Compromising Styles
Hello, saucy friends! First time posting here, though I've been getting inspiration for my new two bedroom condo from all of the entries, so thanks!
It's been a hard process to make this place feel like our own because:
a) I've just moved to Florida and started co-habitating, so it's been a very interesting process of saucifying our dwellings to match two separate peoples' tastes
b) because of this move, I've left a lot of my knick-knacky things behind
c) we're renting, so we can't make any structural or aesthetic modifications
So we started from scratch (as depicted by the only photo I have of the move-in state of the place, dinosaur and all) and saucified all we could.
The before living room. Odd angles, small and that horrible tan color. Change is imminent.
The finished living room!
We had just visited Charleston, SC, so I think I was inspired by the pale greens and all of the contrast.
We have a mixture of sale/thrift items plus and my fiance's Florida handmedowns from his parents and my Ohio handmedowns from mine. Throughout the whole place, our condo demonstrates quite a mix of contemporary and colonial items that would make my parents cringe. But I love it; to me it is a material representation of the art of compromise.
Entry wall to the living room:
Memory Wall - Incorporating some of my fondest California photography so I won't feel so homesick.
And now, the kitchen!
It was painted a horrible mustard color from previous tenants (mustard goes in the fridge, not on the kitchen walls, people!).
Before kitchen. And my point about the mustard.
Please pardon my dinner and the Publix product placement. This is the only picture in existence of the horrible wall colors.
Our finished kitchen as it is today!
I had leftover paint from a hallway in my previous apartment, and have always liked the idea of deep, saturated colors for small spaces. If we had a big kitchen, that'd be a different story. And they say that blues subconsciously suppress the appetite, so what better place for it? :)
Result of finally being at an age where I own matching, decent quality glasses to shamelessly display (subfactor: not enough cupboard space). Shelving from Ikea--the only "furniture" I buy there anymore. But surprisingly easy to construct.
And now, the master bedroom.
Before (obvious, I hope). Finding something to do on a budget and four nearly square walls is horribly difficult.
Finished Bedroom!
After painting four rooms in a week, we decided that the "accent wall" concept surely arose from people who had just given up mid-paint job and try to pass it off as edgy. That's what we're going with.
I've never before had to decorate with someone else in mind, so finding something that would satisfy both my and my fiance's tastes was a difficult task. In lieu of my typical powder blues or dark burgundys, I chose some cool blues and grays, with the intention of complimenting it with my reds as accents, and have crisp whites to stand out from the tan-ish walls we chose not to paint.
In lieu of a headboard, I decided to do something on the wall over the bed. I had these black boxes from Bed Bath and Beyond ($14/three) in my room before, but decided to get more, paint them a crisp white with a burgundy interior and hang them to give some definition. I'm still on the hunt for real lavender (Florida does not seem to be a conducive environment for it), since it promises a soothing effect for insomniacs like ourselves.
Brought back some tree branches from Ohio, spraypainted them white and added them into jars of pristine sand we took from a local beach. Compromise!
Thrifted/bought small mirrors and fastened ribbon on with super glue (the ribbons aren't structural; instead I glued hooks onto the mirror backs).
Still trying to figure out what to do with this wall. White space scares me.
Thanks for stopping by!
It's been a hard process to make this place feel like our own because:
a) I've just moved to Florida and started co-habitating, so it's been a very interesting process of saucifying our dwellings to match two separate peoples' tastes
b) because of this move, I've left a lot of my knick-knacky things behind
c) we're renting, so we can't make any structural or aesthetic modifications
So we started from scratch (as depicted by the only photo I have of the move-in state of the place, dinosaur and all) and saucified all we could.
The before living room. Odd angles, small and that horrible tan color. Change is imminent.
The finished living room!
We had just visited Charleston, SC, so I think I was inspired by the pale greens and all of the contrast.
We have a mixture of sale/thrift items plus and my fiance's Florida handmedowns from his parents and my Ohio handmedowns from mine. Throughout the whole place, our condo demonstrates quite a mix of contemporary and colonial items that would make my parents cringe. But I love it; to me it is a material representation of the art of compromise.
Entry wall to the living room:
Memory Wall - Incorporating some of my fondest California photography so I won't feel so homesick.
And now, the kitchen!
It was painted a horrible mustard color from previous tenants (mustard goes in the fridge, not on the kitchen walls, people!).
Before kitchen. And my point about the mustard.
Please pardon my dinner and the Publix product placement. This is the only picture in existence of the horrible wall colors.
Our finished kitchen as it is today!
I had leftover paint from a hallway in my previous apartment, and have always liked the idea of deep, saturated colors for small spaces. If we had a big kitchen, that'd be a different story. And they say that blues subconsciously suppress the appetite, so what better place for it? :)
Result of finally being at an age where I own matching, decent quality glasses to shamelessly display (subfactor: not enough cupboard space). Shelving from Ikea--the only "furniture" I buy there anymore. But surprisingly easy to construct.
And now, the master bedroom.
Before (obvious, I hope). Finding something to do on a budget and four nearly square walls is horribly difficult.
Finished Bedroom!
After painting four rooms in a week, we decided that the "accent wall" concept surely arose from people who had just given up mid-paint job and try to pass it off as edgy. That's what we're going with.
I've never before had to decorate with someone else in mind, so finding something that would satisfy both my and my fiance's tastes was a difficult task. In lieu of my typical powder blues or dark burgundys, I chose some cool blues and grays, with the intention of complimenting it with my reds as accents, and have crisp whites to stand out from the tan-ish walls we chose not to paint.
In lieu of a headboard, I decided to do something on the wall over the bed. I had these black boxes from Bed Bath and Beyond ($14/three) in my room before, but decided to get more, paint them a crisp white with a burgundy interior and hang them to give some definition. I'm still on the hunt for real lavender (Florida does not seem to be a conducive environment for it), since it promises a soothing effect for insomniacs like ourselves.
Brought back some tree branches from Ohio, spraypainted them white and added them into jars of pristine sand we took from a local beach. Compromise!
Thrifted/bought small mirrors and fastened ribbon on with super glue (the ribbons aren't structural; instead I glued hooks onto the mirror backs).
Still trying to figure out what to do with this wall. White space scares me.
Thanks for stopping by!