The New Place

Most of you know that I have moved, yet again. The building we were living in was sold to developers who will make it into condos for rich folks. Yay. So, we moved two blocks up the road and around the corner. Soon, there won't be an apartment in Bristol that I haven't lived in.

I have been working on the apartment the past couple of days, and it's looking pretty good. I am really loving my new digs in general, and the living room in particular. Even though the room is smaller, and a slightly odd configuration due to an alcove, it looks much more like a living room than the set-up in Ghetto Wonderland. I have the pictures on the wall, and today I bought some fabric to recover the cushions on the couch - at, of all places, Wal-Mart, for five bucks a yard - psyched! It was exactly what I was looking for.

To call the living room eclectic would be an understatement, but I have to say that it looks more together than the tacky creations on some of those "design" shows. I was able to move my 50s/60s Danish Modern couch (very similar to pic) into this apartment (FREE from the library!), and found an awesome Danish Modern lamp (the lamp in this pic is exactly like mine!) of the same period and in the same wood finish in someone's TRASH. The couch cushion on the bottom is bare and will be covered in a green fabric. The pillow cushions for the back and sides were missing, but I salvaged the cushions from the ghetto couch and they fit perfectly (saving me a fortune in custom upholstery). The fabric is a Hawaiian print. The fact that I don't know how to sew anything more than a straight line will make this an interesting project.

The bedroom is set-up, and I plan to paint it once the weather is warmer and I can leave the windows open. The comforter cover was a 12 dollar IKEA purchase. I have also fallen in love with several bedspreads and quilts from the Company Store, but right now that's not in the budget.

The office is still a disaster (naturally), but once that's done, I'll feel like I can spend my summer relaxing and not worrying about where I'm going to live next.