My Apartment: Then and Now

Hey y'all! 

Through the pictures I've posted on the blog, you've probably seen bits and pieces of my apartment. It is not glamorous by any means, but it has come so far from what it looked like last May! After looking through my camera photos, I've found some pictures from the past (almost) year, and a few random ones from recently. I thought you might want to see how my apartment has progressed. Embarrassingly enough, most pictures showing my apartment have Ellie front and center, so you'll have to suffer through her precious face. My apologies! ;)

Excuse me leg! Here's what my TV table looked like until December. This TV was a graduation gift from high school! It looks a little silly with all those knick-knacks around it, doesn't it? The table turned into this... 

Before finally transitioning into this...

1000 times better, right? A few Christmas presents helped me out here. ;) The palm tree lamps are actually candle sticks from my aunt's store, which I turned into lamps with the help from a friend!

Here's my imitation Dorothy Draper chest (and Ellie), honestly looking very similar to how it looks now...

With the addition of some gold ring pulls, a bigger seagrass rug, and a few occasional chairs!

And lastly, my blue rattan chairs now have a new hue!

BLACK! I moved my bar cart onto a green side table (which you can see in the corner of this photo), and my table into the center of the breakfast nook. I think the chairs look more adult in black. This isn't the greatest picture of them, but you'll have to take my word for it! 

 Lots of hunting, shopping and picking has led up to my apartment today! What do you think of my updates? Doesn't the place look a ton better? Hopefully it only gets better from here!

Until next time!

-Emmi

How I Do It: A Spring Wreath

My apologies for months of silence (work + personal life have been the craziest), but I'm finally back on blog bandwagon (hopefully), with a few new posts to share!

I've recently put together a new wreath for springtime! If you remember, this is what I've had on my door since February. 

So winter-y, right? And this is what the door is sporting now...

Spring-y! 

I know you want to know how I did it! I randomly stumbled into Hobby Lobby back in February (I've now forgotten what for), and I saw that artificial flowers were half off! If that isn't a sign to start a new wreath, I don't know what is. So, I collected some sprigs of greenery, a new grapevine wreath (which were super cheap), and some wired ribbon and got to work!

I started with the necessities: a hot glue gun and glue sticks, and floral wire.

I chose these sprigs because they looked "spring-y" to me. After gathering my supplies, I removed all the small white flowers from their bases, the green berry sprigs, and some of the covered wire, curling them into tighter loops.

I attached the white flowers around the wreath with hot glue as evenly as I could... 

Then the berry springs and wire twists...

Creating this! 

I left a gap in the bottom, where I knew I wanted to attach my bow. Next, I got my "hops-like" sprigs and removed the little flower balls so that I could place them exactly where I wanted them. 

At this point, I hung the wreath on the wall to see exactly where I needed the flower balls. After lots of standing back, looking, hot glue burns, and tons of flower balls later, I came up with this...

Using the floral wire, I attached my bow...

And voila! 

I plan on adding some larger flowers closer in to the summer (maybe magnolias?) to make this wreath look a little fuller! What do y'all think? Do you make a wreath for your door every season? 

Until next time!

-Emmi and Ellie