So, I’ve been in my apartment for an entire two weeks now. Sadly, it’s been a bit sparse. There’s a bedroom set, a recliner sitting in front of a television which is resting on my stereo. But fortunately, that should all start changing. Yesterday I placed a fairly large furniture order. For the first time in my life, I’m going to have new furniture! Not a hand me down, nothing 20 (30?) years old, but honest to god new furniture.
My brother (the architect) and his wife (the interior decorator designer [sorry nikki!]) have been incredibly helpful. I showed them some things that I liked and they made recommendations, for improvement. Perhaps the funniest part to me is that when I was showing them what I was thinking, they made the comment that they didn’t realize my furniture tastes were so contemporary. If they both weren’t so nice, and didn’t work in so many different styles, I would have sworn what they said was “we didn’t realize you had good taste.” :-)
So, in case anyone’s interested, here’s what I’ve picked out.
From the first image, a sofa, love seat, coffee table and end tables. From the second, the dining room table, a bench and four chairs. From the third, just the entertainment center. Then the rug, a couple of lamps and a screen (no idea what I’ll use the screen for, but there it is :-) ).
All of it should look very nice in the loft apartment and isn’t unreasonable with respect to the art deco bedroom set. Now I can’t wait for it to arrive.