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September 24, 2007
Welcome to Weasel Hill!
**Warning: image heavy!**
Weasel Hill is the name of our new abode. Our mascot is a stuffed weasel toy we picked up whilst at Ikea who has subsequently provided hours upon hours of ridiculous fun. Here he is above the bed:
The wall space above our bed just screams to be filled by this painting. Love those clouds. So ominous!
This is my little vanity area complete with Caboodles (remember those?! they have pretty spiffy ones out now... though I still use my purple one from age 12 to hold my paints.) for my Everyday Minerals:
The Amy Butler Reversible Laundry Bag™:
Looks like it's time to get on that laundry...
The bed is right next to the massive windows and gets super duper hot at about 3pm. This will be good for wintertime, but now it impedes my naptime. Humph.
I'll have to move to the couch:
I love love love my new Amy Butler Nigella pillows! However, I have reaffirmed that I hate hate hate cutting rectangles. Give me an armscye any day over a bunch of straight lines. Blech! I can never get them straight :( Don't know how you quilters manage. I had planned to make a quilty thing for a new duvet cover, but I think that might get postponed for a while... A long while.
The sofa looks really wrinkly here and it does have some, but they don't seem quite so obtrusive usually:
We painted one wall Snack Pack Brown (mmm puddin'!) and got some nifty stools for the little bar area:
J's desk is also along that wall and is perpendicular to the red painted wardrobes that close off the "bedroom". My dad made fun of me for referring to the different zones of my apartment as rooms since there is really only one door (the bathroom, naturally) in the whole joint besides the main entrance. Well I'm still going to think of them as rooms because paying $1700 a month for a studio hurts my soul. ROOMS! Here's the dining room:
I made a runner (Amy Butler again... so predictable!), but it looks a little bit too short. Are runners supposed to hang off the side by a lot? Oh well. It still looks pretty nice. It reverses to solid plum. We need a more substantial centerpiece. Buddha is holding that spot for now. We've gotten rid of a lot of our "decorative" things, so I'm not sure what to put there.
And last but not least.... The Craft Room!
I'm still waiting for the shelf brackets I ordered from Anthropologie to arrive so I can add the three shelves over the table. This is my computer table as well as sewing area and I finally have a decent chair! OMG! I have a feeling that I will still end up cutting patterns out on the floor, though. Just a guess. I got a bunch of organizer things to hold my patterns and they are working well so far. I decided to go with a bright candy-colored theme and the paintings/Black Apple pix match nicely. My My Little Pony collection will fit right in on one of the shelves.
I made a thread-holding board like I've seen all over the blogs lately. I already need to add more nails!
Whew. Hopefully I will get some garments sewn soon. I have a little leopard shirt cut out and some boxers for J and I got a bunch of new patterns before I left. I need to get cracking! No more afternoon naps! Yeah, like that'll ever happen. It's all eating and sleeping Chez Villain... There is a pizzaria across the street and it ALWAYS SMELLS LIKE DELICIOUS PIZZA IN MY APARTMENT. Dear god. We've been eating there about twice a week since it is so good and cheap. Going to try to cook tonight, though. We've been able to get produce from the farmers' market and the vegetable extravaganza that is Haymarket, so we really have no excuse for eating out so much. Sigh. I think we just need some recipe inspiration. Anyone have any favorites to share?
Posted by loyd0008 at September 24, 2007 05:08 PM
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Congrats! The place looks wonderful. I love your bedroom with the blue, burgundy, and yellow. I really love the pass-through kitchen* and the "snack pack" walls. I totally forgot about snack packs.LOL
So where is the craft room in this space, far enough from the bed for late-night sewing?
*I'm writing a post on the influence of Mary Tyler Moore's pass-through kitchen and single girl apartments.
Posted by: lsaspacey at September 24, 2007 06:59 PM
I've got some wonderful recipes...mostly found on the net. I LOVE the board and just demanded that my hubby make it for me (thanks for the idea!!).
Here's a nice recipe that I love to eat...and it's great without the chicken as well. Let me know if you need more!
Greek Chicken Pasta
2 chicken breasts, cubed
2 containers of pesto sauce
1 3.5 oz package of julienned sun-dried tomatoes
1 can of black olives, sliced
2 pkgs of crumbled feta cheese
2 packages of fresh fettucini (not dried - fresh)
Cook the chicken in olive oil (2 tbsp). Drain. Add pesto, sun dried tomatoes and olives (you can also add a bit of the olive oil if it's not coating well). Start boiling the pasta at this time.
Cook on medium-high heat until the flavors mix, stirring occasionally (5-10 minutes).
Add the feta and stir another 2 minutes. Drain the pasta and add the mixture to the pasta.
Posted by: Toni at September 24, 2007 09:01 PM
Your apartment looks very nice! :)
Posted by: Chara Michele at September 25, 2007 08:49 AM
That recipe looks great! Mmmm feta! God, I'm hungry ALL THE TIME.
Posted by: villain at October 1, 2007 11:24 AM