This Took A Turn

I've been searching for a new place to live recently and places around where I live are pretty slim in my price range. I contemplated buying my own house but I really don't want to have to clear the driveway. Good reason, I know. But I'd rather buy a house in spring or summer I think so I'll just continue to rent for now. In fact today I will be looking at a basement suite. I know, I know, a basement suite? But it's so dark and dingy and depressing! Well the ad said it has big windows so I'm really putting a lot of weight on that. It's a 2 bedroom, so for now I will live there by myself (if I like the place and if I get it) and if the second bedroom is decently sized and I get a bit lonely after a while then I will consider exploring the roommate options. I'm getting really sick of moving though I tell ya! Like the actually moving part I hate, loading and unloading boxes, but re-organizing in a new space is what makes it all worth it! So obviously I have been dreaming up ways I can organize and decorate "my" place. Hard to do when you don't know how your future place is going to look but it's fun to think about. Theres two big ticket items I need to get, one is a table/chairs and the other is a couch. The table and chairs part of it I was thinking I might just get a move-able island and use that as a table and just get some bar stools. Then I can use it for a table or for cooking/prepping space. I really like this one (pictured below) from Ikea but I think I'm going to ask my mom to help me build one exactly the same. Unless it would cost me more then $250 which is what this one costs then I might as well just buy it.

I love the raw industrial feel of it. Normally I look the other way when it comes to lighter shades of wood but this just seems to work so well. I'd probably pair it with an industrial type bar stool too. Maybe something along these lines:

Admittedly these are  a little out of my price range but I'd be on the lookout for a deal. I just seem to like these styles. I found both of these on the Walmart website. Now that I see the the stools next to the island photo though I'm not so sure... maybe some wood top ones with metal feet like this:

(found off of Pinterest, I don't know where you can get them)

Maybe if I did go with the island route for a makeshift table then I'd have room for a coffee cart/bar cart. That is like my dream to have one of those lol. I don't want to get too ahead of myself though, it all depends on the amount of space I will be allotted.

         *Okay, so I wrote this post a week ago and after I went and looked at that basement suite I decided not to get it and to stay living where I am for the winter*

That little disclaimer being said, that portable island would have totally worked in that basement space. The space itself wasn't ideal for me and I'm actually glad I didn't take it, a few things have lined up pretty nicely since then and it's good that I stayed where I am.

So instead I'm going to turn this into a different type of post! It's going to be a post about my bedroom I'm staying in now. I'd like to decorate and re-organize it into a more enjoyable space for myself. I spend a lot of time in it so I want to be happy when I walk into the room. I'm going on a shopping trip to get a few things this weekend so I think I might take pictures of it all when I'm done. I need to set up my bed frame this weekend I think (right now my bed is just on the floor), I've held off on that because I know it's going to make the space a lot smaller and its small enough as it is. Because of this I decided to get rid of my tall standing dresser and opt for low/wide drawers from Ikea to put onto my closet floor. I've bought part of it already but the top and bottom were out of stock (it will make sense when I actually post finished pictures) so it isn't complete (yet!).

This is the drawer set from Ikea, I'm missing the top board 

and the bottom boards for the drawers to sit on top of.

I'm still arranging what I want inside them but it has become quite clear that everything that was in my tall dresser will most definitely not all fit in here. So I was thinking of adding some wire baskets on top of this shelf to put stuff into.

Something like this (found at Target)

I've also decided it's time for a new blanket. Currently I have a brown zebra print comforter, purple pillow cases and a grey sheet. I was browsing Targets selection of comforters and was drawn to the one pictured below but I wasn't sure if a grey blanket and grey sheets would be grey overload. But I think it will pair quite nicely with my purple pillow cases (I also have purple sheets so that works too). Speaking of which I need a new pillow....

I do really like the purple but I think it would

be too much of one color. 

Along with that I'd like to pick up a new night stand. The one I currently have is big and bulky (and brown) and I'm just not diggin it. I saw this one at Target last weekend and I totally should have gotten it but I didn't. 

I love the femininity of it and that's sort of what I'm going for in my room. I hope after I've gotten everything that I want that my room will look put together lol. I tend to like a lot of things but once put together it doesn't always flow seamlessly. Now that I've determined my color palette is grey and purple that will be easy to stick to. 

I also need better lighting in there and I've been really liking those industrial feel lamps lately (expensive though!). I just don't know if I'll have the space for it but we shall see. 

I would place one on each side of my makeup stand for better lighting when I do my makeup (since it's now winter and dark when I wake up.... *dies a little inside* ). I really like the third one because it mixes silver and gold and I'm just really drawn to that. 

Some other cute things I'll be on the lookout for:

I currently have a flat tray for my perfumes but I love

the look of the cake tray. I'm just not sure how 

functional that will be since my collection

is always growing :s 

I neeeeeeed this!!! Like right now. 

I just don't know where to get it...

so I will be researching that after

I post this lol. 

I've really been wanting one of these for 

my rings but I haven't been able to find one

that I really love. I currently have them in a

white glass bowl and it's just so boring.

That's mainly everything for the bigger items of my room that I'd like to get. Other then that I'm going to focus on the decor of it all but I'm sorta dreading that part. I need to get some inspiration. I guess it's off to Pinterest for me darlings!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far :)