Apartment Results and some good finds.

Well I'm finally getting around to posting the pictures of the new apartment and it's mini make over. Like I said it was a long long long and tiring process. It literally took us a whole 6 more days to finally have everything settled down and put in it's place. Here's some pictures of the chaos.

The whole livingroom was full of things. You couldn't step anywhere.

The whole apartment had these weird colors and designs. Since we told the landlord we would be painting I guess he didn't bother finishing the painting he was doing. It's okay though cause the color combinations he was using were crazy. He has some crazy designs on the wall, like here in the kitchen and through out the apartment. Some of the stuff we had to leave but others we quickly changed.

Here's my hunny bunny putting up the t.v. He was so helpful!

And here's the first end result picture. It's of our bedroom. I thought I had taken before pics but I guess I didn't. Well basically it was like a taupy, brownish, tanish color with the black trim all around the cealing. We choose to paint it a darkish blueish color. For some reason the hubby wanted red but I said NO WAY! So we agreed on this color, Prussian Blue from Pittsburg Paints Grand Distiction, 53D-5. It's a ceramic flat. We really LOVED IT! The pictures might give it a different look but trust me it looks great on our walls. We left some of the black trim around the cealing and it actually made it look very nice. Now I had seen this beautiful Chicago Skyline picture at Ikea and I had fallen in love with it. I love my city of Chicago and I'm obsessed with anything downtown so I had already visualized it over my bed. When we actually went shopping to Ikea we didn't buy it but then my hunny surprised me the next day with it and this is the result!

I love it. My inspiration was imagining myself seating at a bench downtown at night with the street lamps above me. That's why we bought this bed at Ikea for no more than 250 which I thought was pretty good and it wasn't hard to put together. We also picked up these lights which I had been wanting for awhile because I love to read in bed but I would always have to turn the lights off as to not bother my babe. So I was adiment about setting them up this way and I loved these yellow ones. They had red ones, blue ones, and green ones too but I picked yellow and I'm glad because I think that it makes the yellow in the picture stand out.

Now the only thing left is getting a nice new comforter set and some nice pillow covers cause right now I'm rocking these crazy unmatched ones and this sad looking cover. I haven't found one I like and I'm not sure what color to get it. Any ideas? Now I had to take a picture of my toilet cause a good friend of mine gave me this set of..........., what do you call this anyway?

Well toilet covers maybe? Anyways it was a debate cause my hubby didn't like them and he didn't want me putting them up. I don't like it too much either but I felt bad not using it atleast for awhile. WHat do you guys think? The colors aren't too bad and they match my bathroom because I'm going with a yellowy greenish look. Well he hasn't taken off yet so we're good!

Besides loving my room I'm loving the kitchen. The color is bright and makes me feel happy and makes me want to sit in my kitchen and relax. It looks nothing like those before pictures which actually depressed me! lol. I love how my crazy polka dot chairs look in this space and the light blue place mats give it a nice twist. Minus that crazy wall artsty thingy that is stuck to the wall so I can't get rid of it. I hate it, I'm thinking of covering it up with somthing cool in the future. I was thinking maybe covering it with a piece of something painted with some chalk paint so that we can leave cutesy messages on it. What do you guys think?

We also bought this piece at Ikea to put the microwave and some other thingys. I really liked it and it's very useful.  I got some very nice plates and cups and things for the kitchen at Ikea too. They actually have some great prices and things once you weed out the expensive and poorly made ones.

Here's our little mini mudroom/entryway. The bench was also bought at Ikea and we bought the coat rack at Walmart and the art picture we had from our old house. David was loving this entry tons. He's so funny and sweet, he likes to make his home look as nice as possible!

 This couch and coffee table were two of some of my great Goodwill finds. I had never gone to Goodwill but I had heard great things about it. So when I saw it next to Ikea I decided that we should go there first. The couch is super comfy and clean and was only......................................$35 bucks! The coffee table was $15.

This piece was also $15 at Goodwill. It was perfect because it gave me extra storage, extra seating and I've always wanted a chest looking thingy like this. It was perfect for putting all our movies, they barely fitted in there. It was full to the top! I guess I better start finding more space for future movies! We had a hilarious moment at Goodwill. This little old lady was fighting us to the death for this chest. As we were paying for it she was still trying to snatch it from us! FUNNY!

 The living room main wall ended up looking like this. This isn't exactly how I pictured it looking, it's a little crowded and I sure didn't want all the electronics going on the mantle. BUT, for now it'll do. I came to the conclusion that even though Pinterest and Magazines have pictures full of inspiration and great looking rooms, sometimes they're not very realistic or functional for normal ordinary people. I would love to have a clean sleek look but then I have too much crap that needs storage. I dunno if I'm making any sense. I do dream of one day having my home and decorating it more professionally or more like the inspiration I get on Pinterest. But for now I think this is still pretty good. By the way the color we got is called London Smoke 43D-2. It was suppose to be a more grayish looking color but this is what it turn out to be. Still we like it.

 And last but NOT least, my favorite find of all. This awesome chair. It was Love at First sight! I sat on it and I said this is mine! It was only $15 and worth every penny. It looks like it would be uncomfortable but it's not. I love seating on it, it's comfy and makes you sit comfortably straight. Something I struggle with. :)

All in all I'm very happy with the results. I think we made a dark, creepy looking apartment into a comfy, cool, and inviting home. I still have lots to fix or add, and many projects in my mind that I want to do for my little old apartment and that's exciting for me. I can't wait to finish them and post the results!