NEW APARTMENT LAYOUT

*I apologize for the dark photos! It's impossible to take nice pictures of our apartment because of the large plants outside of the window!

see the before and after, after the jump!

DESIGNING A GALLERY WALL

As part of my spring cleaning project, I'm working on hanging more art and making our apartment feel more homey. With our new layout, which I'll show photos of soon, there are a couple of really bare walls that are just screaming "Make me a gallery wall!". I studied some of my favorite gallery walls (totally normal way to spend your time), and realized that they usually have a mix of different types of art (not all abstract/typography/etc). Here is a mix of art that I found, mostly on Etsy, that I think would make a really pretty gallery wall:

I like the contrast of the really whimsical photography with the bold colors and industrial-style ampersand. What do you think?

links:
abstract painting | typographical print | nature photography 1 | nature photography 2 | antlers | zinc ampersand | portrait

NEW IKEA MICKE DESK!

As part of our spring cleaning project, we are rearranging our little one bedroom apartment to make it work better for us. The first thing we did was took down our floating desk and bought a smaller, space saving desk: the Micke, from Ikea. Wes had his doubts that I would be able to put it together by myself while he was at work on Friday, but I got out my handy tool box and electric drill and built that bad boy (thank you very much!).

I love this desk because it has a super sleek design, it's white (I love white furniture), and it has a really nice cable compartment at the bottom to keep all the computer cords and such hidden and out of the way. Also, it's a small thing, but I love that it has drawers! Our previous desk didn't, and it was easy to get the tabletop really cluttery after a while.

I'm excited to show you guys the other things we've been working on. I plan to have posts on space saving tips & tricks because we've learned a lot over just the past few days of working on it. Have a great Monday!