Second hand store bargains

I'm back in the country and had an amazing few days in Sydney which you'll hear about in the next week or so. In the mean time I have some new bits and pieces in my bedroom. My favourite find has been an antique chair that I found in a second hand store in Te Aroha. My mum and I have always had a love of second hand shopping, and when I find old furniture to do up, I get so excited. 

Left: The chair they day I bought it. A bit old and nackered. Right: The chair after being rebuilt and recovered with a gorgeous duck egg blue. 

So I found this gorgeous old chair for a bargain of only $2 {in quite a terrible state, but it had character that needed a bit of help to come through.} The same day I found some fabric in my favourite colour and took it to the upholstery shop to get recovered and pretty much rebuilt. A month later I finally got it back, and although it may have cost a little bit more than $2 to get done, I'm so stoked with it as I see it as a chair that will move with me wherever I may be. 

Hooray for second hand shops, $2 vintage/antique finds and the very talented people who have the ability to bring something like this back to life. 

Australia bound!

Finally the week has come where one of my very best friends and I pack our bags and head across the ditch to Sydney, Australia. An overseas trip has been a long time coming for me, and although I feel blessed to have been out of New Zealand before, I'm so excited to do it again. Never ever have I ever travelled with just one friend {or every travelled without adults!} so I feel as though this is the first step in the real world. 

We've created a mini itinerary which at the moment includes Big Day Out, Legally Blonde the musical, a few markets and definitely the Sydney Opera House. If it's meant to be, we might even pop up to Palm Beach {where my favourite tv soap, Home and Away is filmed.}

But you'll have to wait and see what we really get up to in my posts once I'm home. I'm taking my Canon so will see what touristy photos we can capture. 

Can't wait to blog about our travels in the next few weeks. Liv ox

A New Year!

First of all, happy new year to all (or you small bunch) of readers out there. Hope you all had a magnificent new year wherever you were. I've been reading a few other blogs recently and most of them are posting about new years resolutions etc etc; However, I'm not so good at new years resolutions, so instead we'll call them goals I aim to achieve. Same thing? Probably. 

2012 was a good one for me, although I kind of just plodded along, lived a student life and didn't actually achieve a hell of a lot. I've been thinking about what this year will bring. Here's what I hope to achieve. 

-Be more creative and do more things I love. This pretty much means blogging, writing, and scrap booking. {Something which I haven't done the last six months}

-Get into DIY. I love houses and interior bits and pieces, so with the help of Pinterest I hope to do a few things for my bedroom or my flat which I'll be proud of and can keep forever. 

-Do something that is going to help me in my future. Now this ones a bit vague, but since I'm in my last year of study, I feel like I need to be creating a magazine or at least writing for one. We'll see how this goes!

-Maybe, finally do a half marathon. Eeeek. Every year I say I'll do one, but the excuses come out and it never gets done so surely this is the year. 

I've got a few plans for these goals up my sleeve so will keep you updated. In the meantime, here's a few bits from Instagram. 

1.That chair was $2 in a second hand shop {such a great buy!} so I'm getting it recovered for a bit more than $2 but I can't wait to have it in my room. 2.Christmas Day swims. 3.NZ Sun. 4. NZ Beach. 5. Lolly bangles. 6. The most perfect poached eggs (obviously not made by me.)

Happy new year people, may it be a good one.

Back soon oxo