While feeling down yesterday, I cleaned my whole apartment. That's right -- the whole thing. Even scrubbed the floors. Intense, I know, but I got started and it was making me feel better, so I kept moving. While I was cleaning, though, I got bit by that "Make your apartment look nicer" bug, and have become re-dedicated to making the place a little classier. There isn't a whole lot I can do, since it's just a studio, but I made a "wishlist" of all the things I need. I figure within those random things I need for functional reasons, I can work in some form as well. Said list goes like this:
- Dresser for blankets.
- Shelves X 1,000,000.
- Chair for desk.
- Table for next to door/hiding wires.
- Corkboard.
I plan on exploring some of the resale shops around here tomorrow for a chair. Should be able to find one that's not too expensive, since I just want like a normal dining room chair. I figure any extra whatever I can add to it later on. There is a dresser I like at Ikea, but it's like $200 and there is no Ikea near me. But if that's the only thing I'm really planning on splurging on, I don't feel so bad. So next time I have extra monies and someone with a car, it's all about that dresser. Corkboard I can get pretty much anywhere, so that'll be easy, and shelving isn't too hard to come by, either. A table to fit that little space I have might be tricky, but I'll just keep an eye out, I guess.
There are a few crafty projects I wanna try doing too. I'm not the most artsy person in the world, but I think if I keep it simple, it could work. I got this ice cream -- Sheer Bliss, which is totally fantastic -- that comes in a tin can. It's a pretty good size can, since it's a pint of ice cream, and I'm thinking about covering it in fabric and trying to get herbs growing in it. I've wanted to do an herb garden for years, but now that I'm in an apartment, it's tricky. So, we'll see how that works. I'm also kicking around ideas to liven up my blank walls. I have posters up, but the all white is still pretty ick. Plus, my kitchen is not all that great either, but I'm not sure what I can do with that yet.
If you've got a tiny space, hanging up a mirror would work double-duty in filling up your blank walls and making your place feel bigger. Other ideas would be to hang clocks or decorative plates or something like that. You might be able to find a bunch of interesting ones at a resale shop and you can hang them together in a group on your wall. It'd be something different other than the usual posters and pictures.
ReplyDeleteAs for the kitchen, my only suggestion is to change out the hardware if your cabinets have knobs on them. That small change can make a surprisingly big impact.
Eep, that was a long comment. I am perhaps too into interior decorating for my own good.
Thanks! I know nothing about interior design (despite watching a lot of HGTV daytime programming.) My walls have molding on them in like, big squares where it looks like someone would have painted in an accent color, and I was thinking about finding some nifty fabric to tack up in one or two of them. I'm gonna start checking out local resale shops around the neighborhood, so hopefully I'll find some neat stuff.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong with watching obscene amounts of HGTV...
ReplyDeleteAnd in that case, I'd keep an eye out for cool wrapping paper or scrapbook paper too. There's some pretty stuff out there. Or you could go with your fabric idea, but staple it on some corkboard first so that it's functional as well. Not sure how well that'd work in practice, but it sounds like a good idea in theory.