Tuesday 11 November 2014

My kitchen shelfie

 Hello again. It's been a while and I didn't really intend to be absent from my blog for two months, but once I let things go it was difficult to get back into the swing of things. I'm still dealing with earthquake repairs to the property and the uncertainty has made it difficult to focus positively on the house and garden, so it's just been easier not to do anything! However, I did start to miss my blog and having a record to look back on, so here I am again.


 A recent email from Gardenista pointed me in the direction of Urban Jungle Bloggers, who do a monthly plant themed styling challenge. This month's theme is My Plant Shelfie. I love a good shelfie and it seemed like a good reason to rearrange the houseplants, which I needed to do for summer anyway. The cyclamens have been banished to a cool dark room and the succulents have come forth.

 On this shelf I have my favourite little handmade houses and an art print of lavender, held in a vintage floral frog. The little brass chair is made from the cage from a champagne bottle.

 This is a new addition, with rather cool, graphical silver and green spotted leaves. It has a bit of attitude, don't you think? The plant label says it's called Scilla or Ledebauria Socialis. It's a nice compact size to fit inside this ramekin.

 I love the silvery green and plum tones on this succulent. It's container is a cat food can wrapped with rope (thank you Pinterest).

 I really love the tarnish and patina on this silver-plated salt shaker. It contrasts most beautifully with the delicate green leaves on this plant. I've had the plant for years and I forget what it's called! It's pretty impossible to kill but the leaves do have an annoying habit of turning brown from the base of the plant outward. I'm thinking of replacing it... does anyone have any suggestions for a similar nice, delicate trailing plant?

Now I'm submitting this post for the challenge. I'm actually very late with it, almost at the deadline in fact but I'm calling it a win that I even got the post written at all :) Thanks to Igor at Happy Interior Blog and Judith at Joelix.com for the prompt!

6 comments:

  1. What a wonderful plant shelfie, Ruth! We are so happy to have you on board all the way from New Zealand! I love the mellow hues of your plant shelfie and the string lights add the perfect final touch to your styling! Welcome to our green family:-)

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    1. Thanks for the welcome Igor! I'm happy to be part of such a fun challenge. Looking forward to participating again!

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  2. Such a nice plant shelfie, Ruth! And just like Igor I'm very happy that you are participating on the other side of the world! I really like the DIY idea of the tin with the rope, it looks great and adds a nice structure to the styling. I'm not sure if I have a good suggestion to replace your plant, but I love a string of pearls (it's very different though). Thank you for joining Urban Jungle Bloggers! Looking forward to your next participation, if you like :)

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    1. Thanks Judith! String of pearls is a great idea, it would look good trailing from a shelf! I'll have to look out for one. Thanks for hosting the challenge - I look forward to participating again :)

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  3. Hi Ruth..
    Welcome back, ow you bring new theme and it is nice. I love your plant shelfie, and your cat food pot. What a lovely inspiration. Happy gardening Ruth..

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    1. Thanks Hari! It's good to be back :) Thanks for your sweet comments, I'm glad you like the inspiration :)

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