Apartment Update!

Well, it has been embarrassingly long since I've posted anything and I have a lot up my sleeve! This fall has been full of travel for work and personal reasons that took me from Seattle to Minnesota to upstate NY! I have lots of pictures and stories to share. :)

First, I thought I would post a few pictures of my apartment. I haven't really posted any since the "empty" move-in pictures and while I still have a lot to decorate, I thought a few update pictures would be fun!

This is my darling little dining room! I bought my table off Craigslist from a really nice Christian girl and I think it's just the right size for the space.  :) The artwork on the back wall was a purchase from our art collection at Room & Board. It is actually a tool that was used to create prints in the silkscreen printing process. They have taken these, painted them (leaving some negative space) and re-purposed them as art pieces of their own! If you get up close there is a very fine silk screen that is stretched inside that frame. I loved the modern/industrial look of it mixed with the retro diner sign as the subject. :)

This my kitchen. It is just the right size for one person and the prints on the wall are Norman Rockwell. My maternal grandparents were big fans of Rockwell and I've grown up with a fond appreciation of his art. I am pleased to also be hiding a hideous looking breaker box behind the larger print-ha. The first month I was living here, I blew a fuse with my hairdryer and it took me 20 minutes to find that breaker box. I couldn't remember that I had hidden it; I suppose that was the point, huh?!

Here's my living room! I am missing quite a few items (i.e. coffee table, more lighting, several pillows, a chair, etc...) but its getting there. I am planning to paint a few of the frames in the collage, so that it feels a little more eclectic. The artwork is a piece I got at World Market years ago in Seattle. I love how many colors are in it!! The palette is broad enough to accommodate a lot of changes as my taste shifts. :) The drapes were an apartment-warming gift from my sweet sister and I couldn't be more thrilled with the ombre effect on these linen panels. The side table and tv console I picked up at Crate and Barrel's floor sample sale for a steal this summer; I still have some work to do on organizing all the movies on the floor. Perhaps a trip to my former employer, Pottery Barn, for a basket?! Still working on that one...ha. The rug is a Brazilian Brindle. LOVE the coloring!

It always takes time to get everything settled and I'm ok with that. I wasn't at first, but I started taking a money class 6 weeks ago and one of the things that Dave Ramsey says is that when you get out on your own, you immediately try to achieve the standard of living it took your parents 30 years to get to. So true! So I'm learning to be content, save my pennies and wait patiently.

More to come as I add items to my living room and bedroom. :)