Good morning friends! Can you believe it's nearly Christmas? I feel like Autumn totally flew by, don't you? Our baby boy will arrive in just five weeks (eeeeee!!!!) so I'm over-the-moon excited about it and busy prepping his room and getting massive butterflies as I think about how much we have to look forward to. I'm also in the midst of renovations on our new apartment, though I'm only overseeing things, but it's still "work" and I'm happy to report that it's nearly finished! We will move in 2 1/2 weeks! Yeah, wow is right. But all is well - the paint smell is gone, the new floors are installed (and gorgeous), and everything looks so fresh and pretty that the effort involved in sprucing has totally paid off. It's a total clean slate. I can't wait to move in and DECORATE! Yay! I will definitely share photos as I go with you, so expect to begin seeing those in January.

And speaking of decorating, I simply must share the lovely event that recently occurred in Australia hosted by design blogger Lucy Feegins from The Design Files. She contacted me over the weekend offering me first dibs on this content and sharing it here on decor8 so I couldn't turn her down. I'm super behind her amazing concept and love how she and her team convert an empty house into a pop-up showroom all in the name of design and promoting local talent in Australia. Items are sold, they have hundreds of visitors, and then the home is cleaned out and is returned to whomever owns the property. What a cool concept, right?

This year for the first time they held the event in Melbourne (Lucy's home town) and then again in Sydney 2 weeks later. Normally she only does it in one location so this was quite an undertaking. You can see the inspiring TDF Open House 2013 Video here or simply watch it below. This video was shot, directed and edited by Jessica Leski.

And here are some more photos for you to drool over, taken by Brooke Holm, of the Melbourne open house event.

I love all of the bold accent walls - especially the blue tones and that gorgeous watermelon-y color. Super pretty and so interesting to look at - the art by Melbourne artist Miranda Skoczek is amazing. I also love all of the colorful rugs and textiles, and the white wooden blinds in the bedroom shown above (I'm soooo into wooden shutters at the moment and want to install them in my bedroom, but these blinds are lovely too).

Isn't this a lovely project? What do you think of the color palette and use of pattern? See any objects in particular that inspire you?

I'd like to wish you all a very lovely day! I'm going to finish up on some shopping, then it's time to bake cookies and relax... Hope you make some time to relax, too.

AND a special thanks to Lucy for sharing this content with us today!

(images: brooke holm)