Monday, May 28, 2012

Reckless light purchases


So, we have some renovation plans. We have left them in the hands of some local builders who are willing to let us know if our budget is remotely in the ball park. We have three possible deck roof plans but we only like one of them so fingers crossed we can afford the one we like.

So being the crazy fools that we are, with a potentially unaffordable renovation looming over us, we went and purchased lights. Extremely reckless, will not fit anywhere else in our house, lights. Handmade in France I might add. Yep, completely loopy I know.

Now , what about those wonderful mint green  bakelite canisters I can hear you ask? Well, I found these a little while back at the oppy and my heart just about stopped when I saw their beautiful colour. They were grubby but cleaned up beautifully and I have spent months looking at them and dreaming about them sitting on my new kitchen bench.

And then I stumbled across this beauty.

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And I knew in that instant that three of these pendants would be hanging over my new kitchen bench. I was smitten and Legoman was wholeheartedly agreeable (which is a miracle in its own right). I of course had no intention of actually purchasing these lights for a good nine months being the sensible girl that I am. Legoman wanted to investigate further ( the details man that he is) and discovered that not only were they on sale (yippee) but that the ONLY Australian importer was not ordering any more  and there were only a handful left in the country. We managed to get 3 of the last  few in this colour and I like to just unpack them and swoon every now and again. The cord and inside the pendant are silver (you can also get them in gold) and the pendants themselves come in a whole jellybean range of colours. I figure with my bizarre logic that if one purchases the lights to hang over a kitchen island, that surely the island will present itself?


And while we are on green, this popped up at the oppy this week. Green wire basket to pile full of crafty goodies. Did I mention that in the plans for the potentially unaffordable reno  is a teeny tiny room just for me and all my creative stuff?



Plans coming soon. Oh, and a massive thankyou for all the lovely comments on my last post, and a big welcome to some new followers too. I am a shocker at leaving return comments and get a little overwhelmed by a pile of new blogs to follow but I am working on it.

21 comments:

  1. lovely lovely lights. And how wonderful if the plans will include a room of your own. Fx

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  2. Oh Man, I have never been so jealous.......LOVE your new finds!

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  3. Green bakelite is a bit of an oppy holy grail I think! They are all such lowly finds. You need a reno just to showcase those lights!

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  4. LOVELY finds NOT lowly!!! I must check my comments since my typing has become imuno compromised!

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  5. The lights are indeed gorgeous.

    Good luck with the kitchen plans.

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  6. I am jealous, very, very jealous..

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  7. Kitchen Reno's - Oh the joys, you have so much to look forward to, and you do know that they never come in under or even on Budget, I think our price doubled what we had originally intended !! but, I could sleep in my kitchen now I love it so much! Your colours are wonderful, I'm so excited for you. I can just picture it with all your glorious bits & bobs you've been collecting! SO Exciting!! :)
    That books looks very interesting too...

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  8. I LOVE that colour also. Those lights are perfect.

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  9. I'm sooooo looking forward to following your renovation! Ours is getting there. Kitchen storage now being assembled by my father in law. can't wait until it's over!!!!

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  10. That might be the most beautiful light i have ever seen! I love pendant lights & i love anything in mint green so to put them together!I am so insanely jealous, my hubby would never go for something like that.

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  11. How could you resist that colour! Sounds so exciting all those reno plans!! And a craft space just for you....weeeeeeee!! Wishing you a gorgeous week :) x

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  12. Now that is my favourite shade of green in the whole world. I would have bought those lights too. I bought mine in a rush and they weren't what I really wanted.

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  13. Those lights are truly fabulous and I totally get why you would buy them despite the (current) absence of the kitchen island! I am looking forward to following along with your renovation, we have almost completed one! Emma

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  14. I love that shade of green. Very country. You're doing well at the op shop :-)

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  15. LOVE those lights! anything green and i'm hooked! haha!

    good luck with all the plans. hooray for big plans that include craft rooms :)

    Kel x

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  16. Love that green! Just realised it would match my kitchen too ;-)

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  17. mint green loooovvveee!!!!! amazing mel, amaaaaazing choice. xx

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  18. Mel, love the lights, love the colour....love love love!

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  19. Woah! Those lights are a-mazing! Can't wait to hear more about your renovations.
    I was driving along Villa Street the other day and saw an old kitchen dresser type of thing, and thought of you. Unfortunately it was out in the pouring rain so probably would've been trashed. Sigh.

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  20. Love love this colour of lights Mel:) And how exciting having a place just for you. I can't wait to find out more about your renovations. xx

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  21. Beautiful. Where were the lights bought from?

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