home tour :: our living space.

I think the last time I shared photos of our place was shortly after we moved in, three and a half years ago. It's changed quite a bit since then so I thought it'd be fun to document it on here before we leave our beloved abode, starting with our living space.

colorful pillow is from anthro (got a crazy deal) as is the ceramic turquoise basket. globe, thrifted.

With the exception of the two side tables, which were found at an antique shop in grand rapids, and the green chair, picked up for $10 at an estate sale, every piece in here was either handed down by my parents or bought second-hand from the previous tenants of the first place we rented together. I am kind of hoping to sell most of the furniture and start fresh with our new place, wherever that may be. I would love each piece to be intentional and well thought out. I will be scouring Craig's List and flea markets I'm sure.

pink pintuck pillows came from Home Goods, as did the orange ruffle pillow on the blue chair.

SO excited to leave our massive TV behind, haha. hoping for a fireplace instead of a TV in our next place :)

Anyway, this is what our living space looks like now. It is a space I have grown to love despite it not being exactly what I would want (for example, I would love a couch like this). I am trying to let go of feeling like everything needs to look perfect. Looking at beautiful blogs can exasperate that feeling but I've been learning to put things into perspective and remember what's really important. And it is quite freeing. But we'll see how I do when we have a new place to make our own.. I could definitely see my perfectionist ways making me all crazy-like again.

I am a huge fan of Rifle Paper Co and have several of their cards displayed as art work throughout our house. Talk about affordable art. And then when I'm ready for a change I can use them for their original purpose and get a new set of pretty stationery to display :) The "there's no place like home" print is from here. I love it. It's weird to think about how much it's meaning will change soon.. 

DIY :: paper capiz shell chandelier.

I realized I never shared this DIY with you guys. I'm pretty sure I made it at least a year ago (where does the time go?!). It's one of my favorite projects to date, not that I do a ton of them.. especially lately. I am sure i will get on another DIY kick once we have a new space to decorate, wherever that may be (eep!) I've kind of detached myself from our current space at this point. 

The DIY I used is from Design Sponge via Freshly Picked. It is rather time-consuming but is great to do while catching up on your fave TV shows. Plus it is CHEAP (under $10), much cheaper than the real thing, and it will cover up that ugly light fixture you hate looking at but are stuck with as a renter. It drastically changes the mood of our bedroom. I found the wire planter basket at Goodwill for 50 cents (lucky for me, it was already white) and I used a Joann's 50% off coupon to buy the circle cutter. Other than that, I just add to buy wax paper, parchment paper, and two ceiling screw hooks. 

I'm thinking I'll share some rooms from our home over the next few months, since I haven't shared any since shortly after we moved and it has changed considerably since then. I have really enjoyed living in our little circa-1900(ish) duplex and making it our own.