Sunday, July 5, 2009

Where I live...is very very old....

built just after the turn of the century and I, we, live in the basement in a long skinny apartment. It's somewhat primitive because we only have a bathroom sink, and no hot water tank. I'm back to the laundromat...

I thought I would really hate this...even though it's only a few months till I move...There's a few more changes I want to make ...a few more lights to hang from the ceiling...

I'm really only interested in home decor that is done very cleverly with found stuff, recycled old stuff, and with a little bit of money. It's very easy to have a fantastic home and ooooh decor when you have a big budget.
I have no budget.
Even when I did have $$$$ I still liked to decorate this way. It is a huge challenge to find stuff and incorporate it into what you need in a home to make it function for living.
I've been in this space for 2 months.....I'll be here for about 8 more months and then move on....


...one wall of stuff we found, and a door from my old neighbors on N. 21st that was in their trash pile, and a piece of art I traded for a bike and a little $. A view of a vintage sansui, etc....we're all about the vintage.



fluffy rug, stripe sofa, and a peacock tapestry.....concrete floor....maybe I should use more rugs? Yeah. I'm not happy with my pink table...that's up for a change next...but I do love the green and blue, and peacock.




But, I really like the simplicity of it all...all I want to do anyway is make things...and conduct commerce with vintage stuff...Take a lot of trips to visit my family, and see the countryside.
I am especially looking forward to the next camping trip...the next one should last 3-4 days which is the most we can be gone.....

So, here's what we started with...crap in a storage space...then we just moved the stuff out and were left with concrete floors and white basement walls...I think I'll live like this forever!