we actually decorated

Yes its true. Unlike at our other apartment, we have unpacked everything in our new place and put up all of decorations/pictures/books etc. It is such a good feeling and now our apartment truly feels like we live here. In our old place since we knew we would only be there a couple months, we didn't want to put much effort into getting everything up just to take it down again in a few weeks. But since we know we will be staying in our current place until at least May, we got in the decorating mood. Which means a trip to Ikea, of course. I swear about 90% of the things we get for our home is from Ikea. I thought I would post a few pictures of the place since quite a few in my family haven't seen it and won't see it for a while, if at all.

A section of the living room:
Just so you can get a sense of how OCD we are, the books are organized alphabetically, within a genre. And yes, we have dark blue carpet. Be jealous. GO COUGARS!



We figured this was a good way to display some of Nik's records, we haven't decided what to do with the others. Ideas?


Probably my favorite item we got from Ikea, it may not be a super practical way to store all of Nik's cds but it sure looks cool. In case you were wondering, each shelf holds a different decade of music (except for the 2000's which is so large two shelves were required). Don't let the photo deceive you - there are quite a few cds on those shelves, over 300 (we think).


Our table and our Italian picture from, you guessed it, Ikea. Now, the flowers on the table, Nik got them for me for no special occasion, just to say he loved me. He's pretty much the best husband in the world. I mean the other day he brought me back ice cream as a surprise, chocolate chip cookie dough no less. What can I say, I'm just a lucky girl.