Decorating My New Apartment!

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Ann Kortright on March 8, 2010 at 6:22am

Id love to help but unfortunitely I am not good at decorating. You not want to see my home. Not very creative. I think you have some good ideas though. If you dont think youll be able to see that rug then do something else. Look Around and you may find something better.

Permalink Reply by Joanna on March 8, 2010 at 12:55pm

Hi Kelly,
Thanks for the note! I think decoration really is a matter of personal taste. There is no right or wrong answer. For me, I love decorating my home but my main philosophy is clean and simple.
As for the rug, I have decided not to go for it and look for something else. We have to enjoy it cause we will look at it everyday! Keep you posted!
Jo

Permalink Reply by CinCin on March 8, 2010 at 2:31pm

Joanna, I posted a handmade rug tutorial here : http://www.networkforwives.com/group/ihandmade/forum/topics/handmad...
I know it is kind of time-consuming to handmade an area rug like this ^^ but it's good to try making small ones ~~~
Any photos of your new home?

Permalink Reply by Joanna on March 8, 2010 at 10:57pm

Thanks Cin Cin for the tutorial!
I will be posting more photos as my decoration project progresses. To start, the color of my wall is light orange. This is a condo and the owner has painted it with different shades of light orange. It actually feels very warm overall but poses an extra challenge in me getting decoration because neutal would have been much easier. Any ideas are welcome! So far, lucky that all my furnitures are in neutral tones (I purposedly did this so that it will fit any place).

Jo

CinCin said:

Joanna, I posted a handmade rug tutorial here : http://www.networkforwives.com/group/ihandmade/forum/topics/handmad...
I know it is kind of time-consuming to handmade an area rug like this ^^ but it's good to try making small ones ~~~
Any photos of your new home?

Permalink Reply by Joanna on March 23, 2010 at 11:27am

First one update about the rug shopping, I have discovered a cheaper yet cool solution if you want a contemporary, good quality rug and reasonable price. There is this company called Flor and they make carpet tiles made up of renewable and recycled materials. Each tile is a square with 19.7-inch in length. There are many nice styles which you can mix & match and assemble. The end result is pretty unique designs and cheaper than you would get similar material carpet else where. I will get mine end of this week and will keep you guys posted with a photo!
You can check out their website: http://www.flor.com
Joanna

Permalink Reply by Joanna on April 4, 2010 at 12:57am

Hey gals, I have finally gotten my Flor carpet! I am loving it so far and assembling the tiles are very easy if you are using it as an area rug. I have attached a picture of it:)
The beauty is that I can always change the patterns around and simply restick the tiles together. Also, if one of the tiles got dirty, only that tile needs to be cleaned or replaced:)
Very excited:)
Jo

Joanna said:

First one update about the rug shopping, I have discovered a cheaper yet cool solution if you want a contemporary, good quality rug and reasonable price. There is this company called Flor and they make carpet tiles made up of renewable and recycled materials. Each tile is a square with 19.7-inch in length. There are many nice styles which you can mix & match and assemble. The end result is pretty unique designs and cheaper than you would get similar material carpet else where. I will get mine end of this week and will keep you guys posted with a photo!
You can check out their website: http://www.flor.com
Joanna