new treasure

i made an impromptu stop into one of my fav second hand stores and happened upon this baby...

 overall its in incredible condition...

  there are just a couple of places on one side that will require a little extra love

and the top will require a good sanding...

i am still debating if i want to stain it or paint it, although painting is probably the route that i will go.

we shall see...

project upgrade is heating up...and now i just need to figure out where i am going to tackle these new projects at..

since it's winter here, i may have to get creative and use my heater and bathroom...

oh and i almost forgot about the side table that i got off of craigslist a few weeks ago...

i am getting very excited..

for the love of colors

so, i am still debating (months later) what color to put on the living room walls...its really at this point becoming beyond urgent for me, considering i still have these big splothes of color on the wall...

not to mention some new ones that i added recently because the colors green and orange have been calling out to me...

but now i realize that i really want to go back to my original inspiration, which was this Alexander Henry fabric that i purchased over two+ years ago...

it's so colorful and crazy...i love it...

the browns and creams and the cutenesss...

so, i am just going back to the drawing board and keeping it simple and going with white...the whitest white i can find...

why?

because i think it will be the great backdrop for all the other hues that i want to bring into the room like in these pics....

the white is such a great stage for the other tones to come to life...so i am just going to go for it...

quick update

the window film has been purchased and taped to the windows..

while i like the privacy that it will represent, i am not all that thrilled with the blank white color..

i may cut it into some kind of design..

still thinking about that.

i have also been looking at paint colors..

these are the three that i put on the wall a week or so ago....

intially i loved them...

now..not so sure..

the room will be "grounded" around this piece of Alexander Henry fabric, which i am hanging..

so, i don't know about the colors...

i may have to go back to square one on that..

operation windows wide open...

ok, so i have purchased some window film but i actually ended up getting the gila frosted because it offers 24 hr privacy and that's really what i wanted.

so now i am just deciding how i want to hang it and by how i mean if i am going to cover the full windows or just the bottom panes and even if just the bottom, if i am going to cover the full pane.

i have this idea of leaving the outer edges somewhat exposed but i will probably tape it up and live with it for a few days before i decide..

i am excited to be actually making some progress on this..

apartment into home..

revamp ideas..

ok at the beginning of the month i decided to take my dark affectionately called "cave" of an apartment and turn it into a light, warm welcoming home.

here are some of my planned changes..

i am going to start where i can have the biggest impact first, so that means the windows.

because the apartment is technically a rear apartment, it is sandwiched between two buildings and basically to have even a bit of privacy, i keep the curtains and blinds drawn most of the time..otherwise i am staring into my neighbors place and they are watching me traipse around in my sexy flimsy things.

so operation windows wide open plan will start with the following..

-window film. the goal is to bring in the light but not look cheesy or like a church.

at the moment my heart is set on using the Gila Mirror Privacy Window Film

but we shall see..

Upgrade..

you...

i live in an apt and i dont know how much longer i will be in it but it's way overdue to make it more of a home..

a place that feels like me..

stay tuned..