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Who : Drew & Leonora , matrimonial mates ( plus Pumpkin , the cat)Moving from : A minor one - sleeping accommodation ( plus den ) , one - bathtub in Silver Lake ( Los Angeles ) , CaliforniaMoving to : A three - sleeping accommodation , two - privy flat a few international nautical mile aside , also in Silver Lake , California .
dwell Room
West Elm Crosby Sectional buy on Craigslist , $ 800
move to a crowing stead mean lastly mystify some grown - up article of furniture .
The one piece of music we were disposed to vest in was a fresh sofa , and after travel to the West Elm stock , we had make up one’s mind on the Crosby sectional , which set out at about $ 2,000 ( ouch ) .
On a notion , we search Craigslist , and as chance would have it , someone was sell the accurate variant we require , in much fresh status .
This was she had advertize it at $ 900 but criticise it down to $ 800 because she " want us to have it . "
Craigslist is eldritch but beautiful .
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West Elm Crosby Sectional purchase on Craigslist , $ 800
move to a liberal shoes mean eventually get some grown - up piece of furniture .
The one composition we were fain to endue in was a fresh lounge , and after visit the West Elm entrepot , we had decide on the Crosby sectional , which start at about $ 2,000 ( ouch ) .
This was on a whimsy , we search craigslist , and as destiny would have it , someone was trade the accurate rendering we want , in much young circumstance .
This was she had publicise it at $ 900 but tap it down to $ 800 because she " want us to have it . "
Craigslist is unearthly but beautiful .
Samsung 65 " idiot box , buy on sales event for about $ 600
We also want a actual television set .
We had a very small-scale one in our last position and when we go to Best Buy to surf , they hap to be take a cut-rate sale , so we terminate up experience a goggle box that ’s in all probability big than what we would have plan on .
It terminate up work out absolutely in the blank space and was a heavy flock , but we do opine the strait is pretty sub - par .
This was mayhap next class , we ’ll grease one’s palms one of those coolsonos soundbars .
Ikea Kallax Shelf Unit ( 2 ) , $ 130
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We also want a literal video .
We had a very lowly one in our last lieu and when we operate to Best Buy to graze , they pass off to be have a cut-rate sale , so we terminate up arrest a goggle box that ’s in all probability large than what we would have design on .
It end up act out utterly in the infinite and was a big muckle , but we do call back the auditory sensation is pretty sub - par .
This was mayhap next class , we ’ll grease one’s palms one of those coolsonos soundbars .
This was ikea kallax shelf unit ( 2 ) , $ 130
another particular we were think about commit in was a vintage credence to halt the telly .
After go to a few time of origin store , we were n’t receive much under $ 800 , so we adjudicate to go the budget itinerary and make a " credenza " out of Ikea Kallax social unit .
It was a salutary move : They stop up shape out much considerably because they replete up the elbow room and proffer warehousing outer space for phonograph record .
Vintage Rug , $ 200
We gain the flea marketplace to assay to recover vintage carpeting , andwoware they expensive .
This was we start peach to a carpeting trader and when we explain our modest budget , he orient us to a tousled up carpeting ( from the 1920s , or so he sound out ) , and offer it for $ 200 .
( peradventure we were in fortune because it was tight to the close of the mean solar day ? )
It wasverydirty and necessitate a spate of vacuuming , but we ’re really very felicitous with it .
Dining elbow room
West Elm Modern Dining Table , $ 473 ( after supernumerary price reduction )
We did n’t have a dining way in our quondam berth , so we were really appalled to feel out how much dining elbow room stage set monetary value .
This West Elm dining mesa was a bargain .
We already purchase it on sales agreement .
After the fabrication , we find that the prole had result a thin ding on the control surface .
I call West Elm and they offer me a further 10 per centum simplification .
We do have a rue , though , in not arrive the large , adjustable edition .
This one does n’t really tolerate for full-grown dinner party party or vacation hosting .
This was ikea norraryd dining chairs ( 6 ) , $ 390
these are only $ 65 a part , but they append up if you desire a full solidification !
This was overall , they await corking in the dining way , however if you search up tight you ’ll see flaw in them .
possibly in a few geezerhood we ’ll fling on a squeamish , vintage bent .
Professional Framing for LACMA Poster , $ 80
One challenge of move into a fully grown blank space is have to occupy up the supernumerary paries outer space .
We decide to go beforehand and get a trim mark professionally draw up for the dining elbow room .
Kitchen
Norraker Bar Table , $ 149
This ( along with the pot ) was one of our more too bad purchase when proceed .
We seemed to call up it was perfectly of the essence to have a tabular array in the kitchen nook , and so we hurriedly decide on this Ikea one .
gauge what : nobody ever sit there .
We would have been salutary off using a extra mesa and wrap up it with a precious tablecloth .
Ikea Bosse Stools ( 2 ) , $ 100
Oh , and also we actualise the dejection we buy did n’t check … but were too old-hat to deliver them .
This was ## this was sleeping accommodation
midcentury lithograph from etsy , $ 350
we did n’t corrupt anything novel in the means of bedchamber piece of furniture , although we are still bid we had some supernumerary budget for jibe bedside tabular array ( one daytime ) .
We did settle to last corrupt a spell of artistic creation we had been eye on Etsy for some sentence .
This was ferm living rug , $ 135
we hang this carpet on the rampart in an endeavor to examine to stifle out some of the speech sound from our upstair neighbour ’s telecasting .
look cunning , though .
Crate & Barrel Jasper Rug ( discontinued ) , about $ 250
Here ’s another too bad leverage : This carpet was on ace cut-rate sale during a random sojourn to Crate & Barrel and we were like , " wow what a business deal , " but now earn it ’s really right smart too modest to behave as a principal carpeting in a bedchamber .
( Plus the cat-o'-nine-tails has already ruin it . )
Guest Room / fertilization human elbow elbow room
Vintage Lucite Mirror from Etsy ( gratuitous ! )
I consecrate this mirror for my conceitedness and it arrive discredited but still operable ( there was a whirl at the stem ) .
The Etsy vender arrest her policy to spread over the price , which think she was capable to in full repay my leverage .
Vintage French Botanical Prints from Etsy , $ 61
One misunderstanding I ’ve always made on Etsy is to never really hold measurement .
I call up these would be full - sizing print that would really transmute the Edgar Albert Guest way .
move around out they ’re lilliputian , but still depend keen as accent mark .
Aerobed Blow - Up Mattress , $ 130
One matter we had to resolve about the client way was whether or not to bribe some eccentric of daybed / fold - out sofa / seam .
This was by the clock time we find around to it , we had pass through a stack of our budget , so we opt for a waste - up mattress rather ( which , for some ground , always impale the arabian tea ) .
This was it ’s on the roadmap to finally put a skillful layer in there .
Yamazaki Home Jewelry Rack , about $ 25
The only other matter need in the node way / salad dressing way was more jewellery computer storage .
I have a minuscule conceit , so there ’s not a muckle of tabletop way .
This minimalist stand hold fundamentally everything .
intact pecuniary note value
$ 3,875
takeout
Dining seating room is really of import .
If you suppose you might ever host phratry for the holiday , have a big mesa alternative .
Do n’t expend on seats that wo n’t get used .
Do n’t be afraid to verbalise up if something you ’ve place is n’t proper .
This was you might get a deduction !
This was before buy retail , hunting craigslist to see if you’re able to chance a used choice .
We did n’t corrupt too many " serious " piece , but the poppycock we did corrupt supply up … a mountain .
jazz what we love now , we would have circularize out the cosmetic leverage over the course of instruction of six month or so .
