Well, hi there! Long time, no see! I’m back, mostly. If you had no idea I wasn’t around then you can totally stop reading now and just get on with your life 😉 However if you had noticed I was absent, my apologies. My 7yo was having hard time end of last year, we orchestrated an emergency house move inside of 6 weeks, renovated bits, had dramas with a pool install, a Daddy who has been away every week this year, and then our house got broken into and car got stolen, juuuuust as I felt like I was getting my sh*t together. *so many crying emojis right here*
It’s really been…. something 😉
But. I am back. I have some sessions booked for March and April. We have mini sessions coming up in mid April and life is settling down. *she says hoping it’s true*
But enough of all that! Who wants to see bits of the new house?! I took some snaps just for you!
HUGE DISCLAIMER! I am a people photographer, not a venue photographer. I’m pretty average at it actually, lol!
So I was going to tell you about my favourite thing about the new house. But when I went to take photos… what is it?
I love so many things about this house. My little plant nook, to start with. I have loved indoor plants for about 10 years, and now it’s a bit in fashion so I indulge even more! One of these plants is TEN years old! Always accompanied by my little shadow, Lily.
I wondered if it was the kitchen that I love best, that is honestly massive. We put a new bench top on so my babies could sit up and help cook and eat and do drawing (all things we do every day now, SO NICE!). This photo is breakfast this morning, poodle at the ready for any stray scrambled eggs that may fall. Dishes from Saturday night waiting to be washed, and an absolute mess! A tangle of plants potato, tomato and watermelon plants on the windowsill waiting for the unfinished backyard to get its sh*t together. Love it.
Then I looked around that family area, and I wondered if it was maybe this homage to the ocean I’d created. A beautiful artwork by mum (real estate and hero by day, artist by night), a clay bowl JJ made a few years ago, glued together now and holding treasures found. A whale work I bought in Fremantle from a street artist, a whale postcard Chloe had found. Our gorgeous fish tank, and some of my favourite things ever, indoor plants!
I sat photographing this aqua bench Scott made to go with our giant, gorgeous solid sheoak table Scott’s dad made us, and one of my treasures arrived. She brought a ball she’d made out of magformers to show me.
Chloe is at least part cat, and she morphed into something I like to call Wounded Dystopian Cat and I just cannot even with these faces, lol!
That light though. Is it those east facing windows here in the family area and the playroom and that early morning light that is my fave?
The playroom. I mean firstly just HAVING a playroom, is amazing. Somewhere that Lego land, where feet go to die, can be contained is amaziiiinnggg. Somewhere that these creative souls can leave projects out for when inspiration strikes… which is sometimes at 4am. *sob*
Art is a big deal here. We do it, we view it, we appreciate it, we support artists and we have it, everywhere! Here is just some of the art walls we have here. In my room, Chloe’s room and the entrance. We have art here by Wallflower Weavings, my friend Rachel of @rachdoesstitches, my graphic designer Delphie of See Creative, Harry and the Hound, my mum, my friends, all of us here, and more!
And speaking of art, this art wall is definitely my favourite of the art walls. It’s the kids art wall, and mine, on one huge six metre long wall. Interactive for the kids so they can change around their art using picture rails from blessed Ikea. And, in true real life form, it’s got 3 empty photo frames waiting for me to make my mind up about what to print!
As I was thinking, was our new games room (technically a formal dining area) my favourite thing, or maybe it’s the giant bay window in my bedroom where I keep my Shakti mat and posture pole ready for meditation any time, my big boy rocked up to show me his helicopter he’d made. They may seem like random inclusions, but honestly those areas have really changed the way we live. Little known fact about me, outside of homeschooling groups, I love tabletop games, and we’re not talking about scrabble and monopoly, but amazing modern games. Takenoko was just sitting on the table so I left it there. The shelves are a mess so no more photos of them, haha! And having my mat and pole out on the floor ready to use anytime means that I use them almost every day, which has made a massive difference to my wellbeing too.
Then I realised what it is, my favourite thing, and my girlfriends will have guessed it from the beginning because noone steps into this house without hearing about it, haha! My Roomba. My darling little robot vacuum which is the best 200 bucks on gumtree I ever spent. If you hate gritty floors like me, and also hate vacuuming like me, then get thyself a robot vacuum and sit on the couch and watch it work. My absolute favourite thing about this new house, lol!
Yep, I took a photo of my roomba and put it in a blog, lol! It’s authentic! Honestly, that thing makes a huge difference to me as living with a dirt patch for a backyard for nearly 2 months means the amount black sand in the house is foul (I’ve taken to wearing shoes in the house always which I never did before) and Roomba stays on top of most of it.
So. There you have it. A little sneak peek around our lovely new house, the back story to my surprise summer break, and slow start back into work through autumn.
The first set of minis for the year will be in mid-April and please let me know if you want to go on the list for them.
I also just hit publish on two blogs! Arwen’s family mini session, and a gorgeous product session for Boris + Stasha 🙂
I hope you’ve had a much calmer summer than I have, enjoying this unseasonably mild weather we’ve had in Perth (I’d like a few hot days to be honest!) and I look forward to seeing you soon xxx
PS Free tip! Do not move house a week before Christmas with children prime Christmas-excitement ages (4-8 year olds really) and do even minor renovations. Just don’t.
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