[Original desk, old apartment, and that is NOT my bowl of leftover breakfast...]
A few weeks ago we went to a friend's housewarming party and CJ really took to his new bookcase and desk area. To tell the truth I remembered the bookcase (b/c I am a bookworm) but in the haze of the wine and cheese cubes forgot all about the desk details. Turns out Crate&Barrel made the set and I just so happened to get their newsletter with my favorite four letter word: SALE.
So we went and came home with... TA-DA!
[Desk by Crate&Barrel, antique red/black chair, BM collage by AC]
Love LOVE the room we get from having this smaller unit. The dark wood matches perfectly with the rest of the decor. I'm looking for some wall organizers or possibly a low storage bench for the paperwork we have so I can dump the broken file cabinet I've made due with for the past 7 years. Seriously, the bottom drawer is busted and it weighs about 70 pounds.
We also bought a new media center, also sleek and affordable, with some DVD towers and photo frames to pull the space together.
A new rug and possibly the storage bench are the rest of the "big" purchases for the living area. So exciting! I borrowed a paint deck from work so we can pick out something for the windows. Gorgeous windows, dull color... that will probably be tomorrow's project.
We are going to build a mirror wall in the bedroom so we are on the hunt for oddly gorgeous shaped mirrors in all sizes. Today's garage sales were a bust in the mirror department. One lady even wanted $80, $80 for an old rusted wall mirror. Um, NO. Crazy woman thinks she's running a retail store! So we passed but before we called it quits I did have one pretty amazing find.
[Antique chain belt, designer unknown]
I've been looking for a new skinny belt with some character and I love the tiny gold disk that clasps the chain together. The crazy lady I mentioned earlier had a great silver belt but wanted $10 for it. Again, NO. It wasn't meant to be clearly because I found this one 30 minutes later for a dollar.
Now that's sweet. Hope the rest of LA had a lovely day, it was gorgeous out so no reason not to!
xoxo,
Adria
Mmmmh, how will we fill that empty space on that new desk...oh the new mac should fit nice ;)
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