Transitional Decorating

Thank the heavens for command hooks! Whenever we move to a new apartment, those bare walls cause such a dilemma. It’s too much effort to hang things (and clean up after holes etc. after the fact) when we are not sure if we are staying at a specific apartment. At the same time, boring!

So was the story here. But after being at home and covid really shutting us in, I broke out the Velcro command hooks and holy lanta do those things hold, lol! I had some in the last place we lived and they came off clean as well! I really do think hanging things helps places to look like home. If the place isn’t the same, at least your walls and environment are.

While down in Sacramento with family, my Mom had some curtains that didn’t work out for her, so she gave them to us.

It all started with hanging those curtains, and the rest of the living space took off. I’m currently painting some veggies for the blank space above the dining table.

Most everything is printmaking and watercolor from my college days, and the hexagons are popsicle sticks (lol!)

I hesitate to put pictures of our living spaces all the time. We don’t have fancy, or blogger/Pinterest/IG worthy things, but I’m proud of our home :) I want to remember each place we live! Even if it’s pretty transitional.

Dining Nook: Gonna have some veggie illustrations up there soon.

My popsicle stick hexagons and yarn hanging as dirt cheap projects when we were on a super tight budget.

This is our cube shelf turned pantry because wait until you see how miniature our kitchen is.....

Tiny kitchen! We made it work for the cooking fanatics in us. I have a love hate relationship with this space.

The pic really doesn’t show the size of our living room space, but it is the largest space we’ve ever had in a living room!

View from the entryway. We’ve always had a mail file, and a white board collage in an entry space. Don’t know why, just works for us!

I put family photos up over our shoe cubicles, and this time put the Sacramento Temple painting from our wedding up front and center, and a portrait of Jesus (cut off on the right hand side) to be a daily reminder of our beliefs :)

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