Garage Sale Find

I got a chance to go around to garage sales on Saturday - not much luck at all, but I did find two chairs for the dining room for $25 for the pair.  I am thinking of stripping them and painting them white and reupholstering them with a pretty fabric. I love how the back slats look like mustaches.

I heard you gasp at the "paint" part, shhh, it will be fine.

Online Shopping for the WIN

I am not good with patience.  I still have two and a half months (OMG ! ! !) til I move and I am obsessing over floor plans, furniture, decorating and kicking myself for not getting some obscure measurement in the apartment.  So I have been entertaining myself with daydreaming and online shopping.  I now troll Craigs list, My Habit, Joss and Main, Pier 1, World Market and Amazon on a daily basis.

 Last week I found this beautiful rug for $159.00 and free shipping on My Habit - Festival Rug, Graphite/Silver, 5' x 7' 3"made from Favriel modified acrylic yarns, featuring carving details and a plush 3/4" pile; wear, fade, stain and mildew resistant.  My best friend is allergic to wool so I am not even looking at wool rugs, can you imagine your best friend not being able to visit?  NO WAY

Then a few days later I found these little gems for $15 on My Habit as well - Global Views Set of 3 Pompeii Urns, Stone Color - High-gloss ceramic glazed urns; set includes 3.25" H x 2" Diameter small urn, 4.75" H x 3" Diameter medium urn, 6.25" H x 4" Diameter large (large, relatively speaking)urn.  They aren't as green as they seem here in this photo... I'd say they are more putty grey.

 And today, I found this, normally $199, chair from Ikea for $20 bucks on Craigs List

 All in all I am thrilled with my finds so far.  This weekend I am going to wander around some rummage sales looking for a small dining room table and some chairs... WISH ME LUCK!

Apartment Floorplan and 3D Model

I have spent a lot of time in a virtual environment called Second Life where I make 3D landscapes, houses and furniture.  Because I am not one to just wait and see how my furniture works in a space, I have been working on this 3D model of the apartment and building recreations of my existing furniture and pieces I have been thinking would work for me. 

Here is the over head view of the model - to give you an idea of scale, the room on the left is the living room and that white block in the middle of the room is a twin sized bed.  For now I only have the bed shown as the day bed model is turning out to be a bit harder to build than I thought it would be.

This is a view of the living room from the enterance door looking north east.

This is a view of the living room from the bathroom door looking south east.  The wall unit is the Hemnes system by Ikea.  I have my heart set on having this. I am so relieved it will fit on either of the two full walls I have to work with.



This is the view of the dining room looking from the doorway of the kitchen.  I had considered having my bed in the dining room but I enjoy cooking and baking too much to give up the space needed for prep and having people over for dinner.  The purple things are chairs, the photo perspective make them look a little like abstract blobs.

Official Apartment Measurements and Photos

I finally got a chance to visit the apartment and get photos and measurements.

Click here to see a slideshow of the photos

Living room is 14x13
Dining room is 8.5x7
Kitchen is 8x7
I didn't measure the bathroom but its about 6x6
There is about 10 feet long of closet space plus a linen closet next to the bathroom.  I have lived four years with out any closet space at all, I think this will be the one thing that will make living in such a small space do-able!

I am optimistic that I can make it work!