Hi everyone! I’m back today and wanted to share a different kind of post with you all. I recently have been working on a super fun design project, furnishing my future apartment! I’ll be moving in the next week with my boyfriend and thought it would be fun to share the process of designing and purchasing our items for the living room and bedroom. I’ll of course be sharing the final reveal once the time comes. But for now, let’s get started on my vision, price point, and top finds of the space!

Combining two styles to reflect your space. So my boyfriend and I sort of have different styles. I like things to look more upscale, traditional yet modern, with lots of decorated accents. He on the other hand is more minimalist, and much more into the more modern, clean lines look. Our apartment lays out both our styles very well, thankfully. The space is open, white cabinets, gray counters and lightly colored walls.

I knew I wanted the living room to reflect the apartment style, so I’m keeping with gray colors and adding a pop of navy. Since I already had a more modern coffee table, I wanted to find pieces that coordinated well with it, but matched a more traditional look, while feeling upscale. You’ll see below how I did that with a few of the items I found! For our bedroom though, both my boyfriend and I wanted it to feel more cozy and not necessarily match the same style and colors as the rest of the apartment. I went with a completely opposite color selection of creams, taupe and burnt orange. The style is more modern, but the colors and accents will make it feel upscale. You’ll see below the two finds that also kept us on a budget!

Living room finds.

My favorite piece that I can’t wait to put in the living room is this navy velvet bench with brass legs! It was on sale for a little over $100, so it was a very budget friendly piece that kept us on budget. I have it linked here below.

Bedroom finds.

The two pieces of furniture for our bedroom that really kept us on budget were the bed frame and night stands. Our bed frame is very modern and somehow we found one around $200, after all the others looked to be double that price. Then for our nightstands, I didn’t want to spend a lot on them knowing I would probably want different ones eventually. So we found them at Target and had to assemble them ourselves. The assembly was worth the lower price! I have both our bed frame and nightstand linked here below.

I wanted to share a few of the pieces we found, and in the next month I will share a full reveal with more details of what else we picked out and where it was from! If you have any questions or are wanting to know how to shop for your space, you can contact me here through the blog on my contact page.

Thanks for stopping by, XO G