We signed the lease for our new place on Tuesday and I can't wait to move in next month! It'll be so nice to have our own space and to actually *have* space, after our year+ in a one room flat in London, UK. It'll also be great to have all our possessions in one place, instead of in three different cities across Ontario.
I'm also looking forward to doing some DIY decorating. We're renting, so I'm not planning on doing any major renovations of course, but we're likely going to need a few pieces of furniture, particularly of the storage and shelving variety and I'm thinking that finding inexpensive pieces that we can refinish and/or refurbish in thrift stores and Craig's List might be a good option. I'm always amazed at the great results in Design*Sponge's Before and After posts. I also love the idea of re-purposing something into something else. Check out this great modular bookcase made from salvaged drawers, courtesy of Craftynest:
Hellooo fabulous!
I also really love this idea for creating almost invisible book shelves by May December Home which I found via each penny pretty.
Amazing what a couple of L-brackets can do!
I've been collecting cool DIY decor ideas for a while and I can't wait to put some of them into action. You can count on some of them making their way into my Creative Goals Monday posts!
Happy weekend everyone!
(Friday Love font is Little Lord Fontleroy by Nick's Fonts)
I love the invisible bookshelves!
Posted by: Michelle | July 17, 2009 at 02:46 PM
The invisible bookshelves would definitely look good for a mini-library! If I have time to do a little makeover in mine, I'll definitely make invisible bookshelves. Then, I'll add some creative signs on the wall. Cool, right?
Posted by: Carl Patten | April 11, 2011 at 12:23 AM
Just wanted to let you know I mentioned you and your blog in my blog :) I came across the floating bookshelves you have in this post and had to talk about them!
Posted by: Release Me Creations | June 08, 2011 at 11:49 PM