Ribbon Coat Rack

I am OBSESSED with this ribbon coat rack for £60 by UK company Headsprung. I can actually picture it just inside my door on this big blank wall we have. I really wish it was in the US and cheaper!

Furnishing my new apartment!

I just got a call from the delivery man saying he is ready to drop off my new table and chairs. Our new apt is so much bigger than the old one. I can’t wait to get home tonight and put these together while watching the Bachelorette!!

Yesterday I ordered this rug to go under it. I’m hoping it comes in by Friday. Exciting!

Apt Stuff

Last night I unpacked my last box. I still have some random piles of crap around my room that I need to sort through and throw away or decide what to do with, but for the most part, I’m done. Yay. It was my box with all my pictures and wall decorations. I had some frames in my old room on the windowsill and had some frames arranced to make a big rectangle on the wall. I also had a wall with all my crosses I’ve collected over the years just inside my door. I decided that on the wall in the hallway leading into my room, just inside my door this time that I wanted to hang all my frames and make a cool shape, so I did. Not sure what I’m going to do with the crosses yet – for now they’re on a shelf in my closet. This is what my frame arrangement looks like (Love!):

I also found this idea in the latest issue of InStyle. I can’t find it anywhere online, so I took a picture of the page – ghetto style.

I have always loved white boxes made from molding on colorful walls. This is a great, cheap, temporary solution. I wish I had a bold wall to do this on!

Things I bought for my apartment:

Got this lamp and night stand/accent table for tbf’s side of the bed from Target.

Got this rubber plant from the grocery store. Love it in the corner!

My New Sconces

There is a woman who sits outside of her building down the street from me with stuff. She always has stuff out that she is selling. Apparently she goes to thrift stores and street vendors and things where she buys all her stuff. Sometimes she has some really nice stuff.

This weekend I was looking for a small dish to sit on my bathroom counter that I can put my jewelry in at night. When I was out shopping on Friday for a little while I looked for one and couldn’t find what I wanted. On Saturday, on my way out, I stopped there just to see what she had. I came across these beautiful rod iron sconces. I’m not sure if I want to leave them as is or paint them. And if I do paint them, I’m not sure if it will be a light color to make them more “shabby chic” or if it will be a dark color. I was sort of mulling over the ideas of either a creamy yellow or black with a sort of sheer bronze layer over that. My mom says she likes them now they are…we’ll see.

Then I asked the lady if she had a dish to put my jewelry in. She has a bunch of milk crates full of stuff that she doesn’t always set out. She started digging in one and said, “watch me pull out exactly what you’re looking for,” which she did. It’s crystal and small and beautiful and I love it. I’d put up a picture, but I forgot to take one.

I Heart

This chair (from Harden):

And Paisley:

Pictures from: Top left – fabric swatch from Harden, Top Right – AunyNanny’s Flickr, Bottom Right – Mobilohm’s Flickr, Bottom Center – InBloomDesigns Etsy Shop, Bottom Left – Jen’s Photography Flickr, Center – Coco+Kelley Flickr

I might reconsider how I was planning to decorate my room based on whether I can get this chair in paisley.

Love, Jenna

A while back I found this blog and immediately loved her calligraphy. I just wish she updated more.

New Apartment Means Decorating

So in June I am moving into a new apartment in the same building I am currently living in. It is bigger and it will be cheaper. Yay! This also means I get to decorate and I have been searching the interwebs for ideas. I’ve also been watching a lot of HDTV. On an episode of some home makeover show on there, the designer used a “wall tattoo” that I thought was pretty neat, so I started looking into those.

I found these chandelier wall adhesives for $30 each. I definitely like the idea of having multiple though, and the whole idea behind this is to be cheap. So next, I went on a hunt to find a cute chandelier stencil and that led me to Etsy where I found this:

I still love the idea of putting chandeliers on a wall, but I think I might forgo the idea because the style doesn’t match most of what I already have in my room. It could be a really cute decor idea for the dining area, however.