Who’s excited about our backyard area and having a grill? This girl (and her husband)! Even though Scott and I have started using our outdoor space, there is just something about having friends over that makes it really feel like summer is right around the corner. So I was so excited to have our friends, [...]
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Our First Backyard Cookout!
Posted in Friends, The Apartment on May 21, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Building Forts
Posted in Living in New York, The Apartment on April 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
In the flurry of laundry a few weeks ago, one set of sheets didn’t get fully dry. Rather than forking over more money to dry them in the shared laundry room downstairs, I just draped them over our kitchen chairs so I could *finally* go to sleep. And then this happened. “Wait. Mom. Where am [...]
More Frames, Please!
Posted in The Apartment on April 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Remember my collage of photos above our dining table? When we put them up, I had wanted to switch out the pictures and add to it over time. Well, I still don’t want to remove or switch any of the photos, but I did add three new frames. For reference, here is the collage before. [...]
The Frames are Filled!
Posted in Craftiness, The Apartment on January 4, 2012 | 2 Comments »
So I finally filled all of the frames in our photo frame collage! As a reminder, here is what we started with. Sideways photos and empty frames = not cute. And here is the finished/current product. It has turned out to be a bit of a homage to the wedding. But I’d like it to [...]
Kitchen Table Redo
Posted in Craftiness, The Apartment on December 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
In the month leading up to the wedding, I undertook my first furniture redo and upgrade. I’ve been reading Do It Yourself and home redo blogs for awhile. I was inspired by it and had secretly wanted to try my hand at it for awhile. Scott and I were fortunate enough to inherit a solid [...]
Cutting a Rug
Posted in The Apartment on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re slowly making more progress on the living room area of the apartment. The other day our new 5′ x 8′ area rug was delivered. One of the benefits of not having a job right now is that I am home to accept all of the packages. And there have been quite a few of [...]
Frames, Frames, Frames
Posted in Craftiness, The Apartment on December 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We’re making progress! We took something which was ready to take up permanent residence on the floor and incorporated it into the decor. At our wedding, I had a display of family photos. I pretty much took a bunch of random frames and spray painted them all white for a cohesive, yet (hopefully) not matchy-matchy [...]
The After
Posted in The Apartment on December 1, 2011 | 3 Comments »
So I promised before Thanksgiving to be back with some “After” pictures of the apartment. “Current” is probably a more accurate term. I tried to get some from the same angles as the “Before.” Here is our view of the living area as you stand in the kitchen. Please notice the new couch and [...]
Decorating for Christmas!!
Posted in Newlywed Adventures, The Apartment on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love Christmas. I always have. Decorating is probably the best part. I think it’s in my nature to enjoy the preparation, decoration and organization of an event just as much as (or more than) the actual event. It’s good that I’m an event planner, I suppose. I mean, I used to organize the buttons [...]
The TV Saga
Posted in The Apartment on November 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This past Saturday, Scott and I had big plans…we were going to mount the flat screen on the wall, decorate for Christmas and then head to the NYC Hokie bar to watch the Commonwealth Cup at 3:30 pm. So after breakfast, Scott got down to business, promising me it would be an hour long project. [...]
