When I bought my condo in 2006 I was only 19 and as you can imagine I had a lot to lean about the housing market, risk, repairs, cost and utilizing small spaces. I in no way regret buying my condo, its been a very positive influence in my life and being a home owner has required me to step up when I otherwise might not have.
I've never been much of a rat pack; I thank my mother for this attribute (quite literally Thank you Mom!) If you were to ask me about my mom one thing I would say is that presentation matters, we had a kid Christmas tree downstairs and then the color coordinated tree showing in the living room window. One year my mom even wrapped all the presents in color coordinated wrapping paper and embellishments. Our home was decorated simply and beautifully never cluttered or full of nick knacks and trinkets.
In my condo the space is limited with barely any storage, through the years I’ve struggled with how to display, decorate and store my belongings. It didn’t take long to realize I needed more room in my kitchen and I debated a few solutions but ultimately decided to use the walls for storage and got these shelves from Ikea. I like that they are natural wood and while they can be painted I enjoy them just like they are!
On Display:
- On either side are bouquets of roses from previous loves in my life. Even though the guys aren’t still in my life I enjoy keeping reminders of happy/lovely/positive memories. (I’m a very sentimental person in case you haven’t noticed yet.)
- Beautiful handcrafted glittered, decorated and jeweled drink cup my mom made for me. (she’s sweet like that)
- A metal ‘h’ from a local antique shop.
- On either side there are wine bottles from Kauai, HI.
- Jar of water from the Pacific Ocean @ Huntington Beach.
- Photo of my antique trinket jar. (It probably seems silly to have a photo of that but I entered it in a photo contest once and wanted to reuse it)
- A beautiful little tea cup I instantly fell in love with from a local antique shop
- On the far right it looks like a photo but it’s actually a box with a beautiful aged photo of St. Basils Cathedral (my favorite cathedral).
These are the shelves in my dining room as seen here --->
For more of my home tour go here.
Sure its only kitchen storage shelves, but just by looking at it you know a lot about the kind of person I am… right?
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