K x
All images above courtesy of Uncommon's Etsy store
Hello and pleased to meet you! Welcome to our blog, where we post about things that we like, things that inspire us, or that we create. We hope you visit again soon! Love benni&schu
Tick tock - on the hunt for a clock
It's been days since I've written and for the first time since starting our little blog I've been feeling rather uninspired. The weather has been pretty grim and there hasn't been much exciting happening in my little world over the last few days. I think everyone is in wind-down-for-Easter-holidays mode. Or it could be just me! Anyway the other night I decided to pursue the search for our new kitchen clock (because so far MrBenni and I can't seem to find one we both like) and was trawling through many creative and unique designs here when I came across these guys: husband and wife duo Uncommon. Their range of classic and modern designs using fibreboard and a variety of bright colours grabbed my attention. My only issue now is: what colour to choose?
K x
All images above courtesy of Uncommon's Etsy store
K x
All images above courtesy of Uncommon's Etsy store
Surprises in the mail!
What a great day today has been. After work I came home to not one, but two surprises in my letter box! My beautiful Purple Kingman Turquoise from Cabbing Rough arrived from the US, and also waiting for me was this month's issue of Australian Home Beautiful (I was given a subscription for my last birthday and am always delighted to see the familiar bright, glossy cover jutting out from my mailbox once a month).
As always I'm looking forward to leafing through the mag with a nice cup of tea. It never fails to leave me feeling inspired and full of wonderful decorating ideas.
K x
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| I think this will be perfect for a large pendant on a long chain |
K x
There's a chair in there
Check out these awesome retro chairs I picked up yesterday from Lifeline for a song! I was so excited to find them I could hardly wait to cram them into my little hatch-back car and get them home. The vinyl is a bit ripped and worn so I'm on the hunt for some bright, colourful fabric to re-cover them in. Does anyone know of anything that would work well?
hmm... I wonder if these gorgeous Florence Broadhurst fabrics from Signature Prints would lend themselves to this style of chair. Though something tells me I should stick with simple plain or geometric patterns to go with with the sharp lines better. Either way, It's going to be lots of fun searching!
K x
hmm... I wonder if these gorgeous Florence Broadhurst fabrics from Signature Prints would lend themselves to this style of chair. Though something tells me I should stick with simple plain or geometric patterns to go with with the sharp lines better. Either way, It's going to be lots of fun searching!
K x
Habitus
Good evening lovely readers,
What a hectic week it has been for me. Sorry I have been out of touch for a couple of days, lucky Krystal is an organised chicken and has kept you in the loop about various happenings. Assessment has been non-stop, and I have been rushing between University and work like a crazy person.
At the end of my shift today I decided to go to Grilld to get a snack burger + corona and just chill out before coming back home to hit the books. (yaaay...) As if I wasn't already happy enough, I found a copy of Habitus Magazine. What a brilliant piece of reading material. So many pretty, interesting and clever pieces of furniture were featured, as well as beautifully documented articles of various designers and artists homes, with a clear focus on what inspires their living spaces. I was happy to see The Selby's, Todd Selby mentioned. Not that he needs any more praise, having photographed the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Julia Restoin Roitfeld and Alexander Wang in their homes. Todd Selby goes deeper than a photograph, he reveals the philosophies behind individuals and their living spaces, something that I am interested in and would like to learn more about. I just wanted to include a couple of images from his photography series from the Bondi Beach home of Emma Balfour: an outstanding poet, model, mother and environment co-ordinator at Bondi Public School.
Photos credit to Todd Selby :) I hope everyone's week is off to a positive start.
Sarah xx
P.S Pick yourself up a copy of Habitus Magazine - you will be impressed, inspired and insanely distracted from whatever you were doing beforehand ;)
What a hectic week it has been for me. Sorry I have been out of touch for a couple of days, lucky Krystal is an organised chicken and has kept you in the loop about various happenings. Assessment has been non-stop, and I have been rushing between University and work like a crazy person.
At the end of my shift today I decided to go to Grilld to get a snack burger + corona and just chill out before coming back home to hit the books. (yaaay...) As if I wasn't already happy enough, I found a copy of Habitus Magazine. What a brilliant piece of reading material. So many pretty, interesting and clever pieces of furniture were featured, as well as beautifully documented articles of various designers and artists homes, with a clear focus on what inspires their living spaces. I was happy to see The Selby's, Todd Selby mentioned. Not that he needs any more praise, having photographed the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Julia Restoin Roitfeld and Alexander Wang in their homes. Todd Selby goes deeper than a photograph, he reveals the philosophies behind individuals and their living spaces, something that I am interested in and would like to learn more about. I just wanted to include a couple of images from his photography series from the Bondi Beach home of Emma Balfour: an outstanding poet, model, mother and environment co-ordinator at Bondi Public School.
