Apartments Interior Design Ideas and Pictures

Dropping in for a quickie Friday post!<br /><br />Literally within an hour of hitting publish on my last post, Brad decided it was time to move the furniture back in. And so we did.<br /><br />We have a king sized bed, which takes up almost the whole room, so there were not a lot of layout options. Luckily, there was just enough space to include our nightstands and dresser.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJCwSYGL3Qn_hjqlzy6Ta69wVA5Ny6GpcqNxEFnjF1wxgCJCcKlvbqdxrgjzaFxFbZM8TYGmpnoHYFQEVduIQiXA7PuSSioZxF-rwFnp4oTSzCCEgX4qv8JR1UnAKz4u9ZAnQdaenhQuE/s1600/BEDROOM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJCwSYGL3Qn_hjqlzy6Ta69wVA5Ny6GpcqNxEFnjF1wxgCJCcKlvbqdxrgjzaFxFbZM8TYGmpnoHYFQEVduIQiXA7PuSSioZxF-rwFnp4oTSzCCEgX4qv8JR1UnAKz4u9ZAnQdaenhQuE/s1600/BEDROOM.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />First we had to center the rug and reassemble the bed frame:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrag4pGVy5Qtut9fYk41DdFt564xMcIjCI6sGSZMfGJ4sd5PgBOys891VrKGSDbVPyWvR7CmHb1hmvXQAq6SnAcILPKefbALWbkLDmeOh7t5_PTiIBM3LaYwkPgF0KXlhyphenhyphen5YRs4LGfoQV/s1600/IMG_9987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrag4pGVy5Qtut9fYk41DdFt564xMcIjCI6sGSZMfGJ4sd5PgBOys891VrKGSDbVPyWvR7CmHb1hmvXQAq6SnAcILPKefbALWbkLDmeOh7t5_PTiIBM3LaYwkPgF0KXlhyphenhyphen5YRs4LGfoQV/s1600/IMG_9987.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Once that was ready, we put down the box spring, bed skirt and mattress:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7oPHcpcVryt-mAHDYXwCq2BziQ5KgAcpVYR1j1IUdJISdO7_zzczRlcQ9gPWCxNqVcf-5Rye2YCvCKdNDkaGSQ930yDQo_ys_XNYyYXGxl20i3pwJfLFwNlQqp-0QF2aiyZM3_asrif4/s1600/IMG_9990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7oPHcpcVryt-mAHDYXwCq2BziQ5KgAcpVYR1j1IUdJISdO7_zzczRlcQ9gPWCxNqVcf-5Rye2YCvCKdNDkaGSQ930yDQo_ys_XNYyYXGxl20i3pwJfLFwNlQqp-0QF2aiyZM3_asrif4/s1600/IMG_9990.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And finally, we reattached the headboard using the same french cleat (see how we did it the first time  <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2012/03/diy-upholstered-tufted-headboard.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13JYThC-FnnG_tyImijzlL2KHLcnpNqXsJUeb4fxwhFDg8A7MA8MCJ_iXkzgEDZN1UIrwEKbjIN02YmgIUayrBOXQJyp46ITkCSJoj7ujl7FZwgFYWpZeZBdOPWE5UsSLVNlJ4zzk-Wbu/s1600/IMG_9991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13JYThC-FnnG_tyImijzlL2KHLcnpNqXsJUeb4fxwhFDg8A7MA8MCJ_iXkzgEDZN1UIrwEKbjIN02YmgIUayrBOXQJyp46ITkCSJoj7ujl7FZwgFYWpZeZBdOPWE5UsSLVNlJ4zzk-Wbu/s1600/IMG_9991.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beauty-full.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also picked up some fresh new linens from Target's Threshold line:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_7QqWfcn9H1n2AANQBvCfTz1_vA9zDnIAlduOj8phcBW46xbVAnCaL1pcw3T2nIpiiNpW6agQvhMt3L38XGC4iAzdkki7O8OAX6PZ-P9EuvSW9fUM5gwTL1mthOs_h5EFyK1wXtqeG96/s1600/IMG_0025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO_7QqWfcn9H1n2AANQBvCfTz1_vA9zDnIAlduOj8phcBW46xbVAnCaL1pcw3T2nIpiiNpW6agQvhMt3L38XGC4iAzdkki7O8OAX6PZ-P9EuvSW9fUM5gwTL1mthOs_h5EFyK1wXtqeG96/s1600/IMG_0025.