Sorry for my lack of updates lately. I have been trying to spend less time on the computer and less time online and unplug a little bit. I’m happy to report that I have found a job that I will start in a couple weeks (hurray!). So I’m trying to recover from all the time online I devoted to searching for jobs and working on my portfolio and relieve some of the eye strain before I get to work! I have put the redesign of my website on hold as well for the same reason. I’ll go back to finishing that soon. I think I deserve a little bit of a break to celebrate, right?

So, what have I been doing then? Well, the little time I spend online now is filled with looking for apartments. My family likes to tease me because it’s been my dream ever since I was about 16 or 17 to design an apartment in all (or mostly) vintage (& vintage inspired) furniture and decor accessories. (Hence my love for thrift stores.) My goal is to salvage the majority of my furniture from thrift stores and refinish/repaint it all myself. But in addition, I’ve been having a little fun lately playing around on Etsy and Ebay and other sites putting together sort of my “dream” apt. I keep a folder on my computer of interior design inspiration and now I have wish lists on a bunch of sites of accessories I’d love to have one day. Tonight I started putting together a little collage of living room and kitchen/dining stuff. Yes, I’m a HUGE nerd but this is what I like to do. I decided I’d share it.

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Make fun of me if you want, but some day in 15 years when I finish my collection and it’s AWESOME, you’ll see!