When we moved into our new apartment last month we went from living in a teeny tiny studio apartment to suddenly having a bigger space to fill, blank walls to decorate and very little furniture.
With my 3rd trimester fast approaching, it is really important that I get most of the decorating done before the baby arrives because I know how crazy life is going to become after that. Lucky for me I really love it and have been having so much fun coming up with designs for our new space, picking out furniture and thinking of color schemes.
Although there are still a couple of things to be done, I couldn't wait to show you the first little transformation that went down. Our Entrance Hallway.
And there it is the before picture. Pretty boring right?
With my 3rd trimester fast approaching, it is really important that I get most of the decorating done before the baby arrives because I know how crazy life is going to become after that. Lucky for me I really love it and have been having so much fun coming up with designs for our new space, picking out furniture and thinking of color schemes.
Although there are still a couple of things to be done, I couldn't wait to show you the first little transformation that went down. Our Entrance Hallway.
And there it is the before picture. Pretty boring right?
We decided to give the hallway a bit of a "cleaner" look by painting over the brown walls with 2 coats of pure white paint.
Then the fun part began...
We picked up a very cool mirror on our Ikea trip this past weekend and I had a whole bunch of old picture frames with photographs and artwork from the gallery wall I had set up in our old apartment.
I decided that I wanted to do keep the gallery wall idea so I arranged them all around the mirror.
I mounted the mirror with a couple of screws to make sure it stayed put, but all of the frames are held up by Velcro picture frame hangers which makes it super easy to take down and be able to switch around the frames without much effort and without damaging the wall behind it either.
Here is the after shot of the hallway.
I added a turquoise table that I picked up on sale at Target for $40 and pot plant which I'm hoping stays alive more easily then its 2 predecessors.
I must confess, the hallway is not finished. I want to get a long hallway table to put up against the wall and something to store shoes in. But that probably won't happen for a few weeks so that is why I am sharing this post with you today.
What do you think?
The kitchen is almost done, the living room is coming along and the bedroom and nursery are just a total disaster areas. Haha! I can't wait to show you more in the upcoming weeks.
Then the fun part began...
We picked up a very cool mirror on our Ikea trip this past weekend and I had a whole bunch of old picture frames with photographs and artwork from the gallery wall I had set up in our old apartment.
I decided that I wanted to do keep the gallery wall idea so I arranged them all around the mirror.
I mounted the mirror with a couple of screws to make sure it stayed put, but all of the frames are held up by Velcro picture frame hangers which makes it super easy to take down and be able to switch around the frames without much effort and without damaging the wall behind it either.
Here is the after shot of the hallway.
I added a turquoise table that I picked up on sale at Target for $40 and pot plant which I'm hoping stays alive more easily then its 2 predecessors.
I must confess, the hallway is not finished. I want to get a long hallway table to put up against the wall and something to store shoes in. But that probably won't happen for a few weeks so that is why I am sharing this post with you today.
What do you think?
The kitchen is almost done, the living room is coming along and the bedroom and nursery are just a total disaster areas. Haha! I can't wait to show you more in the upcoming weeks.
