Couple of Keys

Category: Daily

  • Closet Sensation

    Closet Sensation

    So one thing I really wanted to tackle was my mom’s closet (which we share). After flipping through the December issue of Lonny Mag, I found myself drooling over Anthony Gianacakos’ tiny new york apartment. Especially his closet (see pg. 104), which was small but so well done. I had to scratch the Ikea bookcase…

  • Apologies.

    Sorry for the lack of updates. Work, life and taking on a lot projects does that to us. We’re working really hard to get as much done by February 6th, the day of our housewarming party. I’m working on mom’s room (did we mention she lives here too? :) ) which I will live vicariously…

  • Paint & Plans.

    Paint & Plans.

    We’ve finished painting the right side of the kitchen and added a second coat to the left side. I can’t even begin to explain how good it feels to get that done. It looks so clean now and finally starting to feel like a little bit of our own space. As far a future plans…

  • Getting Situated.

    Getting Situated.

    This was our new house a week ago: We’ve got most of our unpacking done. Gotten a good start on the painting with the living room completely done and about half of the kitchen. Still can’t convince Yong to let me paint the kitchen cabinets white (he has veto power), but I won’t give up!…

  • WE DID IT.

    word to eli porter. now, unpacking. back soon!

  • We Believed the Hype.

    We Believed the Hype.

    Hoping for the best we walked into Home Depot yesterday and purchased our paint. We chose Behr‘s Premium Plus Ultra which is supposed to be primer&paint in one. We had originally planned on trekking over to Sherwin-Williams but were scared away by the average price tag. Although Behr’s PPU has gotten mixed reviews online, I…

  • Color us decided.

    Color us decided.

    As we’ve begun to try and decide on how to spend our money on big ticket items (i.e. sofa, dining room table) we’ve come to find that we’re not as in sync with each other’s taste as we might have thought. So compromise is the name of the game. However, we both decided we wanted…

  • 30 DAYS!!!

    30 DAYS!!!

    here’s our 30 day notice to both of our apartment managers. we should be in the new place by the 3rd weekend of december. can’t wait!

  • Celebration!

    We’ve just been informed that we’ll be able to move in by Christmas!

  • Patio/Deck/Garden Ideas

    Patio/Deck/Garden Ideas

    So I think one of the things we were most excited about when we visited the house was the deck. The thought of entertaining in this area is probably what has us so exciting. Besides the existing bench that surrounds the tree, seating is something I’d like to improve in this space. There are a…