsonby' Villa & garden of Eden was underway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How stunning are these!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And they smell delicious too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Vintage crystal decanters filled with infused oil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These make a beautiful showcase - or a gorgeous pre loved gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This gorgeous vintage look picture would look great in your bedroom or bathroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Very shabby chic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To complete & compliment the look - a bunch of roses in vintage colours would bring the look together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My choice to purchase these 'pretties' - for flowers would be either </span><a href="http://www.thecountryprovidore.co.nz/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Country Providore</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">idore in Tamahere or The Birdcage - Flowers Jewellery Gifts in Te Awamutu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Measurements are 48cm x 64cm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is me at 6mths being held by Rose & Pop!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nan is looking pretty retro there with her trendy glasses of the 1970s!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363633605948572075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549315684739207288.post-33608998796279136052014-04-01T00:50:00.001-07:002014-04-02T01:15:31.161-07:00Mr Retro Monkey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He has plenty of huggles to give!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mr Monkey is up for grabs for only $10</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363633605948572075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549315684739207288.post-55657261403306864802014-04-01T00:41:00.001-07:002014-04-02T01:15:50.724-07:00William Vincent & Rose Matthews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is the wedding day of two very special people in the photo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Their names are "William Vincent & Rose Matthews".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">To me they are/were my great grandparents 'Nanny Rose & Pop'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They were married in the 1920s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They arrived in New Zealand when they were both incredibly young.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They survived the 'depression' while they resided up the Thames Coast, New Zealand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nanny often spoke of those times, when all they had for a meal was boiled cabbage soup - because someone had randomly left a cabbage at their front door. Without the kind heartedness of those - there would be nothing to eat that day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I recall on the odd occasions when Nan mentioned a letter had arrived in the post (to us snail mail) from her sister.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nan never saw her father or sister again after she left. Travel was far too expensive for her & pop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They had one child 'Eva' - a daughter - my grandmother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nanny Rose got incredibly sick after having Nana - so that was it Pop said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pop passed away when I was 5. I still remember him calling me 'Ally cat'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Nanny Rose passed when I was 21 - she was 92.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Amazing how life would have been different for Nan if she had email & Skype to keep in touch with her loved ones!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">How the times have changed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But I just wanted to point out in my photo most of all - how it is possible to keep the vintage amongst the new and make it work!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363633605948572075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549315684739207288.post-89648856922135646922014-03-31T09:00:00.000-07:002014-04-02T01:16:06.301-07:00Vintage Roses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Colours like these just ooze vintage to me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These look so pretty & would compliment any room in your house - but most of all, somewhere where you can see them all the time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Just far too pretty to be left in the entrance way, when you spend most of your time in the dinning room, kitchen or lounge</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'm in love with all things pretty!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Especially when it's as detailed as this & is such a gorgeous colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I always find it's the vintage little treasures that make me feel so much more special when they are worn as they come with history of being special at some point in time to someone else.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">For sale at just $25.00</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363633605948572075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549315684739207288.post-13679834594511727552014-03-30T01:49:00.000-07:002014-04-02T01:16:52.124-07:00Stairway in Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of my personal favourites...close to my heart!...so incredibly talented & sexy!....The Flameco Dancers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">They represent something so exotic & yet stunning in my mind....& something so incredibly mysterious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This gorgeous retro original is up for grabs $129 + P& P.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363633605948572075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4549315684739207288.post-28526683624916767862014-03-30T01:26:00.002-07:002014-04-02T01:17:29.705-07:00Don't Wait!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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