A few years ago I became obsessed with design blogs. I subscribed to a few dozen different ones and spent too many hours a day drooling over the mid-century designs in cute apartments and houses I could never afford. Since then I've scaled my reading to a handful of design blogs and only browsed them every few months.
Until now. Ever since my neighbors moved out a week or two ago I've been obsessed with the idea of moving (again). This happens quite often. I've never been too satisfied with my current apartment. It's a good size but the layout and design has never been very inspiring to me. It's always felt more like a placeholder and never fully like a home. That probably sounds sadder than I meant it to, it's still homey (at times), and my boyfriend and doggie definitely add to that, but it's never inspired me to really make it our home.
My boyfriend gently reminded me as I was pining over a cute 1920's duplex near downtown Willow Glen, that now is not exactly the ideal time for us to move. I guess packing up and moving a few weeks before Christmas, and at the end of my first semester of grad school when all my major papers and projects are due could be construed as less-than-ideal for most. Okay, terrible timing. Thus, I've thrown myself back into my design blogs, vicariously living in the cute apartments that taunt me as I scroll through post after post.
I've decided that in addition to my constant Craigslist "window-shopping" and design-blog scanning I will work on curing my mundane-apartment blues by purging the crap that clutters my house now, throw myself into deep cleaning mode, and pick up blogging again (that can be a somewhat creative, although heavily saturated, outlet). I figure this will at least make me more content in my current living situation, and mostly it will make things easier when we find that dream-home in early spring.
For now, here's a little inspiration for me:
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