I've been trying to share a tour of our sweet little apartment for a while now, and I'm finally ready, just as we're about to find a new place in a couple more months. Our little home on the Upper East Side of New York City, is a great little place, a railroad apartment, meaning it's long and skinny and stretches the length of the building. We are lucky enough to live on the first floor and have access to the garden. I am going to miss this little place, despite the lack of natural light and TEENY bathroom. Without further ado, three years of love put into 600 sq/ft of New York City.


Our living room is where we spend the most time.
Earlier this year we invested in the
Crosby Sofa
from West Elm and are in love.
It’s
comfy, huge and while it’s a light color, the oatmeal-colored linen hides doggy
dirt quite well.
The art above the sofa
was a wedding gift.
One of my
bridesmaids mother is the talented, Toronto-based artist,
Linelle LeMoine.
The side table on the right is from
Target and the lamp from
Lamps
Plus, the table on the left was a
makeover
project.
I found my CB2 coffee table
on the street, covered in stickers!
The
bottom rug was from PB Teen and the top from
Target.




Off the living room is the kitchen, the only room in the
apartment with good natural light, which we try to take advantage of by having
a little indoor garden. The kitchen
table was another dumpster-dive find (gotta love New York City), the two black
chairs were a flea market score and the Lucite chair is Ikea. My glassware collection is one of my favorite
things in our home. I started collecting
when I first moved to New York 7 ½ years ago.
I even choose china that would mix-and-match well with the
collection.
We are one of the few lucky New Yorks to have an outdoor
space.
It’s a great sized yard that we
have been slowly working on making useable over the past three years.
The iron chairs and the table were there when
we moved in, and after a serious facelift, they brighten up the space.
I spent last spring at my sewing machine
making the striped cushions.
Come back tomorrow to see the rest of our charming little abode.
photos by
Laura Radford