Welcome April!

It's a new month and that brings a fresh start, especially for me because *drum roll please* I'll be starting a new job!  And I'm also moving to a new town in a matter of just 4 days!  No, this ain't no April Fools joke! 

sort of what my "moving van" will look like!

I'm super excited for my new job which is doing product development for a wedding stationary company!  So posts on here may lean a little more towards paper products than in the past, but I'll still be posting about bridal fashion, street fashion, art, & home decor!   In fact, you'll probably see more and more interior design posts since I'll be eventually settling into a new home!  I'm actually not moving to a new town, but rather I'm moving back to my hometown which is excellent because I get to be close to all my best buddies again!  I'm bunking with my parents for the first month (lame, I know!) while I settle into my new job which gives me a little time to find my perfect apartment.  And THEN I get to decorate!  Woot!   Will I live in a mid-century apartment with wide windows, a stately Victorian with interesting nooks & crannies, or rent a rustic old farmhouse on the edge of town with some friends?  Anything could happen.  How exciting is that!?!

Hopefully I'll get a place with a yard, but if not I'll make sure to get a balcony so I can make my own little garden retreat!

Not to get my hopes up, but a fireplace would be amazing!  This is MN after all!

Apartment bathrooms are usually tiny.  Check out this clever and stylish way to utilise more storage space!

I love this look of open storage and rail systems above the sink!

Let face it, I'll probably have to get a 2BR so I can have a dedicated sewing room!

And above all, it has to be a cat-friendly place so I can get a kitten!

We're Moving!!!

Some of you may know from previous posts that we've been looking for the perfect next apartment for quite awhile now.   Well we found it!!!  It's the 1st floor of a great Victorian era duplex with a porch, yard, and even a garage for the Comet!    I don't want to reveal too much before we've moved in and decorated but I will say that I'm going to be happy to have a very large separate office and not to be working out of what's supposed to be a dining room!   Sneak peak of the house below, and also the fabric I just bought for the porch swing & porch furniture cushions! 

I want a new apartment!

As some of you might know from an earlier post the hubby and I are keeping our eyes pealed for a new apartment.  We've decided that when "the right place" comes along, we're going to break our lease (bite the bullet & pay the fee) and go for it!  We recently viewed what could have been out perfect new apartment but due to stiff competition it was given to an applicant who beat us to the punch.  I'm still a little bummed knowing that my chances of finding another place with a bathroom skylight is slim to none, but there was one good thing to come out of the experience.  I said my emotional goodbyes to our current home.  It was the first time in all the browsing that we would've actually moved and it forced me to confront my mixed feelings about leaving what has been a wonderful place for us for the past 2 and a half years.  But despite all the good vibes one thing trumps it all: I crave more space!!!   I'm beginning to feel slightly claustrophobic in our 1BR place and the fact that two people in the kitchen is one person too many is getting on my nerves.   And most of all, I want an office!  I've been working from home full-time for over a year now and the better business is, the more my works seems to spread into the rest of the apartment.  I've begun collecting images of my fantasy apartment. Completely unrealistic but hey, that's why it's a fantasy.  I know, I know.  I'm such a nerd.