Nesting

What can I say, I like to nest.  I like feeling "at home".  (Oddly enough, one of the places I feel most at home is in a mediocre hotel room...ah, the life of a gypsy.)  I am not a person that leaves the walls bare, the rooms unpainted or the nooks undecorated...even in a rental.  So it's been about two months in my new Chicago digs, so I thought that I would give everyone a peak at the progress so far!  It's by no means finished yet, but it's definitely starting to feel like my little nest. :)

A little partial view of the kitchen
on the day that I looked at the apt

Pre-Move In Dining Room

How to get new furniture when funds are low?
Just spend hours and lots of elbow grease rehabbing OLD
furniture! (Kitchen table seen here!)

My brother helped me out with the furniture
reb

Staining the $50 buffet that I found at a thrift store!

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THIS group is the best.  They moved me into my apartment while I wasn't even there!!  

Aftermath of moving.

Living Room in progress

Bedroom in progress

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Dining Room

Bedroom is my favorite place in the apt.

Bedroom Succulents 

Living Room Bookshelf

Anyway...Here it is!  Isn't it wonderful??  It's even changed some since I took these pictures the other day... so I guess you'll just have to stop by to keep updated!