My room, the DISASTER

When I was an undergraduate at Syracuse University my room was always immaculate. Even when I was living in a triple and had 2 roommates plus me in one room our room was both neat and clean. Since coming home from college (It's exactly one year from today that I graduated) my room hasn't actually been clean. I have piles of magazines that I've been meaning to go through and books and clothing piled up everywhere. One problem I have is that I don't know how to store my collection of purses and totes. Currently, they are all hanging off the arms of a butterfly chair that I probably ordered from delias when I was 13. Not that I don't love the chair but it resides near my large full wall closet and I am constantly dumping items that I don't want to put away for the moment onto it.


It's like a page out of ISPY. Clothes, my syracuse umbrella, measuring tape, various purses, the sephora gift card my brother bought gave to me last week (my birthday was in January haha) and my Nordstrom espresso bar apron.

If you can think of a better way to store my purses I would greatly appreciate it. Maybe some kind of hanger in the closet or a coat rack that I can devote to just bags.


Here is a picture of the dresser I mentioned in my last post. It's covered in picture frames, candles, jewelry and a cd player that only kind of works and the drawers aren't on tracks so they are constantly almost falling out onto my feet. I'm looking to get a new dresser (the Malm 6-drawer in medium brown).


According to my measurements the dresser should fit between the two windows leaving a big space between where the old dresser used to be and the closet. I'm not sure what to do with that space...perhaps get rid of the butterfly chair when I figure out how to store my bags and then get a new chair to put into the new space. IKEA has this cute little chair that coverts into a bed.

I love furniture shopping and planning so browsing through the IKEA catalogue and website has become an obsession. I would like to eventually get a larger bookshelf because mine doesn't hold half the books I own but we'll see. My next paycheck will definitely be partially devoted to this bedroom furniture redecoration process. If I can at least get the new dresser I will be satisfied.

It's the little things

After helping a friend pick up furniture at IKEA (and shop around for a possible new dresser for myself) I came home to a box from Gilt and inside were the Cynthia Rowley tights I ordered a few weeks ago. I of course wanted to try them on right away and a webcam leg photoshoot ensued.




I threw on some of my old athletic spandex that I would wear under my lacrosse skirt and it's actually quite comfortable. I wore them under a long cardigan with some polka dotted tights a few weeks ago. Take note of my old dresser in the background, wouldn't a nice Malm dresser in a slightly darker color look nice? or maybe two 3 drawer chests placed side by side. I'm waiting for my mom to come home from Seattle to make any final decisions but I'm impatient!



I can't wait to wear them but it's been so hot and on my days off (when I don't have to dress in all black) I just want to dress as girly as possible in light dresses and skirts without anything on my legs. The only problem with that is the variable winds that have been creating the Marilyn Monroe effect with those same dresses and skirts so maybe I should throw on a pair of tights. :D