Today's home belongs to talented local illustrator and crafter Lucy King! Remember I shared some of Lucy's gorgeous work on the site here last year...? Her style is so painterly and sooo pretty! You might also remember Lucy's super cute crafty side project - she creates unique accessories and artworks from re-purposed vintage ceramics, under the name Me Old China. (Co-incidentally, Lucy was also last's week's MOR Cosmetics giveaway winner!)
After many years designing illustrations and patterns for ceramic homewares, it's no surprise that Lucy has a passion for vintage tableware! Her home is filled with a seemingly endless collection of antique china, bright enamelware, pots and pans. This colourful collection is so perfectly displayed in her home - they look great in the timber pigeon hole unit which divides the loungeroom and kitchen... and there is also something insanely cute about the teapots in the garden housing tiny little succulent plants (pics below)! Love it!
Lucy and her partner Darren have lived in their home in Coburg for 4 years. In that time the place has needed re-stumping - a huge task which subsequently resulted in all of the plaster from the walls, some ceilings, skirting boards and architrave needing to be replaced... and sadly the original floor boards were also lost. Aggh! Renovation nightmare! Of course there are always a bits and pieces that still need to be finished... but I must say I love this place all the more for it's imperfect quirks! When emailing me these gorgeous pics, Lucy was at pains to say that her house isn't as 'finished or polished as the other beautiful homes' on the site... WHAT!?? That is insane! How cute is it?! - ... and look how far they've come!
Lucy's before shots! ...plasterboard removed, floorboards in disrepair... agghh.I hope you love the pics of Lucy's gorgeous home as much as I do... HUGE thanks for Lucy for taking all these fab pics herself and emailing them through with minimal re-touching required from me (serious brownie points there!). For more Lucy love, do pop over and visit her blog!
Love those bright green retro vinyl dining chairs...! Also the old peppermint-green stove is so gorgeous (perfectly styled with the red teapot action on top!)
Omigod. I didn't think baby succulent plants could get any cuter. But then Lucy went and put them in teapots. Nice one!
Lucy's home studio - sorry bit washed out... something odd happened in photoshop there...
Love the cute wall-mounted magazine rack... OH what I wouldn't do for a home office!
More details from Lucy's studio
so many lucys, i want to be a lucy too!! nina mc x
ReplyDeletelove it love it love it. xx
ReplyDeleteI love this home especially the kitchen and all those pots in the back yard. Looks like home.
ReplyDeletewhat a great mix! KG
ReplyDeletefabulous home, would love to hang out in that back yard having a cuppa
ReplyDeleteAhhh thanks Lucy - you've made my little home look lovely :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's very funny seeing my house on your blog - he he! Lucy x
It's lovely - sooo mych nicer than those cold, stark, emotionless homes you see in all the design magazines. It actually looks like someone interesting lives there!
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LOVE it All...and it feels eerily similar to my houses life, but we are just about to embark on the replastering. Thanks to both the Lucys for embracing "imperfect quirks". They are what make our lives so special.
ReplyDeleteShe and I share such similar tastes. There is so much in this house that relates to 1950s Australia (instead of the US) which I love. My kitchen style is drawn on that of my grandmother who had similar cupboards, stove and dining setting as shown here. My own table and chairs are similar too. Just love it!!
ReplyDeleteWow so cool seeing the homes on your blog, they seem so much more lived and real than 'the my house is better than your house' magazines. They are all true reflections of the people that live there and I feel inspired by them not envious and poor.
ReplyDeleteLooks so homey and comforting and fun.
ReplyDeleteThe first pic is great - reminds me of my old bedroom - I had similar around my door.
Thanks for sharing. :D
Fab house. I want to sit in the sunshine in the backyard and read a book with a cup of tea. I have an old green kooka very similar to Lucy's I must look for a red teapot! Lots of inspiration and they have done a terrific job with the renovation whilst staying true to the character of the house. I envy their space! xx
ReplyDeleteI have been fortunate enough to embrace this "perfect quirky"! Lucy all her life. Sandi x
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, so much color and life in this home! I absolutely adore it. I keep coming back again and again to this post, admiring the photos and trying to absorb every detail. That office is fabulous (agree that magazine rack is great). I love all the vintage touches throughout and that doorway framed with so much visual inspiration.
ReplyDeleteLovely home and interior! I even could find Finnish Marimekko flower (poppies) from the postcards :)
ReplyDeleteThis is really lovely! Where did you find all these pots and pans and great cans? I myself have a very small collection, but I think I have to search on a few years for all the great thing you did find :-)
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