Finally the sofa has arrived!

Living room Before with rug from West Elm

We Finally have a living room! I worked on designing this sofa for TrueModern, and it is so great to see it in my living room. I ordered walnut legs to go with my original walnut TreeHouse Coffee table. Im not sure of the exact placement of the furniture in the living room, but I think this is a good start.

I would say the best thing about my living room is not having a TV. (The TV is in the guest room/ Jeremy's office/ work out room/ everything else room. I will get to it in a later blog post.) No direct focal point allows for so many more options for furniture placement. I positioned the sofa back to the kitchen, facing the window. This way, even though the kitchen sink is basically in the living room, (don't know whose design choice that was) you don't have to look at it while sitting on the sofa. I'm not sure I will keep it this way but I will live with it for a couple weeks and see how it feels.  

Living room with True Modern Diggity Sofa

Living Room

Another thing that makes home feel like home is plants. When  we moved across the country we were unable to take any of our plants. At first this made me very sad, but luckily I found them a new home with my sister in law, who is clearly taking very good care of them. I went out and bought some more. I couldn't help picking out similar ones. I placed the plants on the round table in the turret, but I'm undecided as to whether or not this is a good use of the space.

Previous plants in the care of Beck May Kaplan and Andrew Kaplan

New Plants

Home Essentials: An Organized Kitchen

It has already been three weeks since we received our belongings and I finally put up the pot rack. This simple act may not seem like a big deal, but it has made me feel the most "moved in" of anything I have done so far with the apartment. We may not have a couch to sit on, or even a decent table to eat at, but knowing I can grab any pot or pan without rummaging through a box is a huge relief. 

Lobo Enjoys Summer

I am lucky enough to live blocks away from two great parks, Edgerton Park and East Rock park. It has been very hot out so Lobo likes to get in water whenever he can, even if it's just the fountain.

Lobo wading in East Rock Park

Lobo and a new friend in the fountain at Edgerton Park

Edgerton Park fountain

Entry Way Organizing

Today I installed my Skinny Cabinet and Skinny Table. I made this cabinet and table for the tiny entry of my San Francisco apartment and it fits perfectly here as well. It's almost as if it were made for the space. This apartment doesn't have much of an entryway; the front door opens right into the living room/ kitchen and the back door is at the end of a narrow hallway with no room for furniture, even the skinniest of tables. Luckily there is a perfect nook where the hallway transitions into the kitchen. It's not right next to the door, but it will do.

The painting is "Bubble Boy In Search of Sinking Ship" by VORCAN

 Everything has its place in this table and cabinet pair. Everyday keys go on the table
in the "key spot." Poop bags go in the easy to access drop down cabinet and
less used keys and little things go behind the sliding door

An Introduction

I have recently moved from San Francisco, CA to New Haven CT. This blog will be about setting up and decorating a new apartment, my beloved golden retriever Lobo, and other stuff that I like, mostly related to design, dogs and the outdoors.

Anyhow, to set the scene, here are some pictures of our apartment before the movers came with all of our stuff...

Lobo relaxing next to our only furniture

The bathroom: no towel bar, no storage of any kind

Lobo relaxing next to the air mattress

Lobo relaxing in the living room