saucydwellings

Hey all, I just posted my apartment a week or two back, but I painted my kitchen nook the other day!
Here's the before:


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Originally posted to my blog. Feel free to follow, though I admit I rarely do saucy home posts!

We got a letter last week from the HOA about our “dead foliage” in the front yard. Apparently, the HOA was none too pleased that, in a fit of boredom, my husband Matt decided to rip up a few of them and leave them out to dry, ha.

So we took advantage of that letter and the nicer weather yesterday by revamping half of our front yard… and by “we”, I mean “I”, as he readily admits that I’m the brawn to his brains. (Though I beg to differ on the latter. ) The feeling after we had finished was akin to when we had to rip up the carpet in our basement after it flooded: A sense of accomplishment that can only come from tearing things down and building them back up.

I realized after we had already started cultivating that we didn’t get a “before” shot. So instead, here’s one from the listing when we bought our house a year ago. (Photo was probably from summer 2010. And no, that ‘cycle isn’t ours. Le sigh.)

I also don’t have any “in progress” photos, which is just as disappointing! At least you get the final product, right? We still have to put in a couple more bags of rocks to fill it out, but this is essentially it!

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When we first knew we were moving into this house, I immediately had a plan for the entry way. It involved ledge shelves and gray and white and a few random bright colors and so on. But then the other day, my BFF sent me this Graham and Brown wallpaper and I suddenly changed my mind.

I crunched the numbers on the cost of the wallpaper, but ultimately decided I'd just draw the frames on the wall with a sharpie. Here it is:

While we were still doing Friday posts, I started a fireplace makeover. It is now officially finished.

Our fireplace before wasn't terrible before, but when I tried stripping the paint so we could repaint it, it turned into a horrific mess that there was no fixing. So we completely took it down to the 2x4 frame underneath the MDF and built it back up, adding four inches to the overall width, chunkier moulding on the legs, travertine mosaic tile, and a lighter feeling mantle, while maintaining the contemporary/transitional style of the house.

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Hello, I'm a long time poster in this community. You may remember my last few apartments:
http://saucydwellings.livejournal.com/1659042.html
http://saucydwellings.livejournal.com/1596037.html
Or keep following links and you can see my places all the way back to 2006, I think.

My current place is a 320 sq ft studio in SE Portland, OR. I say this about every new place I move into, but I really think this one is my favorite!



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Hey, I'm a 22yo female from Germany. I've spent the past week rearranging my furniture and cleaning every last corner of my room... this is the result.


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Hi, everyone! Here are some pics of our living rooom in the center (or almost in the center) of East Berlin. As we rent the flat we do not invest the money in improoving it. The wallpaper should be at least 20 years old. The lamp is much older.



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A small room with a lot of character.
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Hello, Saucy Dwellers! Some of you may remember my old apartment in Boston. It's been nearly two years, and we've moved all the way across the country. Now we're in West LA, and although I've shared peeks, I've never shared pictures of the whole place. I thought, since we've finally gotten settled in, it would be fun to show you all around!



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hi all! i am notoriously slow at getting around to taking photos of my spaces, and after 2 years in my "new" apartment, i've finally started to get around to it. i used to post back in the day, and my last apartment is even featured on the SD community page for sauciest bedrooms...but out with the old and in with the new!

my new apartment is much bigger than my last, but my bedroom is actually WAY smaller, so i had to downsize a ton, AND rethink my decorating aesthetic. not sure if it's as saucy as my last room, as it's much more subdued and simple. i'm keeping it pretty monotone/bright as to not let it feel smaller than it is and i've had to get creative (see my bedside "table"):


( my bedroom! )