Apartment Therapy

As of lately, it has been hitting me how soon the move-in date is nearing for my very first apartment. Moving into your first apartment is extremely exciting because for the first time in all of your  life you will be able to have a space that is entirely open to your own ideas; a place that you (and roomates perhaps) turn into your very own temporary home. On the other hand, I am a student... and I am broke. So as far as furniture and decor goes, The Shaper Image will not be seeing me waltz into their store any time soon.Unless I win the lottery,of course.(This is highly unlikely, and even if I did win the lottery I would probably use the cash to go on an exotic backpacking trip to New Zealand or Aruba and possibly buy myself a butler.) So what are us broke folks to do? Well, we become incredibly familiar with the word "improvision".
           Since I am stoked to invest in just about any hands-on project I can stumble upon, I figured I could solve my apartment budget conundrum  and "improv" my way through providing furniture and decor. How? You might ask. And the answer to that question is Goodwill, Savers,and thrift stores. Re-purposing things could be a good time for anyone (with some patience...or wine) and quite beneficial for the character of a living space! For project #1 I discovered some awesome glass objects on the dusty shelves of my Goodwill. All that these little guys need are a "face-lift" using acrylic paint. I am excited to see how these could be arranged on a bookshelf or on top of kitchen cabinets. One man's trash is another man's treasure? Yeah, baby! (I couldn't resist saying something cheesy).

So, I have to confess. I got the idea for these messy looking paint-splattered jars from a display at Anthropologie. One of their current summer displays within the store has arranged jars covered in paint resting sporadically among vintage books. I thought this was pretty awesome. Therefore, I am going to be a copy cat. Don't mind me.

Love,

Jordan Leigh