1 project bondi {dining}

what we started out with

The dining room has been tricky, having a looming deadline and no firm decision on dining table freaked me out as lead times can be veeeeeery long so I was thrilled we agreed on a gorgeous oak table you see below in the most up top date look of the room as it stands now. Many of the looks are hinging on the artwork we choose as the client has very eclectic taste, I love how much she cares about each piece, so each room will have more meaning and personality for her. The work below is Kate Tucker. The black wicker pendants are from Koskela and the crockery is from Pond.

We haven't finalised rugs yet but here are some options

2 mini me

I bought this gold pen holder cage thing-y from Country Road a while ago and it was sitting on my coffee table mostly as a little accoutrement. Jules kept referring to it as our dining table as the look was very similar. I decided it was too tempting to not try and recreate the look and thought the best place to showcase the final effort was atop her mother. The tiny Panton chairs were $5 a piece from Glicks Furniture and the marble top is a cheese board - tres adorable, non?

1 praise jesus

Praise Jesus the girl has finally settled on a chair. First it was the Bertoia, then the Le Corbusier Bentwood in white, then the Starck Masters, then the Bludot Real Good chair, then the white mesh also from Bludot and now... the original and best Peep favourite - the Konstantin Grcic Magis Ones chair, and here's my point of difference, with a seat pad. A bloody beauty pink seat pad! First I need to secure the chairs then I will find someone to make me a set of pads - EXCITED

5 chairs

It's official, I finally have a bloody table top! The photo is not the best I know but I am shooting it in July then you can see it properly. So now, the chairs. I have 3 contenders: the Masters (left), Bertoia (top right) and a little gem from Bludot (bottom right) - thoughts?

2 bitch stole my look

Bitch stole my look. There's not much else I have to say about Regency Distribution and their World's Away collection now available in Australia. Let's deconstruct this scene: the gold maga base and cow hide on the floor? I feel like maybe I soaked up the look via telepathy. It does confirm something for me, I do not love a glass top, even on this delicious scene they have created. I need something more solid and less of a dust collector. Hopefully the marble slab I found over the weekend works!

2 lately

I found these gold dining chairs at Salvos, yes they made my heart flutter but after a bit of investigating I discovered they would cost over $100 per chair to reupholster, after which I may as well buy newies so I left them for some other lucky hunter. I did, however come away with this little sheep seat warmer below...

and then...we got a belated wedding gift! Hurrah for Jules best man taking his sweet time, now we have a zebra cow hide to tart up le office

I scored this acrylic facet object at Vinnie's for a few dollies which makes a nice coffee table friend for my DD vase don't you think?

And yes, yet another dining room pic, I am going to get a quote for an acrylic table top and may get 5 more of these Karim Rashid's to go around. Slowly slowly........

2 dining saga continues

Yes, yes, the saga continues, what the hell am I going to do with this base? Glass isn't for me, the marble doesn't fit and will white be too boring? I am getting a quote for a white shiny hexagonal top which would make accessorising the chairs easier but I am still not 100% sure. I LOVE these hounds tooth chairs from Kartell but sadly cannot afford the $1500 per chair price tag. The cow hide is a loan from a girlfriend who had it in storage and I think it looks perfect under the gold. I really do need to make a decision quick about this so we can start having people over!

This little vignette is in the dining room, I am smoothing out the springbok hide and need to move it as it's a little too much with the cow hide next door, my favourite bench is staying, as is the Lady Gaga meat pic, fitting for a dining room, no?

5 help

So you know how I found my happy place when I stumbled upon this dining table base (above) a few weeks back? Well I have decided to disassemble my tulip marble dining table (below) and use the marble top on the gold base but now my idea of having Bertoia's is moot, as it will clash with the gold. I need help with finding the right dining chair. I am thinking I will have to go safe white but I am happy to be challenged on this one. Any suggestions? 

What about these Starck Masters chairs?

4 the mother load

I hit the mother load last week at vinnes on whilst triangl-ing. This dining table and chair set was sitting there right at the front of the furniture section, I ran towards it JUST as someone was putting a sold sticker on it - for the princely sum of $165 for the lot, kill me now. I had to congratulate him on his fine purchase and asked if I could snap a pic, he was very obliging (unlike some others have been) and when his wife came along she was beside herself with excitement and we quickly started discussing how she was going to reupholster them. That is when a little shot of gold caught my eye. Just to the left of me was the MOST delicious brass dining table base I have ever seen (below), she was totally giving Ms. Wearstler. I yelled at the nearest guy 'give me a sold sticker, pronto!' I left the hexagonal smoky glass top (a little too 80's for my taste) and loaded her in my car. I am beside myself with joy for this find and cannot wait to get into a new place to put her to use. I am thinking of using the marble top to my tulip table. Watch this space to see her in situ in the not too distant future...

Hi my little slice of heaven!

white campaign drawers $45

black laquer table (could be cute as a bar cart, right Kecia?)

4 new things

 i have never owned a dining table and this one was too good to pass up, even though our space is a little too small i know when we eventually move it will be perfect! we do most of our eating at our outdoor table or on the couch (where, clearly, it's the most comfy) so it's exciting to have this bad boy as our first family dining space. and you know how much i love marble...

this cute scarf was $3.90 in david jones - alice bought one too and we are making them into cushions! 

   


new rose gold studded slippers from wittner - they had their first outing to a friends engagement party and were a hit! 

and finally, i have decided to make a dinosaur collection basket that i hope is full within a few months, i know it looks a bit pathetic now but trust me, it's going to get a lot bigger!

  

xxx c