So since everything has finally started happening with respect to the new house, I have rekindled my interest in homewares. I like modern/contemp decorating styles, similar to what you may see in some of the renovations on The Block. So for Christmas last year and my birthday early this year I received some presents for the new house from one of my sisters who has great style when it comes to all things decorating.
The first is a gorgeous concrete pot with a cactus. Pictured here with the light box I bought myself for Christmas!
I discovered spare letters (I bought the coloured ones) on the weekend for the light box so bought those as well, I was restricted with what I could say with the original set - I really wanted to say cactus but there was no other "U"!
Anyway, my sister also bought me this towel for our powder room.
I found myself in Geelong recently late one night with some time to kill so thought I could go shopping (I am sure there was something generic I needed to get), and one of the only places open was Krap-mart. I have always called it Krap-Mart, just habit now. So anyway I checked out the new Kmart (!) at Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre. It is a new format store and it is huge. A lot of people are not sure about the new layout but I loved it, seemed to have a big range, and a nice funky homewares section. I did find myself going around in circles at one point though as it is not very clear when you are walking around where to get go if you are looking for a particular section.
Anyway, this caught my eye, sitting on a big shelf all lonely! Bought it, and now my daughter is trying to claim it for her bathroom or bedroom.
And the best part is - it was only $7. Anyway, walking further around the store as you do when you have nowhere in particular to be, I discovered these trays, which are bamboo and "dipped" in gloss paint, found them in teal, and a firetruck type orange. Very vibrant. I could not decide which colour when I realised (when another customer picked up the pile of matching bowls) that they also come in yellow. So after umming and aahing over colours for ages, I decided I wanted yellow which was out of stock so I thought I will check on my local Kmart one day. These trays are only $10. Who does not love a bargain!
I had been to my local Kmart, no bamboo trays at all, but there were heaps of the geo pots (ps - the plant is artificial). Picked myself up some more plastic hangers while I was there (I am sick of all the crappy wire hangers so am gradually replacing them all with black plastic cheap ones from Krap-Mart and Ikea).
Was with my sister during the week and showed her a pic of the pot plant and she asked me to get her one. Went back to my local and they were all gone. The following weekend went to another two different Krap-Marts in the course of my travel, still no geo pots. But, I did find some other nice plants, nearly bought a large flat round pot with succulents but instead opted for this larger ceramic pot with fake palms, currently sitting on top of my fridge. This was $15 though, gee my tastes are getting expensive ;)
Anyhou, went back to the original Waurn Ponds Kmart (none of the others have the full range, all have a different selection of products from the same range) looking for the geo pots, still none, but, found the yellow trays in stock!
Also, while walking around was looking for a pineapple door stopper which is quite quirky, I had seen it at some of the Kmarts at some point on my recent shopping expeditions, but now could not find one either and I must have one! So will definitely be stopping by more Kmarts very soon.
While I have your attention, am loving this indoor hanging planter. Not from a cheap shop but a lovely homewares shop where the original concrete pot was from, nut sure if I will end up getting it or something similar. Maintenance wise not sure if it will survive, and I can imagine making a big mess when watering it.
Back to the light box, when I came home with the fake palm plant, my husband told me no more! He did not want fake plants, he wanted real plants as they give out oxygen. So when I unpacked my new letters for the light box and was thinking what I could write on it (besides "Captain Cranky Pants" which would not have gone down well!), my daughter and I, incredibly witty that we are, came up with this!
...and whilst we were out, my husband made a subtle change to this :
Apparently cacti don't produce oxygen as they have no leaves? Well, I have just done my research and I have disproven this theory! According to the internet ;) :
Cacti is the best in reducing radiation and bacteria.
Cacti is very strong in eliminating bacteria. In tackling pollution, cacti is also great at reducing radiation. In addition, cacti absorbs carbon dioxide at night to release oxygen. Putting cacti in the room is helpful in sleeping and supplementing oxygen.
Sounds like I need to get some more ;)
Can't wait for the house to be finished, going to be tough to decide where to put everything....