Photos credit to Todd Selby :) I hope everyone's week is off to a positive start.
Sarah xx
Okay... I couldn't resist posting some images of Dan Martensen (photographer) + Shannan Click (Model + Artist) in their home in New York State. Soooo adorable.
Okay just ONE more... Alexander Wang in his Manhattan home. Stunning right?!
Pin board project
My desk has been seriously lacking character since we moved into our place almost a year ago (a year! how did that happen?), and I felt I needed an inspiring space from which to work and potter. So, after googling a few how-to's on making fabric-covered pin boards, I settled on one based around an artist's canvas, fabric, buttons and ribbon.
Now, I picked a bright lime coloured polka-dot fabric, but being the perfectionist that I (sometimes) can be, had difficulty lining up the ribbon in a criss cross formation (see here for an example of what I was initially going for) to be perfect. So I decided to embrace the spots, and go with a more random approach, where I sewed buttons onto some of the spots and used twine to "join the dots" which I think works quite well. I do plan on adding some more buttons and string as it still looks a little sparse- just need to buy some more of the same buttons.
I now have a colourful place to display all the little bits and pieces that are close to my heart or inspirational or just plain funny (like these greeting cards from Able and Game). I'm thinking now I need to get some of those cute little wooden pegs to hang along the string... what do you think?
K x
(I only *slightly* tidied up my desk, promise!)
Now, I picked a bright lime coloured polka-dot fabric, but being the perfectionist that I (sometimes) can be, had difficulty lining up the ribbon in a criss cross formation (see here for an example of what I was initially going for) to be perfect. So I decided to embrace the spots, and go with a more random approach, where I sewed buttons onto some of the spots and used twine to "join the dots" which I think works quite well. I do plan on adding some more buttons and string as it still looks a little sparse- just need to buy some more of the same buttons.
I now have a colourful place to display all the little bits and pieces that are close to my heart or inspirational or just plain funny (like these greeting cards from Able and Game). I'm thinking now I need to get some of those cute little wooden pegs to hang along the string... what do you think?
K x
(I only *slightly* tidied up my desk, promise!)
Setting Stones
A little while ago I posted about my Silversmithing course and I thought I'd give a little update. So since completing the ring and the earrings, I started (and have now finished) a chain. I get to pick it up tomorrow as it had to go in the burnisher to be polished overnight and I haven't been back since last week's class. I'm very excited to see the finished product, and I wish I'd taken more progressive photos of the process but I always think of that after the fact! That's something I need to get better at and hopefully as this blog develops so will that skill. I'll put photos of the finished chain up very soon!
I've been given my next project though and I can't wait to start as it's a cabochon setting- the first type of setting I get to learn. I chose a stone (Azurit) in class last week and since then have discovered this awesome etsy shop that sells wonderful hand-cut cabachons: http://www.etsy.com/shop/cabbingrough (see images below)
Oooh I imagine I could make so many pretty things with a stone like this....
I've been given my next project though and I can't wait to start as it's a cabochon setting- the first type of setting I get to learn. I chose a stone (Azurit) in class last week and since then have discovered this awesome etsy shop that sells wonderful hand-cut cabachons: http://www.etsy.com/shop/cabbingrough (see images below)
Oooh I imagine I could make so many pretty things with a stone like this....
Which is good because I've purchased the last one. It's turquoise that has been dyed and bronzed and the result is this gorgeous purple colour- I've never seen anything like it. So stay tuned because sometime soon I will be showing off a unique ring or pendant using this lovely stone.
K x
The (not so) little herb patch
Isn't it funny how when you don't pay attention to something for a little while things always seem to happen so fast? It's why they came up with that old saying "a watched pot never boils" I suppose. Last night MrBenni was whipping up one of his amazing risottos and I went out into the yard to pick some herbs for him to put in it. Oh my, they've grown since I last went a-pickin'- the Thyme is almost out of control and even the slow-growing Rosemary has really taken off. I might have to trade in the old laundry tub for an actual garden pretty soon I think!
K x
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| My little herb garden- almost out of control! |
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| A work in progress... nothing beats fresh herbs straight from the garden!! |
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