Now that we have an apartment, it's safe to start thinking about (cheaply) decorating it, and making it feel more like home. I picked up a special publication issue by House & Home dedicated to condos, lofts, and apartments. There isn't a single page that I don't love! Lot's of good ideas on how to make changes to rentals, and space solutions. As much I'd love to run through Lynda Reeves' house with a big ol' pair of muddy boots on, I do love her magazine...
Yay! We found an apartment! It's perfect, except that I have no closet in my bedroom. I remembered the 'decorating in your 20's' apartment in the last issue of Domino who used a clothes rack like in a store. So I think if I can find one of those to hang up my favorite tops I wear the most often, it would be perfect.
After a lot of thinking, and reading through my course selection book, I'm finally being honest with myself about what I want to do in the future. I want to do something related to decorating. It's the most obvious thing, but I was preparing myself for a career in Art History. I realized that museums hire experienced, knowledgeable, dusty old men. Not a young graduate like I'll be in two years. I really don't want to be an intern until I'm 50, so I need to move towards my true interests. I'm going to change my major to photography, and pursue that with passion rather than something else with safety.
There's a lot on my mind this week since the time is coming up for me to declare my major, and learning that apartment hunting takes a lot of patience. Maybe a little more than I have right now, since we found and lost the perfect place in two days! But, there will be more I know. Hopefully soon we'll find our home, Spring will start, and I'll have exciting things to write about.
I've never really considered the color pink a favorite of mine, but it seems like it must be because I've started to accumulate more and more hot pink, rose, and fuchsia things. My desk chair, a wallet, books even coincidentally. And right now I have two tears of pink rooms on my board above my desk. Erin of Elements of Style wrote a nice post about decorating with pink here last month. So, I guess I really do like it!
