Let me just preface that many of my posts this month well be interior design and retail design-centric. I sit here typing this in my kitchen (I'm not sure if you knew my "office" in my apartment is literally next to my refridgerator...but now you know!) and feeling quite sad about the move.

So to console myself I've been admiring photos of other people's lofts and daydreaming of how my own loft apartment will look.

I can't stand sterile looking lofts though. You know the type. Very minimalistic, very cold, hardly anything in it at all! I don't get the appeal. I also don't understand where all their crap must be hiding! Have they got a separate loft to house all their things? To me a home is cozy and lived in with lots of plants around (even if they're all half dead which is the case of my apartment), knit throws, pretty found little objects, and a faint scent of jasmine and vanilla in the air. I sound like I'm describing a grandmother's home, but I like all these cozy things to be in one of those stark white boxes. Aka "The Loft".


So my new loft doesn't have an amazing industrial kitchen (much to my sadness) and has *GASP* brown cupboards. *make puking sounds* I really hate these cupboards. BUT on a happier note my new place has a dishwasher!!! HOLY SCHNIKIES! The convenience if it all!

All images are from ADORED: Home Inspirations board on Pinterest! Some of them don't link to the original source unfortunately :(

I snapped a few photos of my apartment "as is" and thought I'd share my little world with you on such a lovely little Saturday. Since my Apartment Therapy tour I've moved a few things around the apartment. It's still small as ever, but it's mine and I adore it so. I have some lovely plans for it in the future, but right now I'm just trying to do little projects here and there making it more my own and of course constantly looking at vintage inspired homes and keeping them in a Pinterest folder.

I moved the couch to the other side so it opened up my apartment a lot. I taped up fresia on my wall not realizing when they dried it would look very sad, so next time around I'll dry them FIRST then tape them up.

Flowers I bought at the Larchmont Farmer's market. I go every Sunday to buy rosemary bread from this French baker and buy a bunch of flowers for the kitchen.

A few of my own antique and vintage dresses I have out for display. Although they're currently acting as "curtains" since the apartment can be quite bright in the morning and as soon as the sun rises I'm awake. Probably not great for fabric...sun fade damage... I really need curtains!

I've never been great at keeping plants alive so I have succulents and even these guys look like they will expire soon...

Today was such a lovely day in California, I do love the weather here so much. A perfectly sunny warm day with a hint of a breeze... hope all of you are enjoying your Labor Day weekend!