Next up on the apartment tour – the living and dining room!
This is the room we spend most of our time. I work from here, we eat here, and we hang out here when we’re home with the little man.
Granted, the room is now filled with baby paraphernalia, but we love it all the same.
LIVING ROOM
I don’t understand where the hate for organizing books by color comes from. We treasure our home library – picking up old favorites frequently, thumbing through cookbooks deciding what to make for a weekend dinner, flipping through satisfyingly thick, photograph-rich books for inspiration. I’m the type of person to remember a book by its cover and spine, and organizing books this way allows me to know where every title is.
Plus, it looks pretty.
The couch was purchased out of necessity more than comfort/style – when we moved to this apartment last year, our old one was too long for this space (damn you column!). This tufted chesterfield both fit the small space, could be delivered fast, and looked good. After a year of solid couch potato-ing, it’s finally comfortable. The screen used to be the headboard in our old place, but now covers the unsightly view of HVAC systems
The slipper chair was comfortable from day one, thank goodness. It’s my favorite spot in the room to write.
When we converted our second bedroom into the nursery, we ditched the dark desks and chairs and opted for upholstered, nailhead tables from Society Social and Eames-style chairs.
When we moved the turquoise rug into the nursery, we picked up a larger vintage-look rug from Target (great for everything, but especially wonderful for quality rugs on a budget). We layered the leopard print rug that also used to live in the office.
Some of my favorite details in the room are our vintage typewriter (a gift for my husband after he saw season 1 of House Of Cards), the US-USSR chess set I picked up in Russia, vintage chemistry glassware that doubles as vases, and an armillary sphere that tops the stack of our favorite coffee table books.
– TRIBECCA Home couch – coffee table, media console from west elm – Safavieh stools – chair, leopard rug from MYHABIT – tray, bottom rug from Target – lamp, bookshelves, desk chairs from Amazon – floor pillows, armillary sphere, wooden screen from World Market – malachite pillows, typewriter, chemistry glassware from Etsy – desks from Society Social –
DINING ROOM
The wine fridge and bar cart are back in use, after a 10 month hiatus. I’ve missed you!
Our old dining table was too small for this space. We decided to invest in something that would be family-friendly (good planning on our part), and this Aeon table and Eames-style chairs fit the bill with their stain-resistant materials and child-friendly shape.
And as much as I wish we had fresh flowers in that vase all the time, it usually holds a healthy stash of Nourish Snacks.
-Â table, wine fridge, bar cart from MYHABIT – lamp, chairs from Amazon -Â dinosaur planters from Etsy – mirror from Overstock – map from Pier 1Â – tango dancer painting from Argentina (similar) -Â pig chalkboard from Williams Sonoma – vase from west elm –
Photography by Max Touhey
