Apartment Windows

You guys, I am about to blog about something I have not previously attempted to blog about. About which, about, blog about this… Whatever. Dangling prepositions are hard.*

I am about to write about my house.

The inside of it, not the garden. (gasp!) Specifically, the upstairs Apartment. If you’re addicted to home interior blogs like I am, then brace yourself. You are gonna be grossly underwhelmed. But I am excited about some upcoming spruce-ups and thought I’d share.

If you want to, you can click here to see some window dressing ideas I have collected on Pinterest. Yes, I have a Pinterest addiction. So do you. If you don’t admit it; you’re not an honest person.

And really, when you think about it, this kind of apartment setup makes perfect sense for students too. Compact, practical, and easy to keep (mostly) clean—what more could you want during midterms?

In fact, I’ve been reading about how student housing provo developments are leaning into the same idea: smaller, efficient spaces that don’t feel like a downgrade, but rather a smart choice.

Add a few cozy touches, a desk that can withstand endless cups of coffee, and boom—you’ve got yourself a student-friendly haven that still feels like home.

Anyway, below I will highlight some of my favorite inspiration photos so far.

First, some Apartment facts:

• It is the only room in our home with windows on three sides. Even on cloudy days is gets plenty o’ sunshine. The natural light in there is really really beautiful.

The mess here is NOT really really beautiful. I know this. This was a million years ago, just when we moved here. Now… the whole big room is “finished” at narrow sliver beneath the rafters to the left of the window is a tiny attic bathroom. I love it.

• It was originally built as my girls’ Apartment, and may serve in that way again some day. Right now it serves as a guest room, a sewing and arts room, my sometime-writing office, and more.
• The color palette is flexible because so many projects are in the works, but basically this is the only room in the house where I am fully indulging my love for mixing greens and blues.

My sweet, smart, beautiful youngest chicken helping to decorate the alcove where her bed once stood. She added to the blue sky mural I painted, dozens of glow-in-the-dark stars, which still shine at night. This photo seems like it was taken both a hundred thousand years ago and also yesterday.

• Except no bright lime green curtains anymore, please. More on that below.
• The Apartment has four sets of windows: Two sets on the north side, behind the twin beds, and one set each inside alcoves on the east and west ends of the long room. I am not sure that all four sets have to match.
• The room is carpeted. I think that matters a little bit when choosing window dressings.

   Okay. You are now basically an expert on the Apartment. 
  On to the inspiration photos:

1. Long and Loose  I like these drapes for their length and big, elegant, pleated skirts that puddle so nicely. Perhaps they could afford to puddle even a bit more. What about the oatmeal color though? Really pretty, but perhaps too bland for this creative, energetic space. Again, long and loose. That is nice.

Muraca Design website

2. Balloonish and Bunchy  I like these for their more pulled together balloon poofiness. Except I have tried living with lime green curtains in this sun-filled room for quite a while, and I Just. Can’t. Do it. Anymore. This is probably the only shade of green in the universe that make me want to puke. I need pink. Either hot pink or salmon or something pretty and glow-ish. But I do like this shape. Or navy blue? Or even black? Would that look too funeral-parlorish? Or maybe this playful shape and volume would offset the heft of back. Like, long curled eyelashes.

boho glamour blog

#3. Bohemian Paradise  But you know what? I really like… I mean, I LOVE these Bohemian curtains. Silk hankies and runners sewn into patchwork panels. Simple. Complicated. Colorful. Smooth. Interesting and dreamy. Love em. They make me want to burn sage and listen to Camelia Jordana. I have nothing bad to say about these other than that I would probably need to sew them myself. And I take forever to finish sewing projects.

Babylon Sisters Etsy shop

#4. Preppy and Modern  And how about these fresher, bolder, preppier graphic drapes? I groove the breath of clean air offered by the drapes below. But will this trellis pattern, like chevron, soon run its course? I mean, I am usually the last person in the world to worry too much about trends and following them, especially with interiors. HOWEVER  I don’t want this space to look a decade old all of a sudden one day. You know?

Castle Creek Designs Etsy shop

*that’s what she said