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They are so soft and striped and yummy. We haven't changed out our pillow cases yet or added any of the other new bedding, so that will be coming.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We lucked out—the nightstands fit perfectly on either side:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASuewwFBWI3VFwA26lLVRLFQOqVQl2LCDmUXK2OEvK2QNL-M3CBaFt0J9R3MOow8YwXsJbdqQWQbo05ULZlBi_-huqLZ2SYAWI68YoMniOGWQXN3PikewxmyqLsbnv7wWkk4Lh7OrGCoQ/s1600/IMG_0035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASuewwFBWI3VFwA26lLVRLFQOqVQl2LCDmUXK2OEvK2QNL-M3CBaFt0J9R3MOow8YwXsJbdqQWQbo05ULZlBi_-huqLZ2SYAWI68YoMniOGWQXN3PikewxmyqLsbnv7wWkk4Lh7OrGCoQ/s1600/IMG_0035.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKN0znIeGf__FeWuVnHz-zY4N7EhcDCCP5FeHYejgdutGHLhi-tYxzb0CfCRUXlK8IVVunZ4GUz69Y967lz4Z-vdRj4fA2ex26dqlQ0TZPpA0PbZTrQ76xisQD17dFn26Lkji0RsSk3mk/s1600/IMG_0030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNKN0znIeGf__FeWuVnHz-zY4N7EhcDCCP5FeHYejgdutGHLhi-tYxzb0CfCRUXlK8IVVunZ4GUz69Y967lz4Z-vdRj4fA2ex26dqlQ0TZPpA0PbZTrQ76xisQD17dFn26Lkji0RsSk3mk/s1600/IMG_0030.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At first I had set the mirror horizontally on the dresser like it was in our bedroom...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VyP-qPHrXFT-2IjwxHw4UtFfLXWF1uSR9af-UwHcykcKKU8EaLlINgbfLzgQhjIw2hizOrhDN1vEAY7rxfd-dtqfoAgUdF-9T6K7-tff3RkK-aZv679LpvzbbCn8p1CI4t27epyin-Ic/s1600/IMG_6230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9VyP-qPHrXFT-2IjwxHw4UtFfLXWF1uSR9af-UwHcykcKKU8EaLlINgbfLzgQhjIw2hizOrhDN1vEAY7rxfd-dtqfoAgUdF-9T6K7-tff3RkK-aZv679LpvzbbCn8p1CI4t27epyin-Ic/s640/IMG_6230.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But after a few days of no TV, I started having withdraws and decided it was a necessity in our room. I just can't give up my bedtime TV ritual.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Brad agreed and we removed it from the wall mount in the office and set it on a TV stand.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here he is hooking it up:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYILlIj8q50cS6IIsZp1dPrCxfS-IWHwsnnqVyNBBsQkDBZs9m1cEsFP7O3Hg1lEHQY6wjJ0FYtm8Uah9j0NCvaJ0l1qVccXq_Y9looIaPlDR3OLvzkZ-TqLroBW-7ZNrXmxQdzXkV0POw/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYILlIj8q50cS6IIsZp1dPrCxfS-IWHwsnnqVyNBBsQkDBZs9m1cEsFP7O3Hg1lEHQY6wjJ0FYtm8Uah9j0NCvaJ0l1qVccXq_Y9looIaPlDR3OLvzkZ-TqLroBW-7ZNrXmxQdzXkV0POw/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I thought it made more sense to rotate the mirror vertically so the TV wasn't in front of it...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-hZliZs_qnmoX-Q2tXgaCMQi_VmPvdjNhnRSh9gIC4JwZtJFcFPSV_H-bSo0MfPxdQnyyLFPLjtfx1gOEmEAG4uNo4z1YldPqcLed_BLaIMHN5DJt9k7Vo_wGMTTMm075tCn_zfmQaPQ/s1600/IMG_0033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-hZliZs_qnmoX-Q2tXgaCMQi_VmPvdjNhnRSh9gIC4JwZtJFcFPSV_H-bSo0MfPxdQnyyLFPLjtfx1gOEmEAG4uNo4z1YldPqcLed_BLaIMHN5DJt9k7Vo_wGMTTMm075tCn_zfmQaPQ/s1600/IMG_0033.