So, do you like stuff? (PM)

OHMYGODILOVESTUFFSOMUCH!

But happily for me I have been house sitting other people's houses for the last month and a half and as a result I don't covet stuff for myself as much because I am not at home thinking about how I can make my space nicer. Also, I just wish I could find regular stuff in these houses. The other day I had to roll out pizza with a large jar. Do you know how hard it is to find a jar appropriate for rolling? Where is the effing rolling pin?

Usually, though, I am just coveting the shit out of homewares.

You know another thing that is distracting me from my usual homewares coveting is that I have an idea for rearranging my place when we get back home which is even better than buying new stuff! Free AND it makes you feel like you are in a new space.

But of course there are always things I kind of want.

Beautiful bedding.




Ralph Lauren, you sure know how to work navy.



Enamel cookware.

Want that

A large pot big enough for chutneys.

Thanks, Mate, now I'm just thinking about all the stuff I want.

So, do you like stuff? (AM)

People, I'm just going to get straight in to it today.
This post is about how I want my house to look really super cute and be full of super nice stuff, but  because I struggle to commit to making any major home decoration decisions, I just focus my wanting stuff energies on a bunch of small things I really don't need.

The only home improvement thing I have done since moving in to Chez K last July is put a wallpaper sample on my bedroom wall, as evidenced by the above picture of Niecey capering about on my bed. (Before we go on,  does anybody else find those little socked feet and those indentations her tiny feet have made in the bedclothes MEGA ADORABLE? I do too!)

But back on topic. The reason there is only a wallpaper sample on my wall, and not any wallpaper, is because I seriously struggle to make big decorating decisions. What if I spend heaps of money on something that doesn't even look that good, but I am forced to live with because I spent all that money on it? It could totally happen, and its something I worry to the point that it prevents me from following through. I know what the Spanish grandmother of Tara Morice's character in Strictly Ballroom would say about this. She would say "A life lived in fear is a life half lived" and she would be totally right!

But the small stuff, guys. The small stuff. Just as the world says, I really don't sweat the small stuff, I openly covet it and feel totally fine about doing so. Today, I'm going to show you a bunch of these smaller things that I want to buy for my house right now!

Lets begin with this throw.

You can buy it from Safari living for a tidy $470 if you like

Isn't it nice? I think it is nice and pretty and I want it.

I also want this cushion.

You can buy this one for 70 pounds from the Donna Wilson webbie.  

What's that, internet? You say 70 pounds is equivalent to  $110 AUDs? Gee, Thats better than I thought it would be, but it's still a lot for a cushion. Right? Right guys? No one should spend that much on a cushion, should they?

I want one of these planters too.

Aren't they nice? You can get them from Mr Kitly. 

Actually, this is something I may actually buy, because I love an indoor plant and I think that one hanging down over my staircase would look super cute.

Here's a trivet I want. Hey, do you think the sentence "Here's a trivet I want" is the dumbest one ever uttered on Miss Soft Crab?  It's definitely up there.

That pot looks really comfortable. The trivet is from RK Design. 

But it must be said, trivets are actually very handy.

Another thing I want is this really nice basket from Husk to put my dirty clothes in, replacing the blue bucket I currently use. But the Husk website wouldn't load for me, so I can't show you guys the picture. Just imagine a very expensive, but very tasteful basket.

That's all for now. I wonder what J wants for her house?! Lets meet back here at about 12:30pm and find out. Until then, crab friends!

Look at them ducks

Where the hell are you going to put your ducks indeed?! You know to me it kind of sounds like a metaphor for that labyrinthine duck vagina Isabella Rossellini taught us about on Friday. But more pertinent to you.

I have to say that commenters "Sarah" and Cloudcontrol make some good points. When I first read your post my immediate reaction was that near the TV was definitely the goer. And I like CC's idea of them looking like they are about to fly out the window. But "Sarah"'s suction cup window idea is kind of adorable too. And you aren't getting Graham to put blinds up on that window, right? Whoever the fuck Graham is.

But to that thing you tried to hide up there in the first paragraph. Remember the other week you told me that you ate cream on apple and I was all "on raw apple, that is such a lame excuse to eat cream" and you were all "no, cooked apple" and I was all, "oh, that's totes legit" and then I felt bad for accusing you of such a thing. Well after that golden syrup in ramekin declaration I am withdrawing all bad feeling from accusing you of eating cream on raw apple.

Where the hell am I going to put my ducks?

A couple of months ago, I moved in to my very own place.
It's tiny, but super adorable. The best part is that its all mine and I can do whatever I want with it. I can also do whatever I want in it. For example, the other night, I really felt like a sweet treat after dinner, but because I didn't have any proper sweet treats in the house, I just put a few teaspoons of golden syrup into a ramekin and ate that. I probably wouldn't have done that in my share house days, but you know, my house, my rules.

The best part of having your own place is that you can decorate it however you please. Paint stuff. Hammer stuff in walls left right and centre. You can let your imagination run wild! Of course, everyone will know that you have decorated it yourself so if it looks bad, it's all on you.  This thought has paralysed me a little since I moved in, and despite there being metres of wall space upon which to hang things, I haven't hung anything because I am worried I am going to stuff it up.

I have a bunch of really nice things to hang, too, so I really need to get over it and start hammering. The thing I most want hang are some flying ducks that Scampy, Neville and Banana gave me for my birthday a few years ago. Here they are, just sitting on a stool waiting to be hung.

I love these ducks. But I have no idea where the hell I am going to put them. On the wall at the top of the stairs?

As you can see, there is a whole lot of blank space there, begging to be gussied up. But the ducks might look a little silly amongst all that white wall. I think that I should keep that for something bigger.

Maybe I could put them on the wall above the kitchen table.

They could look quite cute there, but I was thinking it might be better to hang a bunch of other things there. I have some paintings and prints that I thought might look good all clustered together. The ducks would just get in the way.

There is also the wall near the television.
Would the ducks look cute above the television? Like they are flying past it? 

I can't decide. Also, The Bachelorette, a scene from which is displayed here on my television, is a terrible show. That's one thing I am sure of.

Anyway, if members of the Crab community have ideas about where to put the ducks, I'm all ears.