Last night Peter posted about his hate/hate relationship with our couch. What he didn’t mention was that when Peter and I first met this condo was eerily empty. Imagine yesterday’s photo with no TV and no coffee table to collect clutter. This was the way I was first introduced to it. One would think that having studied art for 14 years that the boy would hang SOMETHING on the walls, but no, it was completely empty. I moved in with one semester left of college. I didn’t know how long I would be here because I didn’t know where I would end up getting a job and so I didn’t want to “waste time” decorating. We hung a few things here and there until finally I realized that no matter how short a period of time I spent living here, I needed it to feel home-ier.
We decided to start with the living room because since we don’t have an entry way this is the first room that guests see when they walk into our home. For a long time we focused our frustration on the biggest (and pretty much only) item in the room–our couch. I yearned for one of those beautiful cream couches that would grace the covers of fabulous design magazines like Domino. Finally, with not enough money in my bank account for a new couch (and two black dogs who would’ve covered the couch with their fur) I let my focus leave the couch and decided to start somewhere. We opted for curtains.
A short trip to both Ikea and Target only set us back about $40 and suddenly we had curtains and curtain rods for the room. We opted for the type of curtain that you can hem with an iron. It was super easy and it was the first step to making our house a home.
Here is the condo post curtains. What do you think?
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