I have been living in my new, smaller townhouse for 2 weeks now, and am just starting to feel "moved in". I am really enjoying not living with 4 other roommates, and am looking at the downsizing as an opportunity to exfoliate unnecessary "things" and create some innovative organizing solutions.
Being that I have been in school/continuing education for the past 7 years straight, I am lucky to be the recipient of my families "hand-me-down" furniture, dishes, and furnishing... but am dreaming of the day when I can purchase my own, "grown up" items (maybe with the help of a grown up paycheck too!)
I am living for the Here&Now... but working toward making my "home" look more like the dream space in my head. To me, this means making do with what I have in my dated, small rental, and saving up for pieces that reflect my burgeoning style sense (still figuring that out!)...
a process that is slow but sure, instead of just going out and purchasing cheap stand in items that I will no longer want in a few years anyways.
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| { Top Row: Finding new places for my shoes in less space // My Bar Car in progress // bookcase vignette } { Middle Row: Bringing in some streamlined accessories // A few of my favorites // creative organization of purses } { Bottom Row: My ampersand icon (to commenerate my blog) // Frank guards the bar cart // Doug is getting settled in } |
Aiding in my purchasing/decorating with "intention" goal is the advice from the always inspiring Jess over at Makeunder My Life (MML). Her post on having "intentions" for her things, was pretty much everything I wanted to say and more (pie charts!)
When I graduated college and moved to Nashville to begin my PhD studies in 2009, my "things" were mostly "not nice stuff", meaning hand-me-down, Goodwill finds (see left piechart below).
Over the past three years of living in Nashville I have been making a concerted effort to "exfoliate" the items that I don't need/want/use. This has shrunk the amount of things, mostly from the "not so nice" category, thus bringing me to the middle piechart (less "stuff", but more of it is "nice").
Now that am living without roommates in my own space, I want to focus on increasing the "nice stuff" slice of my pie, while continuing to reduce the "not nice" things (working towards the right pie chart and beyond!)
When I graduated college and moved to Nashville to begin my PhD studies in 2009, my "things" were mostly "not nice stuff", meaning hand-me-down, Goodwill finds (see left piechart below).
Over the past three years of living in Nashville I have been making a concerted effort to "exfoliate" the items that I don't need/want/use. This has shrunk the amount of things, mostly from the "not so nice" category, thus bringing me to the middle piechart (less "stuff", but more of it is "nice").
Now that am living without roommates in my own space, I want to focus on increasing the "nice stuff" slice of my pie, while continuing to reduce the "not nice" things (working towards the right pie chart and beyond!)
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| piecharts via MML |
My new "intentions" might mean that I live without bedside tables for a couple of months until I can save up and find my dream pieces, but sacrifices will just have to be made!
What are some of your long-term goals these days?
Decorating a space?
Saving up for a professional blog design?
Or maybe looking to purchase a statement designer purse for the new season?
Do share!
xx
What are some of your long-term goals these days?
Decorating a space?
Saving up for a professional blog design?
Or maybe looking to purchase a statement designer purse for the new season?
Do share!
xx
Jessica
P.S. Don't forget - Today is the last chance to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway
The winner of a $25 gift card to Diament Designs' Etsy Shop will be announced Friday (May 4th) at 9am (entries will be counted through May 3rd at midnight)
