Apt. 2

There is something amazing about an extra 100 square feet, fresh paint, a few more unobstructed windows, and no one living above you.  It doesn't seem like a huge difference to move "upstairs" from an initial thought but it has been a welcome transformation of living space. 

We have been working hard on making this apartment our home.  With the decision to stay in our current building came the decision to put our touch on the place. 

The first thing to get revamped was the color scheme.  Cave-blue had to go.  And in came Fresh Day and Bleached Linen to give us the bright airy feel that we were craving.  Six gallons of paint and four trips to Home Depot later we moved on to cleaning. 

Then it was the little things; we replaced the ugly amber sconces with fresh white ones which brought another two trips to Home Depot (seriously- good thing it is just a couple minutes away).

We found a new home for our college sofa and television stand.  And welcomed our first "real" area rug.  Oh and made about 5 million trips up and down stairs.

The awesome part about moving upstairs- no need for a moving truck and movers.  The hard part- 5 days straight of carrying, packing, and unpacking boxes up and down a flight of stairs. Which inevitable leads to pizza nights and muscles too sore to even think about going to the gym.

We have a few project remaining (making curtains, adding an end table, framing a few prints) but this place is already feeling like home. 

And we absolutely love the light.  It is in a word awesome.