Big Plans

Hi all!

This post will have no photos. Boring, I know.

I just want to gather my thoughts on what to do with my apartment. I live in NYC in a place I'm afraid to paint, but I'm ready for it to start feeling like a cozy home instead of a rented transitory dwelling. A dog certainly helps the space feel like a home, but it's time to work on decor.

I'll put up some before pics so you can see what I'm working with. It's not that the apartment isn't nice, it's just a little junior feeling. It could stand to be gussied up a bit.

Here are some ideas I have. Each one will be documented on this blog as it occurs.

1. Rug under the dining table

2. Shelves over dining table

3. Shelves in kitchen

4. Butcher cart in kitchen

5. Futon in guest room/office/game room

6. Rug in guest room/office/game room

7. Hanging light over dining table

8. Side table in guest room/office/game room

9. more plants and flowers everywhere

10. Frame pages from animal books

11. Frame monogram art

12. Frame posters for shows the feller and i have written

13. Headboard

14. Initials framed over bed

15. wall lamps at bed

16. Empty wine bottles as decoration

17. More candles

18. Replace oil in reed diffuser

19. Line dresser drawers

20. Cheap lamps, spray painted

21. See above, but with candle sticks

22. vase of postcards

23. Nightstand/shelf for the feller?

24. storage boxes/baskets for shoes, scarves, gloves, etc in closets

25. Wrapping paper inside glass on medicine cabinet

26. Line inside of medicine cabinet

27. Cover bare ceiling bulbs somehow

28. File cabinet/boxes for office

29. Reupholster desk chair

30. New drawer pulls and door knobs all over the place

31. cereal boxes into magazine storage

32. spray paint empty cans to be pencil holders, etc

33. keep a plate under the oil and vinegar

34. Glass soda bottle bud vases (3) in the kitchen window

35. Subway art to reflect where we've lived

36. Mirrors

37. Fancy sparkling water bottles grouped to catch the light

38. paper shredder (not really a decoration, but practical with clutter management)

39. get a safe

40. corkboard inside cabinets for shopping lists, coupons, etc.

41. hooks and shelves on insides of cabinet and closet doors

That's all I can think of for now. It's a pretty big list, but I think each item will help transform my apartment into a home.

I'll keep you posted on my progress!

-Bea