New Apartment, New Stuff

July 22, 2016July 21, 20166 Comments

Hello everyone! Welcome to another blog to show you where I live and what I have done with decorating.

So, I wanted to show off the living room and kitchen in my new apartment. It is a lot smaller than the apartment before, but it is still very nice and cozy.

Okay, let me start off by saying that the chair is probably not staying there. My roommate Mariah’s brothers brought the couch and chair and we aren’t sure what we are doing with the chair. But, besides that, this is the living room. This is the view from the kitchen with the front door in the background. We have a sliding glass door that is behind the chair that looks out onto our porch. We have the couch, the loveseat, the possible chair, a bookshelf and a TV stand.

Here’s the bookshelf and the TV stand. The TV stand was here when I moved in, but I brought the bookshelf and my roommate Bailey helped to decorate it.

The bookshelf is super cute! I covered the back with wrapping paper to add more design to the shelf. Some of the stuff is mine, where some was the other stuff was the other girls’.

And here is the kitchen. It’s so much smaller than the last kitchen, but it’s not bad because there’s less to clean. It’s just a skinny kitchen. Nothing too special. But one of my favorite things about it is the oven.

I love the sign and the pot on the oven. Even though it is a misleading jar, it still looks cool on the oven. It also complements the small sugar jar on the counter next to the oven. And the sign…I don’t drink that much alcohol, but it is a cute sign.

So that’s the new living space in the apartment. It’s super cute and cozy! Even though it isn’t close to being completed, it is still really nice to have a living space. Oh, and if you’re wondering if I’m changing the cushions on the loveseat, I have fabric to make a cover for it.

I Moved to a New Apartment

July 15, 2016July 13, 20166 Comments

Well everyone. It has been a wonderful two years at my last apartment, but on Monday I moved to a new place.

It was a hard decision, but when I thought I would be moving in with some friends and that fell through, I had to find something else that worked. So I looked at apartments to live by myself, but I didn’t think that I could afford it on how much I make a month.

So I turned to Craigslist where I found an ad for someone looking for another roommate. I would have my own room, but share a bathroom with one other roommate. And after meeting the girls and signing the lease, I moved all of my stuff in on Monday.

And here is what my new room looks like!

Okay, so that’s what my bed and wall looks like. I put my bed in the corner of the room because I wanted the most room to add my other furniture. My room is a lot smaller than my last room, so I had to really work to get everything to fit. One of those things, is all of the artwork that I have. So, mom told me that I needed to create a gallery wall.

Now, it’s not completely done, but here is what I have so far.

Yeah, so I still have a few things left to hang on my wall, like a chalkboard and two mirrors that fit in nicely with my other art. I might also buy a S to go with the L on the wall. Who knows?

On the other side of the room is where the rest of my furniture is. I have this dresser that is filled to the brim with stuff.

Doesn’t it look familiar? If not, I’ll leave a link at the end of the post for the original blog post about this dresser. But, I was finally able to use it and it fits all of the clothes. Hooray!

I also have my bookshelf that was brought over from the other apartment. And it is already filled with decor and books.

And yes, that is an unopened box of Cards Against Humanity on the bottom shelf. I just need to find some people who would want to play it with me… But yeah, I have I ever mentioned that I like Paris and the Eiffel Tower and pink? I think you can definitely tell just by looking at my room.

Finally for furniture, I have this TV stand that I had painted blue a few weeks ago when I still thought that I was moving in with my friends, not people on Craigslist. Well, mom surprised me by painting it black, adding pink and white knobs on the front, and decorative paper on the bottom of the drawer and inside the doors. Imagine my surprise when I saw that pull up to the new apartment instead of the blue one.

I also hung my bow board up behind my bedroom door because I am sharing a bathroom and there isn’t space in the bathroom to hang it. So, it is by my door so that way I can just grab a bow before I head out to work!

And finally the closet… Is it any bigger than the closet at my last apartment? The answer is yes. Not much, but yes it is bigger. I don’t have a walk in closet anymore, but I have a lot more hanging room and storage for my tee shirts and work clothes. So, I guess that I have a bigger closet?

So, yeah. That’s my new space. I really like it. It makes me really think before I buy something big because I have to think about where I am going to put it. Since I don’t have as large of a space like my last apartment, I have to be really careful. But, I like it a lot and I am very grateful for not having to climb so many stairs.

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Lauren’s Apartment A New Dresser Teen to Adult TV Stand

Teen to Adult with a Little Bit of Paint

April 15, 201610 Comments

Hello! I must apologize for this post being late. It was not intended to be late, but unfortunately it happened.

So, Haley had this TV stand in her room for the longest time. It was purchased at a yard sale for $5 and she covered the drawer and the sliding doors in duct tape, which was perfect for her room when she was younger.

But now, it’s been sitting on our patio for a few months. And as I am going to be moving into a house instead of an apartment in the summer where I will need more furniture, it was perfect for me to redo.

The first thing I had to do was take all of the duct tape off of the drawer and doors. It was actually a lot easier to peel the tape off then I thought it would be. I had to really work to pull the edges up, but pulling the tape off was pretty easy.

And of course, the animals had to help. Kiara…that was for painting, not for sitting.

So this is what the drawer and the door looked like originally. They were a pretty grey color, but I was going paint them white. I only painted one coat of white because I wanted it to have a bit of a weathered look.

I then went to paint the the actual TV stand. I went with Navy Blue Rustoleum paint and covered the whole stand. That included the top, sides, and a few pieces on the front. It covered really nicely and I love the shine that comes off of it in the sun.

And here is the finished product!

I love the nautical look and think that it’s going to look great in my living room. It turned out better than I expected with all of the work that went into taking the tape off. I like the colors together and know it will be used someday. Thanks for coming by!