That's right. I had one of these little bad boys. It was full of paint and art supplies and had a nice label on it but even so, it was plastic and it was crushing my soul.
So I went on over to The Container Store and got one of THESE, which is made from recycled materials, then I applied a thin pink grosgrain ribbon around it to make it more "Alicia" and look how cute it is now!
and this? All around your apartment or house? I love design magazines so I tend to accumulate a lot of them. I love to save the Architectural Digests and the House Beautifuls, and the Martha Stewart Livings, but the other ones sometimes I have issues letting go. BUT, I have created two books to help me with this.
This one that I'm showing you is my "Inspiration Book." It is for things that I see in magazines that inspire me and may not have anything to do with design (the often do though). It has small clippings that I just love to look at most of the time and they make me smile.
Above is one of those pages. A series of beautiful Rothko paintings, a pretty blue and white porcelain plate with a simple flower lying on it, and a black and white bedroom on the opposite side. After I do this, then I can discard the old magazines and free up some more space.
You don't need to make huge changes in your living space to clear out some clutter or make things a little bit simpler. Another thing I'm about to do is change my throw pillows on my love seat for fall! It will freshen up my apartment and not cost a lot of money or take a lot of time. Do you things that you do to freshen up your apartment after a while?
Alicia B.
4 comments:
I love that you put pink ribbon on it- it looks perfect under that little bench.
I do things around my apartment all the time to switch it up- recently I've been making a ton of different throw pillows out of scrap fabric so I can change the look of my couch pretty much every week at this rate :)
Have a good weekend!
Love your little slipcovered stool - very cute fabric :)
I have TONS of magazines lining my bookshelves that I can't part with... even ones I haven't had time to peruse. I love your idea of making an inspiration book, and I have been wanting to make one for a very long time! Maybe this will finally give me the motivation to do it. :o)
love the ribbon too!!! def changing things all the time.. i feel like if i don't, my house just becomes such a mess!!! (and i start losing thinsg!!! ahhhh)
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