Once the flooring was in and the main pieces of furniture had arrived/been built it was time for the part I had been waiting for ... dressing the rooms! Lex and I have been buying house bits and pieces for the last 2 years, whenever we saw something we liked we bought it, so we were lucky that when the time came to actually moving in we had pretty much everything we needed. 

One of the first things we bought were these lamp shades which were just £19.99 from Dunelm mill. I love the copper colour and the open design is great for smaller/darker rooms as it doesn't block out any light. We have these shades in the main living area and the bedrooms to keep them bright.

We chose a different lamp shade for the hall way. This one was £27 from B&Q. This shade blocks out a lot more light. We wanted the hallway to feel warm and cosy so didn't want such an open shade. This space is not finished yet, we want to get a console table with a lamp which will add to the cosy atmosphere we are trying to create.

One of the things I was most excited about was hanging our prints. We bought this print of the New York subway map from Bryant park when we were in New York a few Christmas's ago.

You can find these prints here.

In the living room we have kept it really simple, the colour scheme is white, grey and gold/copper.

We have been buying cushions and accessories for months and it was so much fun bringing them all together to dress the room.

We had quite a lot of cushions to arrange ...

Our appliances are all white and grey, my kitchen aid I got for my birthday 3 years ago could not have been a more perfect colour! haha. One brand that we got a lot of our kitchen bits from is Joseph Joseph. Our knives, chopping boards, utensils...the list goes on. We just loved everything we saw from the brand so as well as buying a few bits ourselves we had quite a few pieces on our christmas list! The stainless steel chopping board set was a christmas gift and we love them... is it sad to love chopping boards?! What has my life become!

I am a fan of a nice glass, so I have made sure we have one for every eventuality! We have cocktail glasses, shot glasses, wine and champagne glasses, we have highball glasses, tumbler glasses, we even have glasses that I bought specifically to drink from in the summer - they have a little bee on them and are are really cute. I am done now though! We might not have any curtains but we have glasses!

The bedroom is a work in progress at the moment, we need to get some side tables and we want to find some prints to go on the walls. Our bed is the Finlay ottoman from made.com and the cushions and throw are from M&S.

 The bathrooms were the last rooms to get done, we took ages to get round to sorting out the flooring, but we decided on these grey porcelain tiles from B&Q. We also bought the cabinet from Ikea which has great storage and I love the display shelves on the side.

And that is our apartment so far! We moved in on the 7th of February which was Super Bowl night. We had lots of fun unpacking and enjoying the Super Bowl with a few drinks.

We are loving our little home and can't wait to keep adding to it :)

Thank you for reading,
Love Bex

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