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It has been exactly one year since we moved into our lovely townhouse in Malvern East We have been very happy here. To commemorate, I decided to do a blog post on all the art work we have collected so far for our house over the past year.

Our Verve portraits were our very first pieces we bought to put up in our new house. The first we have is our ‘Canvas’ set which goes nicely in our bedroom, the ‘Mondo’ black and white portrait of Dan is kind of goth like which sits at the top of our staircase, and the ‘Mondo’ picture of my lips adds a big splash of red to our living room and sits above our couch. Although very expensive and regrettable decisions made, I think in the end they definitely add a unique and personal touch to our house.





Walking along Brunswick Street one day, we came across Galerie Montmartre, and being in my vintage state of mind, I went crazy yearning for their huge range of colourful vintage posters of advertisements of the 1900s. I knew I just had to buy one… the first one we bought was ‘Talco Paglieri’, with a cute baby powdering herself. We put this in our bedroom above our dresser:



Then along came a sale at Galerie Montmartre, and we found ourselves back in their gallery shop! We fell in love with Paris furniture exhibition advertisements, and had to buy a few. The colours of the ‘Salon’ against a silver background are simply striking, and Dan loved the bold linear colours against the black of the ‘Formes Scandinaves’ poster.



We also bought a brightly coloured and very cute ‘Choco’ poster from ‘Tour De France’ for our dining area, which I think is absolutely gorgeous and true vintage style!



Here is a piece of Japanese artwork by ‘Kozyndan’ which we purchased at Outre Gallery on Elizabeth Street. It is really a visual illusion of so many details! I especially like the white rabbit.



This piece is entitled ‘Water Dreaming’ by ‘Hoang’ (studiooat) which we bought at Paddington Markets in Sydney last year. Each of his pieces tell a story, this ‘water dreaming’ symbolises ‘the cycle of the universe and the truth we can find in all experiences…’



My inspiration wall has grown since I last posted about my new desk space here. It includes a little poster ‘Gaz’ we also bought from Galerie Montmartre, very cute!



Here are a few photos at our door entrance which sit above our shoe cupboard, and an adorable little dog that welcomes us home. He looks like he came straight out of a Studio Ghibli movie. I actually bought him from Howard’s Storage of all places!



I finally have framed my Christina Gordon ‘Jamfancy‘ prints. My favourite is the ‘Counting Buttons’ which fits nicely between our windows in the bedroom. And the other is ‘A Little Wild’, just at the base of our staircase. I just love their wide eyed expressions, and the texture of her artwork.




And then there is my favourite piece of artwork by the very talented Dawn Tan, an original honey jar drawing that goes so well at the entry of our kitchen. Thank you Dawn!



Hope you have enjoyed all our house artwork, I think this whole collection adds so much character to our house and puts a smile on our faces everyday. It really does make our home feel like our very own.