Apartment Haul

I've been slowly acquiring new things for our new apartment and thought it would be nice share them with you. I love home design and seeing what great things people find to spruce up their space!

Marrimeko Comforter: Crate and Barrel

Marrimeko is my favorite textile designer and when I heard Crate and Barrel was having a bedding sale I headed down town to scoop this up! I love the Unikko print and it's in my all time favorite color combo, yellow and grey. 

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Chickdee Plate: Crate and Barrel

I love hanging plates on my kitchen wall. I stole this idea from my mother who has an amazing assortment of cute little plates on her wall (most of them gifted from me). 

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Chrome Table Lamp: Target

I got this amazing lamp for $12. It's short and modern and I love the mirrored finish

Rug: Ikea

My best friend and I took a little trip to Ikea over  Christmas break and we both picked up this area rug for $20! It's super soft and would work great in any room.

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Andy Warhol Lip Print: Amazon.com

I love these prints by Warhol from the early 60s when he primarily did fashion illustrations, they are so simple and whimsical. I currently have my eye on his Chanel no.5 bottles!

Upholstery Fabric: Fabricguru.com

I love the color and print on this fabric. When I want to spruce up a room fabric is the first source I look to. It's so easy to make new pillows or drapes. Since I am not buying a new couch just yet, I wanted to buy loads of different colors and prints to make some chic new pillows!

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the prettiest things.

january round up

 The things I've loved through the month of January:

 Clarasonic Mia: Why? Because, now my face is so clean I don't know how to handle it! It's hot pink and I've wanted one FOREVER! I like to threaten to clarasonic my boyfriend daily. But seriously, this thing is great and definitely worth the money. 

Interior Design Blogs: Now that I am FINALLY getting my new apartment, I've become more obsessed with reading these blogs. Anything that has great DIY ideas is a plus. Here are some good ones:

http://www.thedecorista.com/

http://www.ikeahackers.net/

http://www.cococozy.com/

http://www.chictip.com/

New Leopard Coat: I found this right before Christmas and have worn it almost daily ever since. Who knew my perfect leopard coat was at Forever 21!? See my OCDness over leopard:

http://the-clothes-minded.blogspot.com/2011/10/on-hunt.html

FabricGuru.com: I came across this while perusing an old issue of Elle Decor. They have great fabrics at even better prices. I bought yardage of this zig zag to make a slip cover for my chair...tutorial to come, maybe. 

Lady Gaga Viva Glam: My bestie gave me the set for Christmas and while I love the nude (Viva Glam 2) the pink really has me hooked. It gives the perfect 1960's bubble gum pink! 

Tom Hardy: Yea, he's a big piece of British eye candy, but he can act too! If you haven't checked out "The Take", do it! Quite disturbing, but good. Afterwords, cleanse your palette with his version of "Wuthering Heights". Oye Heathcliff! 

Mossimo for Target Engineer boots: Picked these guys up a few months ago for $30! For real leather! I have to say, I kind of set them aside for a while in favor of other shoe options, but this month I have worn them almost everyday. So comfortable and they give you a little height as an added bonus. Unfortunately, they are back at full price. Why didn't I get the black ones too?!