Tales From the Box

Well I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! Here at the Box, we had a few days of food, family and friends, with lots of fairy lights, fresh hydrangeas and some colourful lanterns.

We did a Christmas tapas on Christmas Day, then a Greek-inspired lamb, flat breads and dips on Boxing Day, and then left-overs for the 2 days after that.

Friends and family came from far and wide (Armidale, Goonellabah, Melbourne, Canberra, Blacktown and Blaxland). The dogs even payed a visit.

And of course, the Widg thoroughly enjoyed his first Christmas.

Overall, a jolly yuletide fest!

I would like to introduce Noah’s new bird toy. I made it. Yup. It’s not bad for a first attempt, if I do say so myself.

In this picture, the eye kind of makes it look a bit evil. But in real life it’s not so bad. Trust me.

I got the inspiration from here, I just simplified it a little bit so that it was easier for me. I kind of think it looks like the Twitter bird.

So far Noah just tries to eat it. But I think I could turn it into a hanging/mobile something. It was actually just a trial run to see if I was any good at it. I might make some more in Christmas-y colours and turn them into hanging ornaments for the tree.

We have added to the landing strip. For a while now, I have wanted to add some hooks to the front entry area of the house, so that there would be less clutter and a more organised zone for keeping my handbag, shopping bags, and those random things that seem to accumulate at the front door. You know, coats and scarves in winter, a few pairs of thongs in summer, that sort of thing.

So we bought a nice set of hooks from Bunnings and the husband hung it on the wall opposite the lack shelf.

I am quite pleased with the result. It keeps things neat and tidy without actually having to put stuff away. Always a bonus.

Seven lovely years ago today my awesome husband and I said “I do”. I asked him this morning if he was feeling itchy. Lucky for me he said no.

Thank you, my love, for 7 wonderful, fun, happy, exciting, silly, shiny years of marriage (plus the 6 years before that). I can’t wait to grow old with you.

xx

There is a serious lack of photo’s displayed at the Box. We have plenty of artwork – framed prints (mostly Brett Whiteley‘s) and the like. But we actually don’t have any photographs displayed. I mean pics of loved ones, holiday snaps, that sort of thing. Not even a wedding photo. We have the wedding album displayed on a shelf, but not actually any individual pics.

(from Desire to Inspire)

I do have plans to change this, but it’s one of those things that never really makes it to the top of the to-do list. And although I haven’t actually gotten around to choosing, framing and hanging any photo’s, you know I have already come up with a bazillion ideas on how it will look when I finally do.

(from Apartment Therapy)

I love the idea of mismatched frames – different sizes but all the same colour, or same size but different materials. I like the not-too-neat-ness of it all, that the pictures or frames aren’t all samey, but there is a common element to the collection.

(from Apartment Therapy)

I also love the idea of hanging them in a non-symmetrical manner, so that they don’t line up. Having said that, there’s something quite calming about symmetry in your home.

(from Apartment Therapy)

The way these frames (below) are hung all the way to the ceiling is pretty awesome (especially since this house has no architraves, like ours).

(from Desire to Inspire)

I also like the idea of playing with colour in the actual frames. Of course this will depend on what room I hang the frames in. Some rooms of the house lend themselves to colour more than others.

(from Desire to Inspire)

And then I have also toyed with the idea of not actually hanging the frames directly on the walls at all, but of having really narrow shelves on the walls and then sitting the frames on the shelves.

(from Desire to Inspire)

Whichever way I decide to go, we have many many photo’s to choose from: pics of friends and family, of the Widg, of places and events. At the moment they are all living happily on our computers or online. Eventually I will have to get them blown up and printed. Where’s that to-do list?