Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Farewell Cardboard Box


The drawers are finished and I finally have a bedside table again..... the cardboard box has been banished from my bedroom forever

I even managed to make the bed thismorning (with the cat still asleep in the middle).

The colour isn't exactly what it should be, but somebody picked up the wrong stain from the shelf at Bunnings. It was supposed to be more dark brown and less red, but it still looks good.

The funniest thing is that when we moved the huge cardboard box out lastnight (which had been labelled Hats and Scarves), and opened it, we found that it was actually full of fabric!

I have sooooo much fabric that I didn't even miss an entire box full........ and now I need to find room to unpack it. What a problem to have....oh dear!

23 comments:

Cathy {tinniegirl} said...

Yay for the bedside table. It looks great. I can't believe you found another box of fabric. My goodness. It's going to be fun to get it all organised one day. I'll have to come and work my organisational magic.

Drewzel said...

Oooh yay to table! The handles are divine. Well done :)
And I love your bedhead. mmm.

Anonymous said...

Damn that person who picked the wrong stain though. Blame the Bunnings shop lights.

Christina Lowry said...

Looks great! Now your touch lamp has a real home.

Ps. I too love the handles and the bed head.

bubbachenille said...

What a dilema you have...Having to find more room for a whole box of fabric you forgot you even had...thats funny. I love the cupboard too.

Sherrin said...

I love the drawers. The handles are fantastic! The reddish stain looks really nice, too.

Anonymous said...

Glad to see you are settling in and making your house a home!

Gillian R said...

Had to have a real chuckle at you finding more fabrics.... that's hilarious! I'm very in love with the drawer handles too. Noice.

Missie Krissie said...

Oh, to have the time to make something lovely like that! It's quite beautiful Cam, sort of rustic and charming. U're a Jack of all trades!

Liesl said...

Nothing better than unearthing a forgotten stash - yipee!

I really like your new drawers.

Leonie said...

The joy of reusing boxes from previous moves, finding better stuff!!

Nice chest of drawers, I know there's one in my room....somewhere....

Swirlyarts said...

Ooooh - more fabric. Surely that's a good thing! And I must say that I love your bedding!

Michelle said...

Nice bedside table! You have done a great job with it. And I have to laugh about finding the extra fabrics!

Michelle said...

LOOKS SO FANTASTIC...
well done...love a bargain especially furniture....
and a box of fabric...you will be sewing till your hearts content...

bec said...

Ooh, fabric, yum! The table looks great, what a score from Salvo's! I love the comment from the cat, mine sometimes sleeps under the doona all day. I go to lay on my bed- oops! I also throw the doona over the top of her haha.

Jennifer Rose said...

looks really good with the red stain. finding places for more fabric is a horrible problem, horrible :p make covers for you table? would use up a bit of the fabric

Molly Betsy @ Star Cottage said...

Great job on the bedside table. And I just love your bedspread. Hooray for lost and found fabric :) It's like finding money in a pocket of an old winter coat.

Bec said...

Wow, the drawers look fantastic. And YAY to finding a whole box of fabric :D

flickettysplits said...

A surprise fabric stash - how delightful! I wish I had your luck!

bitsofsunshine.typepad.com said...

yay for fabric!

and yay for a pretty bedside table!

Georgie Love said...

It looks brilliant! never mind the wrong stain, it looks fab. Clever, clever. I am all for buying second hand instead of new.

Geek+Nerd said...

Your bedding is very fun here!

banban said...

Love love love that bedside table! I had the same problem with a coffee table I repainted, still it came out ok but wasn't quite what I imagined.....I blame the salemans not knowing chocolate brown from rusty brown!