Apartment/ Furniture Mania
So as you can see from the lite posts this week and last that I’ve been a little distracted by the start of school and my current obsession: the massive apartment hunt. I’m a nest builder/seeker by nature (ask anyone) and I take finding our next space SERIOUSLY. After more sixth floor walkups than I care to remember with tiny kitchens with no storage (cooking is a key ingredient in our marriage) we found this gem in MANHATTAN, a place I thought I’d never live again. We’ve put in an application:
Of course, since we’ve been living in a 300 sq foot room in a shared house with none of our own furniture, this leads to a frenzy of anticipation (our own space! real adult furniture! our own sofa that seats both of us comfortably!). My mother, who rarely makes pronouncements, made one: “Buy the sofa first and build the apartment around that”. Given my complete state of stress this week (work in the office till 10:30pm, starting classes, putting in the application) I found this pronouncement profoundly calming. We just need to find the sofa and everything will fall into place. While I’m not usually a fan of Pottery Barn (too overstuffed and antiqued) I do like this one but in Navy.
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February 9th, 2007 08:20
We just bought a new sofa from pottery barn ourselves, and were really happy with how sleek the lines were (especially given how small the row hour rooms are!) - the addin. Its so hard to find nice, non-McMansion sized furniture!
PS - so exciting about the apartment
August 8th, 2007 10:26
[...] Our apartment is coming together! I’ve blogged about pieces of it in the last 6 months but thought it was time to give the overview of all the pieces together! My favorite part of the room is our plant sanctuary made from a salvage table from Vermont. [...]