My Home Tour: the bathroom

Each day this week I'm posting another room as part of a full home tour. See the others here, here, here, here & here

For me a home tour would not be complete without a peek into the bathroom. I read recently that women are, in general, more likely to care about bathrooms and find sanctuary there, while men are more interested in basements. That certainly rings true for me. I don't care if I never see another basement again in my life, but I have daydreams about hanging an opulent chandelier over my bathtub.

The bathroom in our apartment came with a few challenges (fake tile that looks cheap and is really hard to clean, a linoleum floor) and one big delight: a giant bathtub. Over time, I've made small changes to help turn the space more and more into a tranquil sanctuary.

What began as a simple color story (green curtains married to a lavender floor by a bath mat with hints of each) has evolved into a sea-monster theme. I like that it's a fun twist on the oceanic theme often seen in bathrooms. 

But, instead of seashells, tentacles. 

Shower curtain - Urban Outfitters
Bath mat - Anthropologie
Moby Dick print - Urban Outfitters
Clothes hanger - IKEA
Whale glass - Anthropologie

Well, that concludes my home tour. I hope you enjoyed seeing my space. Back to regular programming come Monday. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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My Home Tour: the dressing room

Each day this week I'm posting another room as part of a full home tour. See the others here, here, here & here.

When searching for an apartment, we knew we needed a second bedroom to house all my books (hey, some are Ryan's too - that squat little shelf in the middle) and my clothing, and to give us more space in general. 

The shape of this room is a bit weird, with double doors hiding the closet and only partially obscuring the furnace. Ryan was the brains behind figuring out how to place my clothing racks and shelves so that they would hide the furnace and allow the room to take a more natural shape. He also figured out that he could hide Auggie's litter box back by the furnace where no one would ever see it, but where Auggie could easily access it by walking under my hanging clothes. 

Like the kitchen, this room has little decoration because it is mostly about function. That said, I wanted my clothing and my books to be on display, acting themselves as a kind of decoration. 

Clothing tag specimen board - DIY (tutorial here)

Rug - IKEA

Vintage desk and sewing machine - hand-me-downs

Dress form - Jo-Ann Fabrics

Black bookshelves - IKEA

White drawers and cubbies - Target

White canning lockers - vintage

clothing racks - Target

Metal ampersand - Anthropologie

Ryan's sock monkeys - various, some DIY

Metallic animals - DIY (see here)

Cameras, typewriter - vintage, thrifted

Olive sewing box - vintage, Etsy

Pink suitcase - vintage, found

Antlered flowers canvass - made by me

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My Home Tour: the bedroom

Each day this week I'm posting another room as part of a full home tour. See the others here, here & here.

This is the smaller of the two bedrooms, but we use the larger one as my closet/sewing room/library. I know that sounds bad, but it really was a mutual decision. All my clothes and books needed somewhere to live and we wanted the room we slept in to be simple and peaceful without any clutter or distractions. 

Albeit, ideally there would be enough room to open the door fully, but, again, that's apartment living! We're used to it and we're pretty good at making the most of the space we have.

In fact, the bedroom is so small that Ryan's dresser, the chest, and the bed could not fit into this room in any other arrangement! Believe me, we tried everything else. I really wanted a headboard and I was determined that our bed would go somewhere other than under the window. But we just could. not. fit. it. anywhere. else. 

 

Watercolors - made by me
Artist's figures - Ryan's is IKEA, mine is from a campus art-supply shop
Triangular shelf - vintage
Quilt - Anthropoloie
Mexican falsa blanket - Urban Outfitters
Chevron pillow shams - Urban Outfitters
Siamese-twin doll - Commissioned from this Etsy shop based on this album
Curtains - Bed, Bath and Beyond
Chest - vintage and finished by Ryan
Dresser - vintage
Printer's box - vintage
Chair - vintage
Round alarm-clock table - vintage
Dog print and map - eBay
Comedy-tour print - bought at tour
Hangers - IKEA
Fountain-square etching- got for free from a bank that was closing
Lamp - IKEA
Rug - IKEA
Snow globe - Things Remembered
Jewelry dish - Anthropologie
Stuffed monster - came with Anthropologie gift card years ago
Metel rose - Renaissance fair

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My Home Tour: the kitchen

Each day this week I'm posting another room as part of a full home tour. See the others here & here.

The kitchen is the first room people enter when they come into our apartment, so we wanted it to be inviting as well as functional. As with everywhere else, we're a bit limited on space. 

The best part of the kitchen is the vintage cupboard we found at a shop in our neighborhood. It provides extra storage space, an extra counter to work on, and makes the whole room more homey and personal. Plus, it's on casters so we can move it around if we need to. For example, we always move it next to the sink when we're washing dishes. 

 

Ring dish, measuring cups, butter dish, candle tin - Anthropologie

Blue cupboard - vintage
F - DIY
Elephant salt and pepper shakers - gift from a friend who went to Thailand
Chair bottle opener - Anthropologie
Sun and moon bookends - thrifted
Colorful whisk, zester - Anthropologie
Spice storage, hot-pad holders - IKEA
Curtains - made by me (tutorial here)
Chalk board - IKEA
Teapot and cups - gifts 
Timer - Anthropologie
Glases - mason jars, Rag & Bone for target shot glasses, Anthropologie milk glasses 
Dishes - mostly Anthropologie, IKEA, and gifts
Instagram calendar - DIY (see here)

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