Redecorating - update 1.
So I confess - I don't know a lot when it comes to decorating. Especially especially merging two individuals different styles together. Hiro and I have completely different styles but sometimes were able to meet in the middle with our love for modern design..... However, he has a more modern modern taste and mine is vintage modern, so it can still be kinda hard. Luckily though we both have been able to agree on the same thing for redecorating our apartment. Replace our big colorful furnished pieces with more simple colors - whom some might call boring colors [I tend to be one of those people from time to time] but then accessorize with color. So below are some before and after pictures of how ive slowly been doing this. Our "faux" mantel/dvd holder above the tv has super bright orange sliding doors, so I painted some white bars on craft paper and with double sided tape slapped that on there. Also I spray painted the pink candle holders white, which I LOVE so much more now! The curtains, well for the longest time we had two different panels up, and it was driving me CRAZY!!! So made some new ones, all matching of course, white linen with stitching of poppies throughout, though your not able to see in the photo and I put a nice border of silk duponi <- correct spelling] at the bottom with a velvet cream piping between the silk and linen, so cute I think. :) Then since the exposed curtains bothered Hiro and immensely, I thought the cheapest way to cover those up [I am on a strict budget here] was to cut out scallops from that kindergarten paper that we as kids had to practice writing on - remember? So I rubber cemented that onto cardstock and tacked those up there, and now I just need to find some simple flat wood or metal buttons to glue gun ontop of. Lastly I Spray painted our pink and orange Ikea mirror and relocated it between the windows...So if anyone has any tips/ideas for creating an inviting uncluttered/effortless environment, please fire away! :)
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Roxy, we are totally on the same page with the white spraypaint! I was just thinking this morning of things I need to spray. I have the same problem with my boyfriend and decorating. We have very different tastes. (Mine more colorful than his!)
One question: Where the heck are you using spraypaint?? I have no where I can do this without taking it to the sidewalk!!
i really like your redecorating improvements! they look really gorgeous. (i also am a fan of apartment decorating on a budget because 20 and sometimes 30-somethings have to decorate on a tight budget and within the terms of a rented space) this is definitely inspiration for me. thanks.
Oh amy I wanna see what your doing too then! Perhaps I can get some ideas from you :) *hint hint ~ I spraypaint outside on the sidewalk.... It works much better and dries faster, I was doing it inside in the bathtub or in our garbage room, but then I was getting paint everywhere and our doggies were coughing, so not the smartest thing ofcourse. :/
Shareta, thanks for reading my blog and for the compliments! Budget is all that im able to work with right now, but it is fun that way because it then makes me work harder on trying to come up with new ideas...so both sides have their perks I guess :)
Roxy!
Your paper Valances are genius, they look so beautiful...and I'm with you sister, I'm all about the white spray paint...I'm planning on painting a bunch of large black picture frames and my coffee table. Your mirror looks so chic and brand new, it goes so well between your pretty new windows.
Well done.
Post more pics puleeze!
oh yay, i love the new things you've made,
especially the paper scallop valances are amazing!
i can't wait to see them in person.
i really thought your apartment was so well decorated already, and can't believe you're making improvements on them!! i always tell matthew how cute your place is.
if you ever come over, you'll see, matthew and i don't ( know how to) decorate. haha... :/
Thanks Stella! Yes you'll have to come over to "check" it out, keep in mind ~ things look better in photos! :) lol
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