I haven't had the chance to show off the new house yet because we are still getting settled. Greg is working on building his portfolio for grad school (he hopes to go for industrial design) so he is wanting to build a lot of our furniture for the new place himself. I'm a little relieved, I think my days of liking Ikea furniture are coming to an end. I'm growing up, y'all. It's fun to design our little house together because we both have very different styles but they seem to come together well. I'm eclectic, I like a little bit of everything, random shit everywhere. Greg is a huge lover of post-modern design so we are kind of on opposite sides of the spectrum but we make compromises and I feel like it comes together better than if either of our styles were alone.
I grew up with a mother that's an interior designer and our home was always gorgeous and it continues to be. However, it's completely different from what I surround myself with in my own home. My house and the way that I set it up probably drives my mother nuts but at the same time, she loves that her kids have their own style and eye for things. My parents have both always been extremely supportive of our creative natures, as they both are also very creative people.
This little room is part of our "living room". I think the space is meant to be a dining room but we aren't much of the dining-room-type so we put a book shelf and little table with two chairs that Greg built in this space. I'll photograph those later once I get the background of them set up. For now, you can see TV cords and this girl isn't having that. My amazing friend, Kim, helped me finally start to put things on the walls this past Saturday and it made this place feel so much more like home.
If you're wondering where the beautiful print came from in the first photo, it was made by the wonderful Salt Lake artist, Dan Christofferson. You can find more of his stuff at
Bee Teeth.
