Living in the attic of my girlfriend's childhood home - Finally happy with how things look!
Lanni, 23, living in Rochester, NY.
This is my current living space. My girlfriend and I are living in her childhood bedroom at her mom's house. It's not ideal, but it's allowing us to save enough money to get started on our own.
You may remember me (if you've been here for a few years!) - I used to post a bit when I was in college. I deleted my account when I graduated, but my old posts are still up if you'd like to take a gander!
On to the recent sauce!
View of the "living area." The pink chair is my pride and joy - found it a few years ago on Craigslist.
Bed. The prints above the bed were a first anniversary present from my girlfriend. The images are printed on old dictionary pages.
Another view of the bed.
My little side table. I love bird tchotchkes.
The little shelf below my side table. Along with birds, I collect nesting dolls.
I made this lamp for my girlfriend before we were dating. I found all the old slides in a house I was clearing out.
Origami mobile!
Some of our books. I literally have thousands, so these are just some of them, the rest are in storage.
Looking from the bed across the room.
The Closet-of-Doom (I'm 99% sure that hanger bar is going to break any day now) and our little faux vanity.
Our desk. Well, really my desk, as I'm a fan of desk and the GF likes to set up on the bed. The chair was $3 at AmVets.
View down the stairs a bit.
Some stuff on the bookshelves.
Some stuff on the bookshelves.
Some stuff on the bookshelves.
I love keys!
View from the bottom of the stairs.
I collect salt and pepper shakers as well.
I put up this little clothes line to clip random things.
We keep our socks and undies and stuff in those drawers. Our turtle Sandwich's tank sits on top.
Sandwich! Our red-eared slider.
Top of the desk.
Little tree that I keep all my jewelry on. That little egg is where I keep my earrings ($1 at Goodwill!).
View into the bathroom.
Our vanity area.
Rescued this mini piano from the side of the road. Some of the keys are broken, but it's still cute!
View out the window. Nothing spectacular.
I also collect globes. These are the small ones.
Our sink.
Brusha brusha brusha!
View from the bathroom area.
TV and stuff.
More nesting dolls, more birds.
Table next to the couch and chair.
Hands down my favorite thrift find. It's a little records holder. $2 at AmVets!
Cute table lamp, but we don't have any large enough tables, so it sits on the ground instead.
Lit up!
My girlfriend has little influence over our decor (MUHAHAHA), but she picked out the car pillow, and I like it!
View of the desk and closet.
My pink handbags and a view of the stairs.
Another view of the top of the stairs.
Found this awesome record player cabinet in a house I was cleaning out. (I realize that sounds like I am some sort of cat burglar, but in reality I assist my mom with cleaning out houses of people that have passed away to prepare for the estate sale-I get to take anything I can fit in my car!).
Top of the faux vanity.
Got the drawers from Goodwill for $.50. The Rubik's Cube tin was a gift from my little sister. The Keep Calm tin was a gift from my dad-I filled it with bandaids!
Another view of the little piano.
I bought this for my GF for Christmas last year. She's a biologist and a big fan of cephalopods.
Itty bitty birdie salt and pepper shakers.
We have very limited wall space (due to the slant of the ceilings), so we fill what we've got! The top photo was a print my GF gave me for my birthday a few years ago, the middle is a photo of us and her mom and aunt, and the bottom is a photo of my mom and her siblings.
Some of my scarves.
View of the bed from the top landing of the stairs.
We have a clawfoot bathtub, but it's too awkward to take a bath in the middle of the bedroom, so we've filled it will pillows and manatee stuffed animals.
The clawfoot tub. It still works, but we don't use it.
I crammed the rest of my scarves in this cute leather suitcase from AmVets!
Thanks for looking!
This is my current living space. My girlfriend and I are living in her childhood bedroom at her mom's house. It's not ideal, but it's allowing us to save enough money to get started on our own.
You may remember me (if you've been here for a few years!) - I used to post a bit when I was in college. I deleted my account when I graduated, but my old posts are still up if you'd like to take a gander!
On to the recent sauce!
View of the "living area." The pink chair is my pride and joy - found it a few years ago on Craigslist.
Bed. The prints above the bed were a first anniversary present from my girlfriend. The images are printed on old dictionary pages.
Another view of the bed.
My little side table. I love bird tchotchkes.
The little shelf below my side table. Along with birds, I collect nesting dolls.
I made this lamp for my girlfriend before we were dating. I found all the old slides in a house I was clearing out.
Origami mobile!
Some of our books. I literally have thousands, so these are just some of them, the rest are in storage.
Looking from the bed across the room.
The Closet-of-Doom (I'm 99% sure that hanger bar is going to break any day now) and our little faux vanity.
Our desk. Well, really my desk, as I'm a fan of desk and the GF likes to set up on the bed. The chair was $3 at AmVets.
View down the stairs a bit.
Some stuff on the bookshelves.
Some stuff on the bookshelves.
Some stuff on the bookshelves.
I love keys!
View from the bottom of the stairs.
I collect salt and pepper shakers as well.
I put up this little clothes line to clip random things.
We keep our socks and undies and stuff in those drawers. Our turtle Sandwich's tank sits on top.
Sandwich! Our red-eared slider.
Top of the desk.
Little tree that I keep all my jewelry on. That little egg is where I keep my earrings ($1 at Goodwill!).
View into the bathroom.
Our vanity area.
Rescued this mini piano from the side of the road. Some of the keys are broken, but it's still cute!
View out the window. Nothing spectacular.
I also collect globes. These are the small ones.
Our sink.
Brusha brusha brusha!
View from the bathroom area.
TV and stuff.
More nesting dolls, more birds.
Table next to the couch and chair.
Hands down my favorite thrift find. It's a little records holder. $2 at AmVets!
Cute table lamp, but we don't have any large enough tables, so it sits on the ground instead.
Lit up!
My girlfriend has little influence over our decor (MUHAHAHA), but she picked out the car pillow, and I like it!
View of the desk and closet.
My pink handbags and a view of the stairs.
Another view of the top of the stairs.
Found this awesome record player cabinet in a house I was cleaning out. (I realize that sounds like I am some sort of cat burglar, but in reality I assist my mom with cleaning out houses of people that have passed away to prepare for the estate sale-I get to take anything I can fit in my car!).
Top of the faux vanity.
Got the drawers from Goodwill for $.50. The Rubik's Cube tin was a gift from my little sister. The Keep Calm tin was a gift from my dad-I filled it with bandaids!
Another view of the little piano.
I bought this for my GF for Christmas last year. She's a biologist and a big fan of cephalopods.
Itty bitty birdie salt and pepper shakers.
We have very limited wall space (due to the slant of the ceilings), so we fill what we've got! The top photo was a print my GF gave me for my birthday a few years ago, the middle is a photo of us and her mom and aunt, and the bottom is a photo of my mom and her siblings.
Some of my scarves.
View of the bed from the top landing of the stairs.
We have a clawfoot bathtub, but it's too awkward to take a bath in the middle of the bedroom, so we've filled it will pillows and manatee stuffed animals.
The clawfoot tub. It still works, but we don't use it.
I crammed the rest of my scarves in this cute leather suitcase from AmVets!
Thanks for looking!