After 11 glorious days off, I finally have to go back to work tomorrow. *sigh*
We’ve had amazingly sunny weather nearly every day which I can pretty much guarantee you, NEVER happens in Manchester so it’s been a rather nice little stay-cation. Part of that time included time with my brother who was visiting with us again and admittedly, most of our time has been spent either in beer gardens (whoops) or in our own back garden. Honestly, it’s been brilliant, just having the chance to enjoy home life without the pressures and stresses of work. I could totally get used to this. Alas, work beckons because how else are we going to be able to afford the work we have to do on the house? Hmm, yes, a quandary.
Anyway, as I revealed in my post a few weeks back, the dressing room floor had a little hidden secret. Underneath the manky rug lay a lovely old wood floor.
Unfortunately, as old floors go, there was a bit of wear and tear to it. As much as I’d like to refinish it in the future, just for now the the little room I get myself together in the morning is kinda low on the priority list.
So I thought a pretty little rug may be in order so that when I’m getting dressed in the morning, my tootsies aren’t freezing on the cold wooden floor.
Enter cutesy hippy rug.
I kind of dig the orange and olive greens in it. It’s got a bit of yellow as well which hasn’t really been picked up in these pictures but yeah, it kind of looks a bit retro in person.
Do you dig it, man?
Oh and I also decided to recover my little makeup case. It has clear sides so I used the wallpaper that’s in my living room to line it.
Here’s what it looked like before…
And here’s how it looks now..
The new look has cheered me right up.
And as W always seems to be in the pictures on my blog and I never get a look in being that I’m behind the camera, I thought I’d show you that I’m actually a resident here in this ol’ house as well.
Yes, I’m wearing my hair in a headscarf with a big bow. I’m a bit weird like that. Nice to meet you.
Oh and by the way, the lovely, talented Tracy of Romi & Bob is hosting a giveaway of her handmade fairy dolls. They really are the sweetest things and the attention to detail is fantastic so hurry, there’s only a couple days left to enter!
One more thing, did you know Swoon Worthy is on Facebook? Mmhmm. Click the button in my sidebar and be my friend as I’m getting a bit lonely talking to myself!
Well hello there gorgeous! I am digging your head-scarf-in-a-big-bow, those big red earrings and the top – too cute! ^_^<br /><br />That rug is adorable, love how it pulls the room together. The yellow paper for your makeup case is so cheery :-)<br /><br />Ah yes, back to the grind tomorrow after 11 glorious sunny days. I think I can honestly say I've had more fun in this little sunny
Thanks for the mention, sweetie. I love this post. You look beautiful. I would wear bows like that every day if I looked that good. Gorgeous! I love the rug and the make up case is so cool. I wish I could pop round and nosy through your wardrobe. x
rug is adorable and perfect for that space!<br /><br />but not as adorable as beautiful YOU! great self portrait, Red. plus i'm inspired to get my sh*t together and organize my closet so it's photoshootworthy.<br /><br />i prob won't join you there on the crackBook, but are you on twitter?<br /><br />hugs, gorgeous.<br /><br />michele
I love the rug but I love the scarf even more! Looks great, so cute! I am with Michele on the closet front – a total disaster! <br /><br />Have a great week, Stephie x<br /><br />PS Are you sure the W & K wasn't just for the wedding?! He! He!
Thank you for the lovely comments!! I might do a future post on organising your clothing/accessories/shoes so stay tuned for that ;)<br /><br />And StephieB, hahaha! I did say that to W, that I was only putting the wood letters up for the wedding ;) The scarf is just a cheapie one from H&M :)
Nice self-portrait, missy. And your rug???? It's LOVELY!! You're so lucky to find those boards all gorgeous like that. We're thinking about getting our floorboards sanded later in the year….but I'm DREADING all the dust it's going to create. Ugggh.<br /><br />Sarahx
OMG – seriously you are sooo lucky with those floors – what have i got under mine – just manky ones – no fair!! Loving that rug – such pretty colours!!<br />Rachie xo<br />PS: You are so cute – love the bow!
I really like the rug! :-)<br /><br />Oh but you guys (in England) have TJ Maxx. I love that store and I always bring home tons of bargains from there when I'm in the UK. I worked a few weeks as an au pair close to Cambridge and I was a huge fan of TJ Maxx there. Found tons of nice things!
I love the rug!