before & after

Sometimes I get frustrated and feel like our apartment isn't coming together the way I imagined, but after looking at these pictures it's crazy to see how much our apartment has changed since last year. There is still a ton I want to do, but at least you can see some progress. Here are a couple before and after pictures. I'm going to post before/after pics of our bedrooms soon, too!

Before

After

Before

 After

citrus

I'm sort of loving having an indoor tree, and I amazingly haven't killed it... yet. Anyway, I've recently discovered that you can grow citrus trees indoors! Charlie is totally for it, and tomorrow we're planning on searching our local nurseries to find an orange and/or lemon tree. A little trip to Ikea might also be in order. Ooooh yeah. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Aren't they just lovely?

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darling, give me park avenue

It's no secret that I've always dreamed of living in the city. 

I'd especially love to have one of these city terraces:

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...and a stoop

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