When I grow up...

This is happening in my life. Forreals.

(image c/o Refinery29)

For the Broke

In my search for headboard alternatives:

I'm not huge on decals (sometimes, a girl just needs dimension), but this would be the one I would get.

How cool are these?! Lots more to look at here.

All About the Desk

 "It's all about the desk. If I find the desk, the writing will come." - Carrie Bradshaw

 Random corner of stuff I haven't figured out what to do with yet.

 I fit this couch into my Honda. That car never ceases to amaze me.

Craigslist find of my life! Why would anyone want to get rid of this?! It's so beautiful, even the chips in the marble seem like they're right.

There's still a lot of work to be done -- art, rugs, a whole room, the ugly TV stand to DIY (somehow). But it's a good start in the right direction. I'll post up a whole list of things I'm thinking about doing soon!

On Ikea

"IKEA is a retail tower defense game where you are the enemy trying to navigate the maze without losing all your money before the exit." 


(via apartment therapy)

Missoni + Target

Yup, you read right. Actually you probably already know because I decided to fall off the face of the planet when it was announced a few months ago. I found out from reading this month's Vogue, and after extensive research, I can tell this is going to be a problem. I can't restrain myself from reaching for my wallet, and the items aren't even on sale yet.

The partners gave Vogue an exclusive sneak-peek into some of the product they're working on -- and that's a big deal. They're guarding this stuff with the same security assigned to a classified government sector's nuclear bomb. A mini-tour of Margherita's Milan home, and most of the items in the spread are a part of the Target and Missoni collab (the biggest one the retailer's done -- over 400 items), including her clothes (!!!). And they want me to wait until September!

P.S. Yes, that is Missoni furniture.

P.P.S. Yes, that's a Missoni bike ($400).

Chicagoan

...finally.

And I know it's been like a month, but did I mention what Norman gave me for my birthday?

Yeah, I actually thought the box was the gift. Lanvin flats?! Are you kidding me?! I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

Confessions of a Craigslist-aholic

Any good blogger knows poor blog maintenance means death. Oops.

But I swear I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted -- life is sneaky like that. And I-cannot-tell-a-lie I'm processing the last three weeks as I am writing this post.

I've graduated. High school. Wait, no, college. High school. College. I've graduated from something.

I've had two five eighteen one hundred and sixty four a lot of crises (involving the who, where, what, bills and other monkeys that come with graduating and starting a job two weeks later and finding the time to get the remains of my life in California all wrapped up somewhere between Northwestern and Real Life).

I've gotten a chance to reconnect with my family after six months, and I never even knew how much I missed the insanity that gallops in the family.

I finally got a Macbook (!!!).

And lastly, I've been cheating on fashion with furniture. (Don't reread that -- you got it right.) Yep, I've been so excited to move into this new apartment that I've become a bonafide Craigslist/Apartment Therapy/DIY blog/Etsy/West Elm nut job. You must understand -- I'm not just giddy about our amazing newly gutted space in Logan Square, I'm looking forward to finally having a space I can call my own with some kind of permanence (or semi-permanence...more permanence than undergrad). For the first time, I have a place I can start really investing in. (Stay tuned for a follow up post on "home".)

I still can't really visualize the apartment since I haven't seen it in a while, but here are a few things I'm really loving:

West Elm duvet cover

UO sham

A union jack something is a non-negotiable.

I mean I can take this room, too. That could be a non-negotiable. I can settle.

Coffee table on casters! Probably out of my price range, but the sheepskin rug is also a non-negotiable.

Awesome mirrors that are also out of my price range.

Acrylic lamp! Also out of my price range.

Acrylic bench

...that is also out of my price range.

You know what. This is my blog. I can dream.

Goodnight.