Veruca Salt Syndrome

I've been growing tired of my current living room decor. For a while now, I've been wanting to wipe out the photo wall, because I think it looks too busy. (And while we're looking at it, let's disregard the fact that some of the pictures look crooked. My bad)

So I've been wanting to do something with either four big canvas prints of pictures we have taken. Here's an example that I put together on Picasa...imagine it on my wall...not necessarily the pictures I would use, but you get the idea

But then I saw this tonight at Ikea and I want it!!

It's a canvas print, and I want it so badly. Because of the price tag on the left, it looks like it costs $599, which isn't true, but it still costs more than we can drop right now, due to unforeseen costs on Victor's car. So sadly, I did not leave the store with it, which was very disappointing because I waaaant it NOOOWW!

While we're on the subject of being disappointed at Ikea, I just have to say that it is pretty annoying that Ikea has been stocking the flower pillow you see sitting on my couch for YEARS, and yet they didn't bring back these adorable Christmas trees that I was wanting to buy ever since they sold out last year. Why, Ikea, why? Veruca would be all, "Daddy! Tell Ikea to bring back the trees!" But in my case, it would more likely be, "Husband! Tell Ikea to bring back the trees!"

I had to scour Pinterest to even find proof that these trees even existed since Ikea doesn't stock them anymore. 

 I know. I'm ridiculous.

But besides all that, what do you like better? The big map, or the photo canvases. Tell me nooooww!

Tour of the apartment: fourth (and final) part

So, you've seen the everything up to this point, although in a really weird order, I realize now. Sorry! If you want to see it the way you would really see it in a tour, start here, then go here, then read this post now, then read here. Got it? Good.

We now embark down the hallway from the living room to the guest [insert your name here!] bedroom and bathroom. The guest bedroom is also my newly created sewing room, music practicing room, and also my husband's occasional dumping ground (see this post) and also his dressing room (to avoid waking me up when he gets up at the butt crack of dawn: such a considerate husband....I love him).

Anywhay, here you go. So the second door on the left is where there is a washer and dryer. I'll let you use your imagination rather than show a picture.

 

 

Don't mind the empty picture frame above--you get the idea though.








And also don't mind the husband's pull- up bar thingy in the pic to the left.

This is a sofa bed. I love it because it reminds me of Romania!

 This is my new desk and chair from Craigslist. I want to change up the desk though. Any suggestions?

I'm thinking new knobs, for sure...but I don't know what to do with the color. I thought about changing the chair too, but I just love the way the wood looks. 

So there you go! It's all ready for you to come and visit. BTW: someone, aka my sister, said that I sound "desperate" for visitors. To that I say that I am doing just fine, and that there are a lot of cool things to see around here. Is it such a crime that I want to share it with all of you? I don't think so. 

Except don't come visit this weekend. Apparently, the hurricane of doom is going to be sweeping through these parts. Stay tuned, and have a good weekend!

Love, Annie

Tour of the apartment: part three

Time for the dining room/area and the kitchen! I take these photos as I clean them, so understandably, the kitchen is close to last on the list. It's a small little kitchen, so it gets messy very easily. Also, it took me so long for the dining room pics because I finally got the blasted parts from Ikea to finish up the last chair. Speaking of which, the table and chairs were a gift from my parents. So that means that our parents basically helped us furnish our apartment: yep, we're pretty lucky and loved.  Anyway, here you go:

the view from the living room

featured on the table are some fake flowers (maintenance free!), my Romanian shepherd boy, and cute bird salt and pepper shakers. 

 




As you can see, it's a one person kitchen. That's probably Victor's reasonings of why he doesn't help cook, and it's most definitely my reasoning of why I don't help him do the dishes.

the view to into the living room, featuring my favorite nesting doll measuring cups that I bought from World Market 

Just to prove that I am learning how to be a good little wifey, the picture above features the handmade tomato soup that I made, and under that black cloth is some homemade rosemary bread rising. I'm on my way to becoming a domestic goddess!

Tour of the apartment: part two

Alright, so here is the entryway/ living room. We just got curtains up in this room, and it helps a lot. But we still want to get a painting and pictures up on the wall above the couch to bring in more color. I also want a couple of lamps.  I love the furniture: that was a wonderful wedding gift of Victor's parents. Anyway, this is the view right when you walk in:

I love my rug from Williamsburg! And the curtains are some we bought from Ikea. Then there's the view of the front door, and my little Dominican house that I bought.

 

 Some of my traveling treasures are featured on the coffee table including my mini terracotta warriors from China, sand from the Dominican Republic and the Black Sea, a stacking doll from Russia, my Romanian painted eggs, the Dominican woman figurine, and my new flower vase from Williamsburg (my mom has the same one: I copied her!).

 What's that on tv, you might ask? Well, that is a dance aerobics dvd I bought this week, and it was HARD! I got half way through, and then got distracted and took these pictures instead. Oh, and that's a storage/pantry to the left of the tv. To the right of the tv is the entryway, and me no likey right now. I've been looking everywhere for some kind of coat rack/shoe rack/entryway piece. No luck yet. So right now theres's just a mini fridge that we don't need. Interested?

This picture shows our back porch and our "backyard" aka the woods. Don't go playing around back there unless you want some ticks. But it's pretty to look at. And there's some blackberry bushes too!

So there you go. Right now, I feel like red is the dominant color, so I also want to bring in more blues, and maybe a little yellow. What do you think?

Happy weekend! Love, Annie

Tour of the apartment: part one

Because of the high demand of requests for pictures of my apartment (and by high demand I mean basically just from my sister), I have finally taken some pictures of the cleanest part of the house at the moment: the master bedroom and bath. So I still have some decorating to do--like the curtains: thanks for the suggestions btw! Enjoy.

 the view from the hallway

if you guessed that I got the bedding from Ikea, you're right!

The closets and the tv.

Can you guess whose closet is whose? I guess that's kind of a hard question since the one on the left looks like it has a lot of stuff in it, but that is not the case. 

And here is zee bafroom:

 

 

I got the wooden mask long ago from China, and I am glad it finally has a place in my house! The husband doesn't really like it where it is: he thinks it looks like it is laughing at him when he's trying to take care of business. 

So yeah, on the to-do list for this room are the curtains, and also to do something with the blank wall next to the bathroom door. A work in progress, but it feels like home.