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D.I.Y. Apartment Projects

In the chaos of moving, I still managed to set aside some time for projects to personalize the new space.  Since most of the furniture & decorations are mine, the apartment is missing a masculine touch from the bf.  I'm desperately trying to add some more neutral aspects but still beautiful pieces without loosing who i am and him.

We decided to do our first project for the apartment together and build a coffee table... surprisingly to the both of us it came out great!  We couldn't be happier :)  Now we just need legs which a friend is making for us because we would like them to be metal.

 

We purchased wood from a local home depot, i believe it was Douglas fir. We stained the wood with coffee and coffee grinds.  To finish it off we took a heat gun to add the unique burn marks.  The table is held together is large hex bolts and washers to give it a more industrial look.  

For my next project I did it on my own.  I had some great leather picture frames but they were in incredibly bright colors.  I decided I still liked the style but wanted to make them a little more worn looking.  I white washed the frames and scuffed them up with sand paper!

Next project is shelving...i'll let you know how it goes!

Halloween Chic

I LOVE Halloween!!!  But when decorating for the holidays you should still keep it classy which is why I love some of the below ideas.  I'm hoping to be able to decorate my new apartment with some of these great ideas, but I don't know if I can unpack in super sonic speed.  I'll keep you posted on my Halloween decoartions but for now enjoy some ideas!

1 look from day to night

1 look from day to night by jenniferspisso on Polyvore.com

Alberta Ferretti & Burberry Prorsum

Its taking me a couple weeks to really be impressed from the shows this season.  Burberry & Alberta Ferretti are the ones that I kept gasping from the beauty.  So here are some of my favorite looks...

Alberta Ferretti S/S '11:

 

 

Burberry Prorsum S/S '11:

S/S 2011 Runway review to come....

Apartment thoughts and dreams

My boyfriend and I are getting ready to leave our current sublet and find our own perfect New York City apartment!  Since we have been living in a already furnished apartment I am anxious to get my own things out of storage and start decorating with great D.I.Y. projects.  Here are some images that are making my heart flutter with ideas for my future home.