vines, vines, and more vines!

in addition to art, decoration, and other artistic things i like, i want to use this space as an area to write about my apartment.  i have a lot of goals for things i would like to do and things i have done, to date.

i moved (back) to this apartment in january 2015 and LOVE it.  i was really hesitating moving, but i am so. glad. i did.  lots of room, and i feel like my decor really shines in this space and you really get a sense for my personality.  more on all that later.

to begin, i wanted to write about the vines that are on my back wall - outside vines, of course.  when i moved in, the vines looked a bit like this.

just over the guest bedroom.  the two windows to the right of the vines are my bedroom windows.  no vines.

here is a closeup.

and then, by july, here is what the vines looked like.

can you believe the difference?? i didn't even realize that i didn't really have vines over my bedroom window until i was looking at my airbnb photos.  so i hired a guy to come and take all the vines down. and this is what it looks like now.

when the gardener was taking the vines down, i was in my room watching tv and it became so bright so quickly, i felt like i needed sunglasses.  i was SHOCKED at how much the vines covered up the sun.

anyway, so there is the first post on my apartment.

travel tuesday on THIS blog!

so how nice would this entrance to your home be?

oh waaaaiiiitttt... that's not a HOME entrance, thats an effing PLANE entrance.  whaaattt???  this is a new custom built 747 that i read about here.  i will post some other nice pics for you here.  i don't love the color scheme, but i think thats maybe a fancy color palette?

and here is a video showing how everything goes together.  check it out to see the bathroom.  this place is nicer than my apartment.



ok, people, where are we going???

window benches - wow. what a creative title!

my mom sent me a cool closet bench and bookshelf.  i can't find the picture right now, but it was a closet that they put shelves in on all three sides, took the door off, and then put a comfy overstuffed bench so you could sit IN the closet and read.  how fun does that sound?  she knew i would like it because she knows i like things like this: window benches.

from here.

when i was little, i tried to convince my parents to add on to our house (as if money grew on trees!) and give me a bay window in my bedroom (the smaller room, not the one facing the street at 1210).  i never got it (understandable! doesn't really add a ton of resale value! - ha!), but i still love looking at things like this.  love the colors in this next one.

good use of space for a random walk-up space.

do you have a window bench?

yellow or purple kitchen??

in my last apartment, i had a yellow kitchen.  it was kitschy and i LOVED it.  i accented it with purple pieces.  and it was HARD to find purple kitchenware.  i found a few bowls and some plastic utensils, but not a ton.  eventually, after living there over a year, i FINALY found purple kitchen towels and oven mitts.  i found them in a grocery store in DC.  my former roommate ruined my kitchen mitts, so i called him and asked him to get them for me.  he did!

so you can imagine how excited i was when i saw this post about purple kitchens.

i've posted a few pictures of the ones i like here.  this one is super cute and subtle.

this is a different type of purple, and not on the counters but on the walls and backsplash.  nice.

and saving the best for last:

how AMAZING is this??

PINK.  ORANGE.  AND PUPLE!!

i love it.  its my favorite.  so cool.