Author Archives: Merdi

  • Change of Plans

    Posted on May 17, 2012 by in Decorating

    I think I had a stroke of brilliance yesterday.  We’ll see, but so far I’m still really excited about it. I’ve been planning on making that whole giant room our living room and sticking our dining area into a tiny little room at the back of the house with only one window, very little natural [...]

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  • Furniture!

    Posted on May 8, 2012 by in Decorating

    I’m really excited, because we’re buying some furniture for our living room today, hooray!  And they’re really cool and unique pieces.  They’re a little dusty, and will definitely need to be polished / cleaned up.  And I might stain the legs a little darker someday.  But check these things out:   How awesome are those!? [...]

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  • Basement plans

    Posted on April 30, 2012 by in Decorating

    I realized I completely forgot to post up my plans for our basement.  Our really weird basement.  It’s wide open – except for the odd bathroom fortress in the middle made out of concrete block – and a little weird kitchen on the right side.  And stairs.  So maybe not wide open, but very open. [...]

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  • Lists and lists and … wait for it … more lists

    Posted on April 28, 2012 by in Decorating

    Okay, this is getting ridiculous.  The projects that I want to take on in our new place is growing exponentially.  And its all compounded by the fact that we can barely hang a single thing on the walls, have very little furniture, and, as renters, can’t take on any remodels.  That doesn’t, however, prevent us [...]

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  • Style File

    Posted on April 18, 2012 by in Decorating

    I mentioned earlier that our house is kind of like a summer cabin, and that’s definitely the feeling I want to create here.  So, with that in mind, I’ve been working hard on a PinBoard on Pinterest.  I’ve also been working on putting them into a little board I can post here, but every time [...]

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