ApartmentPhile: My Next Place Option II.

Back to decor inspiration for my next place (still pending obviously as I'm doing this here virtually and not for realsies.) This approach (check out my first option by clicking here) is one that I'm much more accustomed to when it comes to getting dressed each day. Internally, it happens a little like this...

"...Love leopard. Oooh, but maybe one animal print in one outfit isn't enough? That fringed leather mini-skirt looks so maj with the prints. Now what about adding a floral print to this? Well wait, you can't have leopard print without adding a Missoni zig-zag stripe. Okay, time to add the bracelets, but one is just not enough. Four it is. Oh, and that ring is super cute, must wear that one...and the other one stacked with it since they both look so good together. Geez, now I need a shoe that doesn't have an animal print on it..."


Blame it on my desire to impress at my job or just my general obsession with all things style-related, but I have been straying very far from my more classic look of years past (exempting of course that blue vinyl vest and matching skirt in 4th grade...) But I digress! This possible look for my next (still undetermined) tiny-ass apartment is all about layering it on, much like I do each morning, but the real question is- do I want to style my place how I style myself on my craziest days or my most mellow days? File under conundrum.

[Images via: All over on Pinterest, exact links to follow]

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ApartmentPhile: My Next Place Option I.

Even though I may not have a place of my own just quite yet (fingers crossed that I can afford something in the next few months)...a girl can dream! And I am definitely one who loves apartments and all their quirks- hence the new ApartmentPhile post label. So over the next few weeks, I wanted to share some of the apartment design styles that I've been throwing around (virtually of course) one of which will make it into my next tiny-ass apartment. The style featured below may be equal bits rustic, glam, chic and industrial but it makes a very big statement with just a simple color palette. File as hard chic, option one.

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[Images via: Pinterest]

Look of the Week: Closet Case.

I needed a little freshness on this rather blah Monday, and what better way to pump it up than with a turquoise wall? I must admit that I have lived in a turquoise room at one point in my life (long story short, not exactly my choosing) and even though it could be rather bright at times, it was definitely an instant mood lifter and made me dream of lounging on the beach. (Dying to go to Miami in the near future, can you tell?) And what more could you want than that? File as perk up!


[Image via: Pinterest via The Glamourai via Vogue.com...whoa.]

Coveting: Black and Gold.

It's a double dose of Home to Runway this week! Although I spent the early part of my day shopping for non-home items in San Francisco, I couldn't help but peek into a few home stores around Union Square considering I can never have enough lamps, side tables or funky art. Keep reading after the jump for the black and gold items that I'm currently lusting after! File under gold standard.

Roughhouse.

There's nothing more that I love (at least when it comes to home decor) than a room that looks more than a little lived in and isn't all perfectly shiny and brand new. Blame it on growing up around homes where everyones looked the same or around parents who didn't care for antiques (dirty or not.) I can't help but feel like a room isn't complete without an item that looks like it could be older than me. I've been missing the Alameda Point Antiques Fair for the past few months, and I'm itching to go back to find some rough jewels for my place. And with these rooms, they all show that being rough around the edges can be quite a stylish thing. File under flea market time.


[Images via: Pinterest, InStyle via My Files, Unknown Source, Apartment Therapy, South of Market]

Optical Overload.

What is the saying again...less is more? Well I'm thinking more is more and what applies to fashion goes the same for home decor here. So why not pack a punch in what is usually one of the smallest rooms and go all out? Wallpapering a bathroom may have been something your grandmother would have done, but that doesn't mean it can't be fabulous in its own right. A little bit of chintz never hurt anyone. File under more please.

[Images via: Lonny, Apartment Therapy x2, Elle Decor]

Leather Stress.

If there is one texture that I am continually on the hunt for it is perfectly distressed leather. Leather boots, bags, jackets and bracelets all look better when pre-worn-in just so. This quest also translates to my home décor sense because I have always longed for a stylish leather club chair that doesn’t scream modern bachelor or lazyboy recliner. For some reason this illusive texture is always stressing me out, but after visiting the leather markets in Florence last year I have a new hope that it’s not quite out of my reach. File this one under never ending search.

[Images via: My Files, My Files, Garance Dore, Apartment Therapy]