Happy Monday everyone, I hope that you all had a wonderful weather and were able to get outside and enjoy the beautiful Spring weather we’ve been having – we even managed to get out into the garden and do some jobs that have been needing to get done, so lovely! It was about this time last year that we moved into our home, and our little housewarming party was nothing compared to this beautiful housewarming party by Roost! Everything is beyond stunning and styled to perfection, how adorable are the little figurines of them and the delicious dessert/cheese table! The whole party is just far too lovely for words, what do you think? x
Since becoming a home owner last year, one thing that Ben and I have learnt pretty quickly is that along with all the hard work that goes into making a house a home – there also comes another side that you didn’t expect. Where you almost wish you were able to change the overall style of your house if the mood struck but without too many headaches. Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore everything about our home, we are both naturally drawn to clean white surfaces with a shocking pop of color. But over the last few weeks, and it could just be because of winter, my eye has been caught more earthy, rustic and slightly rough around the edges style for home decor so much so that we have been dreaming of it for our ‘next’ house. I personally love the idea of exposed brick with lashings of color, it brings so much character and warmth to a room. I’d love to know how many different dream home styles you have. x
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I hope everyone is having a lovely week so far, the weather has been getting a little gloomy lately which isn’t so fun. I’ve some exciting news though, our laundry is finally being installed today, I can’t wait to have it all finished its been looking a little sad just being a washing machine in a small room. I also stumbled across Schoolhouse Electric & Supply Co. the other day and I have fallen head over heals for their classic clean designs, I am always on the hunt for beautiful things to add to our house I think any of these items would fit in perfectly. What do you think? x
Happy Friday everyone, I hope you’ve all had a lovely week and having something wonderful planned for the weekend. Ben is away for the weekend to do a running race around Taupo, so I am planning a very relaxing weekend full of pottering around the house and doing some gardening. Our poor little garden at the front of the house is in desperate need of some love, so hopefully by the end of the weekend it looks better, maybe not as pretty as Amy Borrell’s stunning garden drawing but I can dream. I’d love to know what you’re plans are for the weekend. x
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Happy Friday everyone, gosh what a weird and full on week it has been I’m very happy to be nearing another long weekend! For those who have been lovely enough to follow Made From Scratch for a while, you’ll know that I love neutral palettes with bright pops of color which is just how we set up our house. Now that we’ve settled into our home I want to start really decorating with more color and wonderful objects and art, the first thing that we really do need is a bookcase {how incredible is the on above?} to display our books, art and crazy little objects we have collected over the years. I’m also crazy about bed linen, if I could I would probably have a new duvet cover ever other week, there are just too many beautiful ones out there! I’d love to know what your next project around the house is and what your plans are over the long weekend are I think were going to get Kora a kennel… I hope you have a wonderful weekend and it isn’t too soggy. xx
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend, so sorry for the lack of posts. Ben and I finished painting the outside of our house over the weekend {well almost we only have the gutter to do} we are so proud that it is almost finished and so happy too as it’s such tiring work. I promise there will be lots of photos soon!
To all the gorgeous couples getting married over the summer, I hope all your wedding planning is going well and anyone who has just gotten engaged congratulations! I love the idea of this rustic berry themed wedding, it is so chic, fun, delicious looking and perfect for a spring or summer wedding! You can click here to see more! xx
Hello everyone, its so lovely to be back from our little break away up north. We went to a very tiny fishing town called Tinopai, it is the perfect place to go and catch up on reading, sleeping, a spot of fishing and doing nothing really. It also gave me some time to think about what I want to do this year with the blog, I’ve some idea’s tucked away that I will hopefully be able show you through out the year.
One that I’m going to start right away is trying a new recipe every week, I’ve so many recipe books and food magazines so I thought I should put them to good use. So starting this week I will be trying something new and different to share with you all, no doubt some will probably fail and some will be a wild success… but isn’t that what cooking and baking is all about, pushing your limit and trying something new? I would love to know what you’ve been up to over the summer holidays, we haven’t been able to do nearly as much around the house as we’d hoped due the the terrible rain – but we were able to start a little corner garden! x
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week leading up to Christmas, Ben and I have been flat out finishing the first coat of paint on the outside of our house – we must be mad to be doing this leading up to Christmas, but its finally sunny so we just had to!
If you are still in need for a little gift for someone special on the weekend this brownie in a jar would be perfect! I made it for my friend Anna’s hens night gift a few weeks ago, and whats great is that you’d be able to put any baking recipe you like into a jar. I hope everyone is enjoying the countdown to Christmas, I can’t wait! x
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