Monday, May 9, 2011

Apartment: Before & After

When I first moved into our place, it was a full blown bachelor pad- which was totally 100% fine! Derek had lived there an entire year by himself. Luckily, we were able to score awesome furniture pieces from his parents which as been fabulous! Over the past few months, I have slowly been pulling together the apartment. I have put together a short "Before and After" of trying to get this apartment together, and I think I've got it! We went for a clean look full of color that flowed from room to room since we're in such a small space. I think it has worked out nicely and definitely makes our apartment a "home".

{Small bulletin board is a canvas I ended up not using for a project. Covered it in a cute fabric, and pin up weekly recipes, a calendar, and wedding announcements for the summer. Also made the pennant banner and topiary in here!}
{New kitchen table, a color coded book case with monograms, and a home-made chalk board spice up our dining area!} {A monogram red S and fun fabrics tie the colors from the rug in with the rest of the room. A fun free printable eye-chart gives it a "Future Doctor" feel. Our National Geographic magazines and antique lantern remind us of our hopeful future travels of the world!}
{Fun painted chevron art, simply elegant lamps, and a clean, crisp white bed have an inviting feel every night we snuggle in.}

{A clean desk with a fun personal feel.}

11 comments:

  1. your apartment is super cute!!!! i wished i took before pictures because i have been trying to redo our apartment also!

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  2. becca, super cute youve done so much and it all looks awesome! love iT!

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  3. okay! cutest blog! I love this! we just did some remodeling because of some flood-age so our posts are really similiar this week! haha, i love this! too cute!
    -karly
    www.karpluswade.blogspot.com

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  4. Everything looks so adorable and chic! I love it!!

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  5. Cute so cute! I personally love the throw pillow on the bed and freebie eye chart in your living room....ha! ;)

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  6. Um excuse me. Where are all the framed pictures of me that I gave you guys as wedding gifts? Until you guys have kids, I expect my picture to be EVERYWHERE. Especially above your desk, creeping on you while you study.

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  7. totally diggin' what you've got going on in your apartment! great style! so much fun! loooove it!!!

    alexandriajayne.blogspot.com

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  8. oh my goodness! I LOVE IT!!! I'm with Aycia ^^ I love before and afters!

    did you paint those chevron pictures??? I love 'em!

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