I survived 6 + 6+ (0)6 day. Thank you to everyone for the kind words. I’m upset but I sorta saw it coming so not the end of the world. I am little bitter but I have a right to be. And no, I don’t regret it. I learned a few things about myself in the process so in the end it wasn’t a total waste. Here’s a twist. I ran into someone yesterday that I’d sorta put on the back burner. (I’m never been able to date more the one guy at a time.) I wiped the egg off my face and explained why I’d been so distant. He was still very interested and very happy to see me. Irony or fate? You be the judge.
In other not so dramatic news, I went to Ikea yesterday. Can I just say how much I love Ikea. I could redecorate my apartment several times over for under 10 grand. I wanted to buy everything but bought nothing instead. I’m trying to put together a new scheme in my head for the living room now that the roomie has moved in. He found a chair we both like that he likes and I can live with. The roomie tends to like very contemporary stuff while I like the more hardwood rugged look. I think we can do a merger of both w/some thought beforehand. The chair he picked, while not my first choice, is the right color scheme so it will fit in nicely.
This is sort of a new experience for me as I rarely decorate. I could take you shopping and dress you to the nines w/o much effort. However, I’ve never felt the need to invest time/effort into decorating a place that isn’t my own. Well, I’m tired of living in white cardboard surroundings. I plan to be in SF for at least 2 more years so I might as well make my new pad comfy. Nothing grand or flawless, just some new paint and a couple of well thought out pieces of furniture.
I’m off to instruct class.
Glad to hear your spirits are better. As for the design of the apartment perhaps a reader of your blog may know a thing or 2 about interrior design.
I wonder….
I always think it is important to surround yourself with things that make you happy – being people or the way you decorate or rather fill the space in which you live.
Now, because I am never at my place it looks like some straight college guy’s dorm room, in fact some of the hotel rooms I stay in are my “homey” than my apartment, minus the chick posters but when I am there it feels cold, empty and bare and I miss how I used to have a comfy cozy apartment that had some flair and flavour.
It was a place that I enjoyed having people over just to hang, watch TV or whatever.
The biggest compliment I ever got from my friends is when they would fall asleep on my couch while we were hanging out watching TV or movies.
It was a place that they felt comfortable.
That was home to me…
Moby…
I call it fate. Sometimes love is right around the corner. Who knows. Kinda hot he was still interested.
And regarding the desing element, you most definitely can meld the two elements. Just think out of the box. Look to pull ‘elements’ of the styles together, not literally the two looks. Ok, my desinger training is coming out. time to back off. have fun with it!
It is amazing how the color of a room can change your mood and energize you. Have fun with the decorating.
I spent $600.00 at IKEA last Sat. Want to help me put it all together? You can even wear your sleeveless shirt 🙂