dual personalities

I took a bit of a break from blogging about apartment updates, but I’m afraid I don’t have much else to share today. I came down with a bad cold at the end of the workweek, so I spent much of the weekend feeling sick and tired. We had planned to have our first dinner party on Saturday to show off our apartment, but we had to cancel! Quelle disappointment.

Was this how DN felt when I was awake blowing my nose from 1:30-4:00 a.m. on Friday?

I had partly invited friends over to give myself a deadline for projects, though, so not all was lost in terms of progress. DN moved things to the basement (where we have a storage unit) while I reclined on the sofa like a Victorian damsel. And then after I pepped myself up a bit with some Tylenol, we hung a number of pieces of art. On Sunday, I made great progress on the second bedroom (aka dumping grounds) and took some pictures.

We store glassware wherever we can, including the TV stand.

The quilt atop a sofa is a little bohemian, I know. But placing the old couch in a new apartment really emphasized its age! This is a temporary improvement.

The light in our apartment makes it a bit difficult to take photos — this is somehow backlit AND dim!

My grocery store flowers and table runner definitely look like I’m going for an April vibe. But Tabletop — the shop around the corner — was having a 50% off sidewalk sale and I couldn’t resist. This corner needs a bit of color. I’ll make room for Halloween and Thanksgiving one of these days…

Deodorant adds a great touch to this tableau.

I realize now that my captions are making a lot of excuses — I think it’s because the apartment really reads much better in person than in fuzzy iPhone photos. But hopefully you (literally) get the picture — it’s shaping up!

*Maud Hart Lovelace, Emily of Deep Valley