Our Apartment

Kitchen

Shelving that Jeremy Put Up

Living/Dining Room

Living Room

Living Room

Fun Find!

Yesterday Jeremy and I went to the Boston Building Materials Co-Op which is a non-profit that sells used building materials such as doors, cabinets, sinks and smaller things like door knobs, handles, and other hardware. We went to a similar one in Portland called The ReBuilding Center where we picked up a medicine cabinet for only $5! So we decided to check out this one just to see what they had. It was a little smaller, but we did come across a really cool metal pendant lamp. We had been talking about replacing some of the lighting in the apartment, which really isn't too bad, except for the kitchen which is circle of florescent tubing (!)

Ugly Off

Ugly On

So we thought this was a real bargain at only $13!

Compare this lamp to the one at the top which can be bought for $149!

These types of rebuilding centers are pretty cool, although they are similar to thrift stores so they require patience and sometimes you leave with nothing. But when you do find something, it is a great feeling that you got such a good deal! We will put up some more pictures when we get it up. Jeremy had a creative idea for the "medallion" that needs to go on the ceiling, so stay tuned!


BBMC (Boston)
The ReBuilding Center(Portland)
Habitat ReStores (Sacramento, Chico, etc)

Apartment Pre-Move in

Entryway from the front door


Living room view from the entryway




Livingroom


Living room with interesting trim


View from the living room

New Apartment photos

Kitchen - view from the entryway


Kitchen - with minimal counter space!



Other side of the kitchen


Kitchen Pantry


Bathroom

Trunk coffee table update

Began stripping the layers of paint off of the trunk today after work. Man, this is a bitch of a job. I wanna dunk it in a vat of Jasco, let it sit there for like 2 weeks and see whats left .

I'm just telling myself that it will look really really cool when I'm all done.

ikea ps cabinet

Picked up the IKEA PS cabinet in white this week for $31 on CL. Retail is $99. Its in perfect condition too.

Funny thing is, its more cream colored than I thought it'd be. But it looks great. Were thinking of using it as a tv cabinet.

Coffee table trunk

So, we needed a new coffee table. At first we were going to go for the Lack, but then we saw this. The storage would be really cool in our apartment, thinking about putting board games and maybe a throw inside of it.

The guy was asking $50, but I got it for $40. It needed some structural work done on it. The joints were pretty loose, it was put together with finishing nails and theyve started to back out. So I am going to screw the pieces back together.

Here are the before pictures: