The Begining

To begin the series of posts, I'll briefly explain where my inspiration to begin a decor-based blog originated. Upon my second attempt at living on my own almost two years ago, I chose to move in with a long-time friend. We moved into a small bungalow built in the 1940's and embarked on not only a journey of navigating living together, but also taking on the challenge of making a seventy year old farmhouse look and feel like home for us social, style focused young women (all on a student budget I might add). So, here begins our tale of home improvements, crafternoons, do-it-yourself bulls-eyes' and some "lets-just-put-this-out-on-garbage-day-and-never-speak-of-it-again" disasters.  I might also mention my partner in crime and roommate is also currently pursuing her education in Interior Design, and is the main reason for my recently developed interest in all things decor. 

So more about the house! In we moved all (I say that very generously- we're students remember) of our worldly belongings to a very awkwardly laid-out house with a rather dated and one-dimensional style vibe. Once the first initial nights passed and the idea of sitting on the floor and eating take-out pizza got rather frightful, we decided to get the ball rolling and put some personality into our new home.  We started with paint. Everything was brown. I'm not kidding... like EVERYTHING, other than surprise surprise my little bedroom which happened to be a lovely shade of Pepto bismol Pink. It had to go, and I figured it would be an easy fix. How tough could it be?  Never having painted a room in my life, I learned very quickly how back breaking this work was. I have a taste for modern more contemporary interiors, so I chose a nice neutral beige to start the transformation of my room from pink-princess room, to sophisticated, calm inducing lady cave. My eclectic and artsy roommate selected seafoam green to start her rooms journey from dining room to girly, vintage traveler haven, a pastel blue for the kitchen and 1st living room, with a light lavender for the future tv room. Then began furniture selection and everyone’s favorite part of moving … lugging it all in. Lucky for us my roommate has a rather generous aunt, who changes her furniture on a frequent basis and was willing to part with a couple items that complimented the color choices well. For my particular space I had brought over the essentials: bed, TV and decided to treat myself to a nice armoire. Unfortunate as it was there wasn’t too much closet space, a deal breaker for some females. However I embraced my small space and accepted the challenge to make it comfy, cozy and glamorous as possible. So for the first couple entries I'll show you where we started, and how this little project has and will continue to evolve so you can see it as it unfolds!

The pictures above are the bare bones of what  the previous decoration existed before move in.  Next post will show the transformation of these rooms.