I've always considered myself to be an adventurous person. Place me in any situation, conversation, or city, and I'm as happy as a clam. But that comes with one major caveat: I'm also a homebody, so I need an oasis I love and can recharge in. For a long time, my apartment was ...read more
My current apartment is the first place I've lived in for longer than a year since high school, after switching dorms and apartments every six months to a year, for the past eight years. And I love it. For an apartment I found on Craigslist while driving in a U-Haul through ...read more
On a rainy day a few weeks back, I decided to change around the entire layout of our living room. The room itself is rather awkward - it's long and narrow, and our old setup only made it feel more cramped. I rotated the seating area, moved the TV from over the mantle to the ...read more
Since I've only shown glimpses of each room (here, here and here), I figured I'd share a few photographs of my not-quite-finished living room. There's still no art on the walls and I've yet to find the perfect pillows and blankets, but I can say with certainty that it now feels ...read more
Curling up in front of a crackling fireplace on a rainy day is one of life's greatest luxuries. Sadly, my current apartment doesn't come equipped with one, but I've gotten so much joy simply glancing through all of the wonderful images of them at Dominomag.com. Since so much ...read more
After what seemed like weeks of painting and touch-ups, our wall is officially done (with minimal red-splattered carpeting to match). After the Venetian blinds were taken down, it became evident just how much they took away, both aesthetically and functionally. The new drapes, ...read more