Get Ready Delivery Boys...

After being in my apartment for one month, I have finally pulled the trigger and have 2 pieces coming my way!  Let me remind you I have been living with my mattress, a cardboard box and a little side table which is cute, but ratan and old and I fear the weight of my chamomile tea will eventually cause it to break.  Sigh.

I decided to start with a dresser.  I am obsessed with clothes and the little piles of random things on my floor that I keep trying to slide under my bed are driving me insane! I got the basic Malm dresser from ikea.  It is similar in profile to some of the ones that I was looking at from CB2 and for the price you cannot beat the storage.  Even with the tax, shipping and delivery fees being equivalent to the cost of the piece, I am totally ok with this purchase.  Although there is an Ikea in Brooklyn, I am not paying for the taxi ride home for me to try to recruit somebody, anybody, to help me haul this thing up three flights of stairs.  I am more than happy to put some delivery boys to work!  I am planning on putting the dresser across from my closets to create a "dressing room" between the bed and the bathroom.  This studio is all about me and the idea of a dressing room makes me so so happy and excited.  I have a fabulous lamp back at home in Minnesota that I will pray my mom will find a way to safely ship out to me and will eventually try to find a mirror to go above the dresser.  And a jewelry stand.  And some decor.  These things take time!

The second item I ordered was a Serena and Lily Atelier Side Table that I had had on my Pinterest board for quite some time.  It was originally $395, but with their sale and an additional 20% of sale, I got it for just under $200 with tax and shipping.  This is a better deal even than some of the less fabulous Target and CB2 options (sorry CB2 is getting bashed in this post) that I had been looking at and they had considerably higher shipping and delivery charges.  I love this piece because my bedding is white and frilly and I really want to make my apartment a blend of glamour, pops of color, modern and feminine.  And I have just really had a thing for light blue lately?  I can't explain it.

I will make sure to take pictures once the pieces arrive and can't wait to share with you how my space comes together as it begins to look like a real grown-up space.  Just remember, I'm on a serious budget and trying to make all my fabulous interior design dreams come true.

Take Care,

T