14 June 2013

House Wish List

Hello lovelies

 Happy weekend! Have you got lots of nice plans?

 I want to share something with you today that I re-discovered earlier this week in my craft-room dresser. Upon finding it, I promptly de-camped to the sofa with a cup of tea, and spent 20 minutes flicking through it feeling nostalgic about how different my life is since I started it. And by "different" I mean "much more full of stuff". Stuff is awesome. 

I bought this notebook (a Paperchase classic) just after we started house hunting (over three years ago, now) to make into an "interiors" scrapbook. It was so long ago that Pinterest didn't actually exist yet (I know. Woah, right?!), so I couldn't have used it instead. I'm quite glad it didn't, really; because it's so nice having something I can physically hold in my hands, crammed with my wishes for the future and my inexpert colouring. 


The best part is, despite not knowing what kind of house we'd buy when I started this little book, we've ended up with about 90% of it in our current home. Sadly, we do not have a spiral staircase complete with slide; but I guess we can't have everything... *sigh*

I'm not going to point out which things we do have, as you should hopefully be able to spot them in my upcoming House Tour posts. If you like, you can think of these photos as an illustrated list for a virtual scavenger hunt of our house. If you're not too busy judging my shoddy housework efforts, that is.

I definitely do have a lot of "pretty crap from Ikea"






Katie xxx
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13 comments:

  1. Miriam15 June 2013 at 04:38

    This is awesome!! Way better than pinterest :-P Can't wait for your house tour.

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  2. Emma Kate at Paint and Style15 June 2013 at 12:03

    It's a lovely idea. I did this before I bought my first house and although some of the ideas were only suited to a grand ancestral home(!) I think it helps define your taste. Interesting that you have 90% of it. I think if you put things in writing it embeds it in your brain. xx

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her15 June 2013 at 22:59

      I'd love to see yours! Have you shared it on your blog before? xx

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    2. Emma Kate at Paint and Style16 June 2013 at 14:34

      No, I don't think I even still have it. I guess today it would be a 'mood board' or pinterest as you said. xx

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  3. Unknown15 June 2013 at 16:02

    What lovely random things you have on your wish list, and your little drawings are just fab!

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  4. Unknown15 June 2013 at 21:08

    I REALLLY hope you have a lego grandfather clock, otherwise i'm not interested xxx

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her15 June 2013 at 23:18

      Haha *empties all the Lego onto the floor and starts panic-building* xxx

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  5. jjnkknmkkl18 June 2013 at 21:09

    I am in love with this idea, and can't wait to see around your house (because as you know, I am a nosy parker who likes nothing more than peeking in people's sitting rooms when their curtains are open).

    Dinosaurs should be everywhere all the time.
    xx

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her26 June 2013 at 21:39

      They absolutely should be :) A dinosaurless existence would be a very sad life indeed. xxx

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  6. Kezzie25 June 2013 at 23:37

    Ha ha, a LEGO grandfather clock!! I want to come to your house it sounds so fun!!! Do you have a ballpool room? I bet you do!!!
    Your drawings are so cute. Looking forward to your housetour! Bet it's totally cool. I would never do one because just out of eyeshot in all my blog house photos is an enormous heap of junk, and papers, and mess, and clothes and things I can't be bothered to put away!
    I thought of you on Saturday when I bought plastic dinosaurs for 10p at the church fete! x

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    1. Hook, Line and Sink Her26 June 2013 at 21:39

      10P?! What a bargain! Can't wait to see what you do with them :) Wedding centrepieces, perhaps? (OHMYGOODNESS I am TOTALLY having a dinosaur themed wedding!!) Sadly the grandfather clock is one of the only things we don't have; although we do have a lot of Lego so we're halfway there :) xxx

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