settling into our new home: a progress report
We’ve been very occupied lately. Most of our weekends have been spent
setting up the house and all that it entails: Buying stuff, returning
stuff, buying more stuff, putting stuff together, installing stuff,
cleaning up stuff… And did I mention we have to plan a wedding??!!!
Anyway, our 2 bedroom flat is finally starting to come together, but
there is still a ton of work to do! The kitchen is our pride and joy right now. It’s mostly complete, but
we want to change the window dressing and the rugs to something a
little more modern. But with all the other stuff we have to do, that
is pretty low priority right now. The living room is starting to feel cozy. We decided to go with
neutral colors for all the major pieces (so that they can follow us
when we move) and pop color with accessories. We obviously haven’t
gotten to the latter part yet. The picture doesn’t show it, but there
is a mirror with a cherry wood frame on the other side of the wall.
The room doesn’t have a window, so the mirror helps the room feel less
enclosed and bigger. The picture does not do the flush mount light
fixture justice. It was a splurge and totally worth it. The bedroom is also way more cozy now than it used to be. Initially,
we had no furniture to work around, so we painted it whatever color we
wanted: a beautiful slate blue with a hint of green. Then, we realized
how much color it really was! It totally clashed with the
[temporary/old] brown curtains that we had. To neutralize the color,
we ditched all the browns and went with blacks and whites and it
worked out perfectly, transforming the room into a relaxing space.
It’s not shown but we had brand new honeycomb vertical cell blinds
installed. They provide energy efficiency and privacy, but still let
in quite a bit of sunlight, so we’re probably going to put up white
blackout curtains over it for the days that we want to sleep in. The
cal king mattress and duvet came first, before the bed frame,
nightstands, and the black pendant light, so the blue/black duvet
cover seemed like an awesome idea at the time. Now, I’m not sure if
it’s too many darks, so we may get a more textured white duvet cover
later. And yes, we didn’t tuck in the sheet on the left side of the
bed. Oops! Bed making fail… The entryway, dining area, second bedroom/office, bathroom, and
balcony are still messy, so you don’t get pictures yet. ;)
setting up the house and all that it entails: Buying stuff, returning
stuff, buying more stuff, putting stuff together, installing stuff,
cleaning up stuff… And did I mention we have to plan a wedding??!!!
Anyway, our 2 bedroom flat is finally starting to come together, but
there is still a ton of work to do! The kitchen is our pride and joy right now. It’s mostly complete, but
we want to change the window dressing and the rugs to something a
little more modern. But with all the other stuff we have to do, that
is pretty low priority right now. The living room is starting to feel cozy. We decided to go with
neutral colors for all the major pieces (so that they can follow us
when we move) and pop color with accessories. We obviously haven’t
gotten to the latter part yet. The picture doesn’t show it, but there
is a mirror with a cherry wood frame on the other side of the wall.
The room doesn’t have a window, so the mirror helps the room feel less
enclosed and bigger. The picture does not do the flush mount light
fixture justice. It was a splurge and totally worth it. The bedroom is also way more cozy now than it used to be. Initially,
we had no furniture to work around, so we painted it whatever color we
wanted: a beautiful slate blue with a hint of green. Then, we realized
how much color it really was! It totally clashed with the
[temporary/old] brown curtains that we had. To neutralize the color,
we ditched all the browns and went with blacks and whites and it
worked out perfectly, transforming the room into a relaxing space.
It’s not shown but we had brand new honeycomb vertical cell blinds
installed. They provide energy efficiency and privacy, but still let
in quite a bit of sunlight, so we’re probably going to put up white
blackout curtains over it for the days that we want to sleep in. The
cal king mattress and duvet came first, before the bed frame,
nightstands, and the black pendant light, so the blue/black duvet
cover seemed like an awesome idea at the time. Now, I’m not sure if
it’s too many darks, so we may get a more textured white duvet cover
later. And yes, we didn’t tuck in the sheet on the left side of the
bed. Oops! Bed making fail… The entryway, dining area, second bedroom/office, bathroom, and
balcony are still messy, so you don’t get pictures yet. ;)
