This blog post is a bit of a story time, so here it goes! When I found out my boyfriend of 8 years, now almost 10, and I were finally going to be moving in together I was so excited one, for this next step forward in our relationship AND two! Because I was going to be able to decorate my own space, which has been an on going fantasy of my since I was a child. I used to draw floor plans of apartments that I imagined my beanie babies would live in (I actually thought I was going to be able to build them their own complex, but that's another story!). This story started with us finding an apartment, which turned out to be easier than I thought, moving in however, wasn't quite as simple.
We found our apartment in the Summer of 2016, and we were supposed to be moving in by Thanksgiving so of course the first thing I did was buy loads of Christmas decorations and I do mean loads, I have an entire closet designated just for my Christmas stuff! But despite my planning and excitement our apartment wasn't ready to live in until the night of New Years eve. Which was our official move in date! This caused us to have a bit of a rocky time at the start because I came down with a bug that night which meant I spent the majority of our move in weekend hiding under the covers peaking my head out to inform Joe that's not where that goes. Now, I had a bit of a problem because I had tons of holiday decor that I couldn't really use till the following year, though I did insist on putting up some of it for the first 2- 3 weeks, and nothing else. So, we needed to get the ball rolling! Almost all of our furniture was hand me downs from Joe's family and a few bits and pieces from my own. Then it was time to start buying things, this happened gradually, mainly focusing on necessities. We made endless amounts of trips to various Home Goods, Bed, Bath & Beyond's, Target's, Ikea's and so on. We actually went shopping so much that we now know which locations in Brooklyn are the best for each store! Though technically the best Home Goods is in Staten Island, finding that out was a sad day.. that toll ugh! Eventually we got all the things we needed. We were very grateful for all those hand me downs though because we had no idea how many things we needed, from pots and pans to dust pans, it was never ending. I think the best purchases and hand me downs we got during this period were bookshelves and two storage closets because we were finally able to get things unpacked and put away which was an ongoing struggle, Joe didn't fully unpack his things until mid Summer 2017! And I still have boxes of paperwork at my dad's to go through. Not looking forward to that!
Now, it is Summer 2018, and I would say it has finally come together! The first things I put up, I had collected over the years and hoped would some day go in our home and now they finally are! My favorite being a framed poster Joe had made from Shutterfly with a few pictures of us, and our tiny bridges which we put together ourselves (I don't advise these kits I had a literal breakdown making the Brooklyn Bridge!). Then came the rugs (Joss and Main), benches (Target), art (Amazon), and slowly but surely we have finally turned this place into a home! The latest addition, which we made a few weeks ago was finally replacing the throw pillows on the couch (Old World Market & Target) and getting a welcome mat for the front door (Target), I am sure there will be many more additions to come in the future, specifically more photographs! And likely many seasonal bits and pieces, because I just can't help myself! But for now I finally feel settled, and I couldn't be happier!
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