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Post-wedding, I find myself "nesting," for lack of a better word. I think all of the energy I put into wedding planning needs to go somewhere, and the "next step" of being a grown up is setting up house, right?
Except I've been working on setting up house slowly but surely for the past five years - or earlier (seriously, I have furniture in this apartment that I picked up in high school, specifically planning on bringing to my first New York studio apartment. And look where it ended up!). Also, we are on a tight budget as we recover from the wedding, and live in an apartment that we may or may not be in after next year, so there's only so much I can do as I try to set up house.
There are a few things I want, however. Like this:
Baker's Rack with Cutting Board
The apartment's kitchen came with about a square foot of counter space. And only a bit more cabinet space. So back when we moved in my mom took us to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought us (among many, many other things) a wire shelf/rack set up that has worked pretty well as an impromptu kitchen counter (and coffee table - with four shelves the thing was too tall, but the top shelf section was just the right height to become a coffee table). But it's kind of narrow, and since it's a wire shelf system, it's not the most solid surface ever.
This, however, I am sure would solve all of my problems. Ever.
Except for decorating and storing stuff in the rest of the apartment.
And that's where Target comes in:
Itso Storage system
For some reason I love the look of the cube storage system. There's just so much you can do with it! And this one even has the dark brown wood with red accent pieces - perfect for the apartment.
Except, the wood laminate cubes are, naturally, more expensive than the plain white plastic cubes. So I'm going to start picking up the white plastic ones and using my mad craft skills (ha, pun!) to make them awesome with decopage and stuff.
Trust me, it will be awesome.
And now, I'm going to go back to wrestling with Facebook to let me upload my wedding pictures!
Except I've been working on setting up house slowly but surely for the past five years - or earlier (seriously, I have furniture in this apartment that I picked up in high school, specifically planning on bringing to my first New York studio apartment. And look where it ended up!). Also, we are on a tight budget as we recover from the wedding, and live in an apartment that we may or may not be in after next year, so there's only so much I can do as I try to set up house.
There are a few things I want, however. Like this:
Baker's Rack with Cutting Board
The apartment's kitchen came with about a square foot of counter space. And only a bit more cabinet space. So back when we moved in my mom took us to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought us (among many, many other things) a wire shelf/rack set up that has worked pretty well as an impromptu kitchen counter (and coffee table - with four shelves the thing was too tall, but the top shelf section was just the right height to become a coffee table). But it's kind of narrow, and since it's a wire shelf system, it's not the most solid surface ever.
This, however, I am sure would solve all of my problems. Ever.
Except for decorating and storing stuff in the rest of the apartment.
And that's where Target comes in:
Itso Storage system
For some reason I love the look of the cube storage system. There's just so much you can do with it! And this one even has the dark brown wood with red accent pieces - perfect for the apartment.
Except, the wood laminate cubes are, naturally, more expensive than the plain white plastic cubes. So I'm going to start picking up the white plastic ones and using my mad craft skills (ha, pun!) to make them awesome with decopage and stuff.
Trust me, it will be awesome.
And now, I'm going to go back to wrestling with Facebook to let me upload my wedding pictures!