To start things off I'm doing Part 1 of our NYC apartment tour. I'll be going each of the spaces, showing befores and afters and presenting my "to-do" lists. I'm sharing these lists mostly because I want to hold myself accountable for actually getting it all done. My goal is to have all my projects completed by the one year mark, so we can actually enjoy the space in completed form.
So let's start the tour...in the hallway. Here is what we started with. Very much a blank canvas.
Just
like every
other room, it was painted a matte cream color. I decided to go dark and
really change the feel of the space. I've always loved Fallow &
Ball's Hague Blue so I decided to just go for it!
Here she is in all her lagoon-y blue glory.
I
love it...very serene and chic when you open the door. Sure, it is
dark, but honestly even when the hall was white it was dark, so why not
just embrace it.
In
the foyer area I created a skirted table which hides some
ugly/functional storage and positioned our vintage bar on the main
wall. My antler chandelier, which I purchased from Pottery Barn about
10 years ago, finally found a home outside of the closet. It's not
exactly what i would have picked, but I already owned it, so up it
went. Plus, it is fun to hang stuff off of the antlers. Also, for
anyone who cares, they are not real antlers, they are resin and probably
from China.
Ornaments at Christmas Time!
Seems nice and finished right? Well...the joke's on you, because I'm already planning to change everything.
The space feels waaay too traditional for my taste. I didn't intent it to happen, but it did and it needs to change.
The
skirted table, while great and useful, is just not going to work with
our little explorer on the loose. And the bar, which we loved having
front and center (what does that say about us?) is also a danger zone (Lana...Lana....LANA....daanga zone).
The
bar contents have already been moved into the bookcases in the living
room, and I'm in the process of finding some baskets that can hold the
contents of the skirted table. I'm going to move the mirror above the
bar and possibly paint it white. I'd really like a large, modern round
mirror for that space, but that also costs money. The gallery wall is
going to extend down the hall and I will probably just fill it up with
pictures of Mads, psycho-mom style.
The
antler chandy will be yarn-bombed. You heard me! I already bought the
yarn and am just working up the courage to take this one on. It is
going to be intense.
I
would also like to get a new rug. This is not a must because I think
with some updates to the space the current kilim will not feel so
traditional. I would love this one instead though...
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