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEQWcGBwqOBr0n1flXy1HAaJ4p17a7qbdop0ck86-jAAzDMh4sWgUgZmpt2wQYKihafJ6m0tCcVawJy3B9FOaMUL230zx18fIMTS5OGv7p2zAB982WU5FoGnPjFxvNfO3Icj45tjnQ3Ii/s1600/IMG_0034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpEQWcGBwqOBr0n1flXy1HAaJ4p17a7qbdop0ck86-jAAzDMh4sWgUgZmpt2wQYKihafJ6m0tCcVawJy3B9FOaMUL230zx18fIMTS5OGv7p2zAB982WU5FoGnPjFxvNfO3Icj45tjnQ3Ii/s1600/IMG_0034.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For now, we set the cable box on top of the TV (for lack of anywhere else to put it), but we may re-evaluate this later:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdpEmG2x6zHRbD2FC9KpaUNjwX8lFIvm9VFMDTuOvgGXIwH0UnXGmLlqtrfDlMtk4Mty9tOtGnMSMjr54-VwZOaKy5MgOXez0ArEoL1HFAkVV2d_5ksHtGnpq1VXLzChXIYMHb1fh7XR6/s1600/IMG_0026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsdpEmG2x6zHRbD2FC9KpaUNjwX8lFIvm9VFMDTuOvgGXIwH0UnXGmLlqtrfDlMtk4Mty9tOtGnMSMjr54-VwZOaKy5MgOXez0ArEoL1HFAkVV2d_5ksHtGnpq1VXLzChXIYMHb1fh7XR6/s1600/IMG_0026.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As for the empty space above the TV, I've already figured that out. I have a craft or two up my sleeve to fill the wall.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And that about covers it! It's definitely a tight space... but that makes it more cozy, right? Cozy is what I'm going for here. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The 5'11" x 8'2" <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60050172/" target="_blank">Tarnby rug</a> actually covers most of the floor. You can see how it's only around 8 or 9 inches from the door here:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqCmTwyDKN7PGe8P-5bU5h_Lu8BnlWUiG2AVnQYX0BVyHy9pd4GbQwzyFWHdaMJ2JhqTgwRCzbM_OFsTbZT_t6jH_yW3d4YEJewL31DLIH63OXzCDEfv6zsDnpV65TwQvfJno2L2vtDSa/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqCmTwyDKN7PGe8P-5bU5h_Lu8BnlWUiG2AVnQYX0BVyHy9pd4GbQwzyFWHdaMJ2JhqTgwRCzbM_OFsTbZT_t6jH_yW3d4YEJewL31DLIH63OXzCDEfv6zsDnpV65TwQvfJno2L2vtDSa/s1600/IMG_0038.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are far from done here, people. I have about 7 weeks worth of projects planned until we can call this room "Finished."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next week I'll attempt to convert my bamboo window shade into a blackout shade, and we'll also swap the existing ceiling light for a fan. Getting there, slowly but surely...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope everyone has a happy Easter filled with extra chocolate and peeps!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuljJWZlecsnv-kb02LatBvmMp7FxANlOfNjHb5BjBbKYL-eqzZGTn3P-26bmjFvqRBEiR2CqIGNquE35XwPKpt-UIj-6xpVlBXhRvMncG7u2yUiIR1g7Mq6HSSMvuaUJWd-Lrbj4ccOEI/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

New Master: Moving in

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