When it comes time to put away all the Christmas decorations, I always get a little bummed to pack all of the things that made our apartment feel so festive. (And the tree always smells so good!) This year I’ve decided to make decorations…
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NYC Apartment Update: Bedroom Plants and Temporary Wallpaper Closet Doors
For the past year that we’ve been living in our apartment, my bedroom has been frustrating me a bit because it just didn’t feel right. All of the hod podge furniture and decor just wasn’t coming together properly like it usually does. My stuff…
Recently we counted how many holes we’ve poked in our apartment ceiling to hang lights. The answer’s 9. NINE. And eight of those ceiling holes are holding barn pulleys. While it might be time to slow down on the hanging light fixtures, I learned…
A couple months back when we were living in our old apartment, my roommate Adele walked by this home store with this incredible display of pendant lights hanging from pulleys. Adele took a photo so that we could recreate the idea in our new…
Ever since I moved to New York, one of my favorite things to do is create things for our apartment. I love adding dramatic things that change the whole vibe of the room– and nothing is more dramatic than a chandelier. A couple months…
These past few weeks have been some of the busiest I can remember. Currently I’m writing this in a little B&B at the base of the Scottish Highlands as Sean and I bop around and explore the British Isles. (More on that in another…
Out of all the decor I’ve collected over the years, my owl lamp is one of my favorites. (Much to my mother’s disgust. She hates the little guy. ;)) I found this lamp when I was in college, my friends and I were walking…
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DIY Apartment: Electrical Tape Frames
One of the major things about living in a NYC apartment is that we have to decorate our home in impermanent ways without making everything look like a dorm room. One way we’ve been doing this is with an excessive use of black electrical…
I’ve always been a student of slow decorating— more out of necessity and budgetary restrictions than anything. But these days I am starting to see that decorating slowly is a really fun proces. I’m the type of person who is a perpetual decorator– I’m…
(The after shot)(The before)So I was sifting through one of my favorite flea markets about a month ago, and I saw this chair in a booth marked for $9.50. I thought the curvy lines of the chair were beautiful, and even though the upholstery…