Looking like home...

My new apartment is starting to feel pretty cozy. I have (almost) everything unpacked, I know where (almost) everything is, and I've even added some pretty stuff to the walls. So we've gone from this:





to this:





I am especially fond of the little red end tables, because I spray-painted them myself and they turned out great! For $16, I have two end tables that are tall enough to be easily reached over the arm of the sofa, and large enough to hold more than one drink. It's exasperatingly difficult to find those two qualities united in an end table, in my experience.

It's pretty crazy that a sofa, three chairs, and a huge ottoman only take up half my living room.

Here's the new addition to my space, a photo taken by my friend Rachel, which I won in a drawing on her blog. I chose the print because I knew I'd love the pop of orange, but I also love that it depicts the tulip that grew outside my last apartment.





I have one final project left to tackle: the photo wall. Here it is in the planning stages.





I'm sure you can see why it's not done yet. I thought about not putting it up, but decided I really need an infusion of family and friends in this place where none of them are local. My goal is to have this little section of my "cloud of witnesses" in place before All Saints Day (which you're sure to hear more about, since it is one of my favorite church festivals).