Ok, readers, be patient with me.
In honor of our move (and my 700th post! This one!) I wanted to debut using video occasionally on the blog. Fun, right?!
It’s a little harder than I thought… and since I know you want to see the new place, I’m not going to hold out on you just because the video isn’t perfect (plus, I forgot to take still pictures… I know, bad blogger). So please, I KNOW it’s ...

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I thought I’d share a little bit of what is guiding my thought process in decorating the new apartment (besides being almost 300 square feet smaller than our new place). And I wish I had a photo of the new apartment! Soon!
PROs  
1. One main living area. Ok, this could be a “con” I suppose, but I’m kind of excited to tackle this “problem”. For one thing, our dining room has always made me crazy with ...

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Are you doing anything fun this weekend? We’ll be scrambling around preparing for the yard sale, and then packing packing packing. Plus we’re hosting a going-away party for one of my best friends (sad face).
I’ve already been getting questions about how I plan to decorate the next apartment. Above is a little snapshot of the swatches I’m liking… if I get Ryan to sign off on it is another question! I tore the page out ...

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Friends – if you’re in Seattle, I hope you’ll come by for our yard sale this Saturday! We’ll have lots to get rid of (I’m sitting next to the growing pile as I type!), including decorative items, lots of books ($2 each), and furniture. I’d also love it if you said hi when you’re here (I’ll be the short one with red hair who is running around frantically).
Also, we are able to take all major ...

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Ok, Maggie Rose readers, as you know we’re downsizing and I’m taking the opportunity to refresh some of the design schemes. SO that means we’re getting rid of stuff, including soft items like drapes and pillows.
We’re having a big ol’ yard sale (Seattle locals – come by on Saturday the 30th!) but I thought I’d post a few smaller items here just in case anyone from a distance wants them. Especially for those of you ...

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Of course one of the things I’m excited for as part of the whole moving process is the redecorating part – a new space comes with new challenges and opportunities (the physical MOVING part is the not-as-exciting part). For instance, while I will not be hanging a giant painting over the window in the new bathroom (there is only a tiny window, for one thing), we will have a tub for the first time in ...

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This photo is about to be archived. Because….
We’re moving!
We just found out yesterday that we were accepted to our new apartment building, only about a mile from where our current place is (perhaps you saw my excited tweets?).
While we have loved living here the last two years, it’s the right time to find something new – our new apartment makes sense financially and also size-wise. We will be downsizing to a one-bedroom. I’ve felt for ...

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Ryan and I have been talking a lot lately about simplifying, uncluttering, and how to make our home fresh. I think part of that comes from it being summer. Everything about summer is light and carefree. Who wants to be burdened with STUFF during the summer?
We had a really interesting discussion about what furniture pieces we currently own that we each consider to be “must keeps”. Some of them were out of necessity (i.e. we ...

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You probably know by now that if it’s Saturday night and we don’t have plans, I’ll likely wind up trying to talk Ryan into moving around furniture. That’s what I did last weekend, and this time he caved. We switched it up in the living room.
It’s not that the living room didn’t already look nice. It’s just that my little decorating heart just NEEDS to move stuff around. Since we’re on a bit of a ...

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Yesterday I wrapped up another photo shoot of our home. I love photo shoots because the house looks SO good those days. Everything is sparkling and clean, books are styled and I always buy fresh flowers. And the rooms look so done. But if you know me at all, you’ll know that a room in my house is never really done.
Which is why I’m sharing these inspiration photos for the next design shift in our ...

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