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Thrifting and Romantic Style

February 17th, 2011

Lately I’ve been going around Canberra and Sydney looking op shops and recycle shops to fit my room. My tiny room used to look atrocious (ie: messy and unco), but ever since reading a few interior design books and magazines, especially the ones centering around French country and romantic styles, I’ve been really inspired to put my bedroom in order.

Thrifting, ahh there’s a beautiful word. Everything in the photo above is thrifted: From the mannequin ($20), to the bedside drawers ($10). From the vintage china ($10 and less) to the books (50c each I would say, since I got them from the USYD book fair). And then, there’s also my budding love of Dolly Kei, hence styling my mannequin as such: all of which were also thrifted.

A few other notable finds from my Sydney and Canberra haunts…

Leather bag:

Zimmerman (left) and Cooper St (right) dresses:

Tokito (Left)

And the 2 books that initially inspired it all: "Romantic Style" (left) and "Collage with Masking Tape" (right), as well as the Grimoir blog entries.
Outfit snap time! Taken in my sister’s room when I visited her in Canberra. Top thrifted from Melbourne, skirt from Metamorphose, bag from Sportsgirl, belt from Newtown markets.

Cheerio!

3 Responses to “Thrifting and Romantic Style”

  1. Naka

    I love the skirt and ur style :3 the leather bag looks great :3 and thanks for visiting I thought u stopped blogging a while ago D:

    I love the tokito dress aswell ^^

  2. Ria Rosa

    Aw thanks! :) I don't think I can ever stop blogging. I just got really lazy hahaha!

  3. Herding Cats

    Sportsgirl! When I lived in Melbourne, that was one of my favorite stores. Looks adorable!

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