Three’s Company
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
Well, at least we’re ready for company now! Our new guest bed has been delivered (a Serta Toledo if you must know) and now we actually have some semblance of a office/spare room. Here’s where we started… Here’s what it looks like now! If you really want to see the room in action, check out [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, new bed, spare room
Clean it up
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
We’re lucky enough to have a private patio right off our living room at our apartment. There is a privacy fence around it so it sort of feels like a bonus room. We had to do some serious cleaning before we could do anything fun with it. So I swept and dusted and then was [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, outdoor spaces, the patio
Frame Up
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
We have been busy little bees here putting up all of our pictures. It’s surprising what a difference a few photos will do to make a room feel homier (that’s a word. I just made it up). Here’s what we had… and now: We will be swapping out the wedding photos shortly. Although, I love [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, hanging pictures
Slip it on
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Our slipcovers finally made it! I really contemplated making my own but after finding two-piece twill slipcovers with piping for $60 each I decided I couldn’t make my own for that price. We found ours on Overstock.com. The slipcovers have made a huge difference. Our couches were so grimy, not to mention ripped from our [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, white slipcovers
Mirror, Mirror
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Finally! Something on our blank walls. My heavy lifting husband graciously took over this project. We added the mirror I scored for a song above our new bookshelf that I bought with our Craig’s List dough. Matt did all of the heavy lifting and leveling on this project. I just stood back and told [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, ikea furniture, mirror
Going Gray
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Before & After, Decorating
Not my hair color (well, not yet!) but our wall color. Our apartment came with the standard issue stark white walls of every apartment. It wasn’t doing much for us. I decided to try and warm things up a little bit with some paint. We chose Sandstone Cove by Behr. Don’t be afraid of using [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, gray painted rooms, painting
Sneaky Storage
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Random Musings
We’ve been pulling all sorts of Macgyver moves here trying to find storage for all of our stuff. We’ve already pared down, thrown out and streamlined all of our belongings and we’re still scraping by for storage. Here are some ways we’re sneaking storage into our space. The coffee table has extra storage for remotes [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, storage, wine racks
Blank Canvas
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Decorating
That’s what we’re working with in our new apartment. Here, let’s take the tour… The living room facing the sliding glass door out to the patio. The kitchen. It’s not as dingy as it appears in the picture. There is also a small eating area (I’m standing in it to take this photo). The main [...]
Tags: apartment decorating, our new home
