Mums Place - Part 3

If you've been popping in for a while you may have already seen the previous posts l've done on Mums place...(if not you can check them out  HERE  and HERE). The kitchen's had a recent makover so we thought you might enjoy a looksee. It used to be bright yellow like her bedroom but it's quite dark in here in Winter so she wanted to try and lighten it a little. Of course a tin of paint wasn't gonna cut it....and as always her aim is reuse, recycle and recreate.....so this is what she did....

Now when most people have paid their utility bills, they throw them out after a certain length of time but NOT mum...Some of the ones she's pasted here date back to 1977 and are actually handwritten.

There weren't quite enough bills to do the four walls, so for a while we all wondering what she'd come up with to finish it off....Eventually she decided on pages torn from vintage botanical books....their pretty pages adding interest and intrigue. They look great above the mosaiced fireplace. 

You can see here where the gas bills meet up with the botanical pages. Its all pretty random but thats what's so fascinating...it somehow seems to work:-))

Fairies and goblins are scattered throughout the house.....characters from childrens story books that are collected for their beautiful illustrations.  

This world map adds educational:-)) viewing....beside it you can see the handwritten gas bills. Bits of lace and doilies are strung in doorways and over curtains...why store them in cupboards when they can displayed and enjoyed by everybody.

Oblong doilies have been stitched loosely together to add privacy to her little kitchen window....and safety pinned to a length of string. The mummade tassle is used as a blind pull and has been blinged up with beads.

 The old butter churn was a gift from a friend and is a reminder of her childhood when she lived on a farm and her mother used to bring the cows down from the paddock to milk them and she'd use one like this to turn the milk to butter.

This beautiful mosaiced bottle was found at trash a couple of months ago....it captured her heart and imagination at first sight...and although she hummed and hahed cos the price tag was a little hefty at  $50.00 (and the stall holder wasn't budging)....in the end the bottle won and home it went with her. It's smothered in gems and jewels, buttons and baubles, all meticulously stuck on with clear silicon and is a fantastic work of art. It sits perfectly in any room of the house and looks like it was made for it.

The head of the house............beloved (prince) Fergus.

One of the things l've always found amazing about Mum is her ability to forge her own path...whether it's losing her husband at 36 and raising 3 kids on her own (and remaining alone), or being diagnosed with cancer and being told she has 12 months to live (more than 3 years ago), or even how to decorate her home....she defies anyone to tell her how to

live...continuing instead to be positive, caring, generous and best of all, completely HERSELF.

 l know Mum would love to blog but thinks it's a bit late for her to start blogging now......however she's so excited to have this opportunity to share her home and ideas with you all and hopes it inspires some (or all) of you to let loose in your own surroundings....

Have a fantastic rest of your week and thanks heaps for popping on over.

Til next time,

Bron.