#86 Wax On, Wax Off

It started like this:

Then I measured, I cut (well, I got my friend to do most of the cutting because I was scared of cutting my finger off), I sanded, I clamped, I drilled, I screwed, I unscrewed(oops!), I screwed again, I sanded some more, I waxed, I buffed, & I waxed and buffed again, and this is what I got in the end:

A table and matching bench that didn't break the bank... but almost broke my back.

#80 Places Set

One long table coming up!  This weekend I'm planning on building a dining table.  I found a sweet website, where the writer, Ana White, builds furniture and shares plans that you can build yourself, from the easiest to more advanced.  It gave me the courage to make something useful and not have to spend a million dollars on it.  With a few table building helpers and a tool donor, hopefully it will be a success! Then, whenever you come to visit me, I will have a cute little table set up like so to welcome you...

 

photo via design*sponge

photo via style me pretty

photo via design*sponge

#74 Apartment Inspiration To The Max

Get ready for an awesome inspiration overload for the new apartment!

Bedrooms:
    

photo via **

photo via apartment therapy 
 

photos above via {this is glamorous}

Living Room / Dressing Room / Office:
   

photos above via {this is glamorous}
  

photo via design*sponge

 

photo via **

** I'm being forgetful and unorganized and a bad blogger--I can't remember where I found this image.  If it's yours or you know where it's from please let me know so I can credit it!

#71 Friday Aqua Blues

IT'S FRIDAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!  WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!  

Time to pick paint colors (one of my absolute favorite things in the whole world), buy a "big girl" bed (to replace the twin-sized one) and get ready to move into a new place (finally)!  I feel like jumping on a bed!!! And then go play in a sprinkler outside and eat watermelon and play board games and then make milkshakes and cookies and then jump rope and take a nap...  In other words, I'm so carefree and happy I feel like i'm 7 years old again.

photo via Domino

photo via sail to the moon

photo via herman miller
I will def need to save up for this Eames rocker...

#68 How To Avoid Being Homeless

Easiest answer to that is find an apartment.  Sounds relatively simple right?  Well, not exactly...  The fun part of a new apartment= decorate the apartment!!  Wish I could skip the "finding" portion and move right to the "decorating" portion, but everything comes in its due time.  

Inspiration!

 photo via coco+kelley

A bit too fancy, but the colors are right up my alley!
 

photo via somewhere I forgot, if u know where it's from let me know!

A bit too minimal, but if you've ever been to my apartment you know how much I love photographs and artwork!

photo via also somewhere I forgot...

Just right!  Such a bright happy room! 

#60 Next on the Agenda...

1)  Find awesome Brooklyn apartment

2)  Pack up crap

3)  Move

4)  Eat cake!

  photos by Lauren Max  via Oh Joy!