Oh, this is me, once again …?

 

Ok, so this is my crib right now. 

It's funny how I forgot to talk about this, given that I'm so prone to overshare LOL. I moved here a year ago, more or less. After living in my basement garden apartment for awhile, it was time for a change, I guess. Now I'm back in the Northwestern suburbs (I have lived around here on and off for years now). I really like the space I have now (easier to clean, cozier, my own space, the works) and I've had fun using everything I brought from the other place to furnish it. I decided I was not going to spend any more money than I had to this time around. And I did it! 

The thing is though, that making your place your own when you're renting is really a struggle: painting is not a choice for me. I'd love to have some wallpaper (inspired by some of those houses I show in this blog thingy here) and I would have loved to paint a wall or two, but just the thought of having to re-paint everything the second I decide to move out erases that possibility from my mind. So the mood is set by textures. I learned that from Mads.

It's not a big place, but you know I enjoy this space. I really like small places (I had to get rid of tons of stuff and donate it to friends and the Goodwill when I moved here a that felt good! Marie Kondo is right!) and they make me more aware of the things I DO want to have, like some artwork made just for me by friends, my records and the books, that are still in my bedroom but that will come out as soon as I start my winter break. I have not done much with the balcony, though, I gave away some furniture I had there last year. I have plants there now but they'll come in because the cold weather would kill them. 

So that's it. I took the photos with the Panorama function of the camera because it gives a wider shot, but it somehow distorts some of the perspective. Oh well. You'll get the gist of it all...

XOXO

P.S. In case you don’t remember I DID have to downsize…