Decorate Apartment

I recently discovered the website apt-ny.com and love the look of a lot of the stuff they carry. I’m still looking for a sofa bed for the bedroom. I’ve definitely made up my mind that I’ll be putting a convertible sofa instead of a bed, if I ever manage to come up with the money to put anything in there at all.

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This is a great looking set but at $179 it is not for every budget. We apartment dwellers, those of us who aren’t living in condos in Manhattan, can’t usually afford to spend nearly $200 on dinnerware; but personally, if spending $179 on dinnerware was something I could afford to do, this 40-piece Pistoulet dinnerware set by Pfaltzgraff would be a definite buy. It serves 8. Usually you won’t find 8 people living in an apartment. An 40-piece might be a few more pieces than needed, but you never know when you might hold a dinner party or some other event that brings multiple guests to your apartment.

The set includes [8] 10-3/4-inch dinner plates, [8] 9-inch salad plates, [8] 28-ounce soup/cereal bowls, [8] 8-ounce dessert bowls, and [8] 14-ounce mugs. The dishes are made of durable stoneware and are microwave, oven, freezer and dishwasher safe. The set comes with a 5-year warranty against defects. Want it?

If you indulge in ice cream these ice cream bowls are cute and affordable. Just $10 for a set of 4. The glazed stoneware bowls can also be used as cereal bowls or soup bowls if you’re not one to indulge in ice cream. They are microwave and dishwasher safe.

The same and very similar sango ice cream bowls also come in blue, gold dust, cocoa and a variety of other earthy colors.

Just stumbled upon the blog of Canadian interior designer Patricia Gray. If you’re looking for some truly fantastic design ideas you should definitely check out her blog. Of course her slogan is “exceptional homes for exceptional people”, the emphasis on homes; but your apartment is your home for now and you’re an exceptional person so why not check out the blog? You’ll be getting great ideas for decorating your apartment from a very talented interior designer. Patricia Gray Interior Design

Photo Credit: Patrica Gray. Used with permission.

Patricia Gray’s websites

http://patriciagrayinc.com/
http://patriciagrayinc.blogspot.com/

Most people when decorating just copy existing styles without considering whether they even like a style of decorating or not. They follow a traditional pattern just because that’s what’s “traditional”; but it can be worth it to experiment with how you decorate because it can make a world of difference in how much or how little comfort you feel at home. You probably wouldn’t think to associate any discomfort you feel with your interior decor, but often without knowing it, factors like shape and color of walls, furniture and other decor items can significantly affect your mood for better or worse. Read more…

Here’s a different view of the room I laid out in Plan3D. This time I’ve painted the walls celery green.

Experimenting in Plan3D. I probably won’t change the paint on my bedroom wall because I’ll only be here for another year and it won’t make sense to change it now considering you have to paint it back to the color you found it in before you vacate; but I figured I’d play around with some wall color for the benefit of anyone who might be planning to paint their bedroom walls.

My layout is not fantastic I admit it. Hopefully it will improve as I play around with the program. It’s interesting to compare the current picture to the first picture from decorating bedroom. You can begin to see that color alone can transform a room. Of course you have to get the perfect color. Being able to run a simulation experiment where you can view how the room looks in a variety of colors would make choosing the right color paint a breeze.

I am playing around with designingonline.com’s Plan 3D program to get some ideas for decorating my bedroom. I plan to put a convertible sofa in the bedroom instead of a bed in order to create more room for movement as it’s a pretty small bedroom. It has a walk in closet and attached bathroom that’s supposed to be a master bathroom but it’s really not much of a walk in closet or much of a master bathroom and the bedroom itself is pretty cramped for my taste. Read more…

Be careful when buying a sofa for your apartment not to get more sofa than your room can accommodate. If your apartment is small you should try to avoid buying sofas that are very bulky and long. Modern space saving styles are more suitable for apartment living, assuming your apartment is not a million dollar condo. Also, if you must get a sofa set consider a sectional instead but keep the layout of the room where the sofa will be placed in mind when deciding on a sectional or selecting a sectional. If sectionals are not your thing, then instead of getting a matching set you could get the sofa or the love seat instead of both, then, for a more eclectic look, select a completely different style for the second piece. Read more…

I’ve decided to put a convertible sofa in my bedroom instead of a regular bed, so I am shopping around for convertible sofas.

Why have I decided to put a convertible sofa in a bedroom? Well, simply because I would like to have some space in the bedroom during the day, and with a regular bed there’s not much room left to move around effortlessly.

I’ve been looking at the convertible sofa bed selection at Amazon. Read more…