Antique Buffet

We are slowly trying to decorate our apartment to make it feel more like a home. One of my favorite pieces in our apartment is my grandmother's buffet. She passed away when I was in Junior High, and my aunt and uncle had it until this year. When they no longer had the space for it they offered it to me.

It is so nice to have something that has some family significance in our apartment. It makes the whole apartment seem more like a real home, and less like the transitional, dorm style housing we've been in before.

One thing that is kind of remarkable is that while this buffet came from my dad's side of the family, my mom has a hutch (that she said someday I will inherit) and the hardware matches my buffet.

Evolution Of A Bed

In our first apartment, my then boyfriend, now husband and I had awful jersey sheets, a clearance tan comforter, and a mattress and box spring that sat directly on the floor. The set-up was not reflective of our design tastes, but instead was affordable and that was what was important at the time.

When we moved into our new apartment a few months before our wedding, we decided to invest in some sheets and an actual bed for our mattress. It was a pretty big step, and a transition from college life to the adult world.

Slowly we are creating a space that we can truly call our own. Yes, I would rather be creating the space in a home I own, but right now the apartment life will just have to do.

A photo of our bed right after the wedding. We had upgraded our sheets and got a comforter that we liked instead of one that "would do".

Since then, we have added some pops of blue, since the shades of brown were a little boring. I found the lamp at Home Goods and the sheets are from Target.

There are still things we are looking to improve. Notice, the photos were taken from an angle where the nightstands were not visible. That's because they don't match the feel of the room at all! So now we are on the hunt for inexpensive night tables that will go with the feel of the room.