My version of the Barbie Dreamhouse

I went looking at display homes yesterday which is always a bad bad idea and always makes going home to my boyfriends 3x1 appalling.

I’m not sure why I go, except I like looking at pretty perfect things. But even I found myself yesterday getting a bit sick of the sameness and perfection. I can’t help but be dragged back to the reality of what 3 dogs would do to that carpet or if that was my laundry I’d need extra cupboards for kitty litter and I’d probably have kitty poo up those lovely walls.

Some things I learned:

Owls are the new thing for little girls bedrooms

A study in the middle of the childrens bedrooms is a dumb idea

Scullerys are making a comeback

A lot of people designers do like having large windows in their showers

Stock of Marilyn Monroe paraphernalia is doing well from display homes decorators budgets

But I guess it gives ideas of what I like or don’t. So I get it, they are for ‘display purposes only’. Even the other houses on the street which were new and obviously based on some of the designs I’d just seen didn’t have that same gloss. The landscaping was non existent, the finishing touches not there.
But I can dream.

I love this bath/master bedroom setup. Reminds me of a hotel I've stayed in. How decadent to have a bath in your ensuite.
I love it.

This looked better in person but the purple theme is my style and the lights were cool.

Also better in person but it is wall art with water bubbling on a neat little deck from the master bedroom.

Beautiful outside seating idea except for the artificial turf. Blerg.

I wanted to get married here. Can you believe we're a month away from Winter?