Navy at Home, Part 1

Posted on June 10th, 2015

Since moving furniture across the country is so expensive (and we didn’t have that much of our own anyway), Ian and I decided to leave everything behind and start completely from scratch on furnishing our new apartment.  Our major discovery in this process has been that it’s easy to furnish your apartment if you have an unlimited budget, and it’s easy to furnish your apartment if you don’t really care much about the aesthetic.

Unfortunately, we do care and our money doesn’t grow on trees, so I’ve put in a lot of time trying to find affordable pieces to put together to create a cohesive look.  Unsurprisingly, in both the master bedroom and the main living space, the prevailing theme is navy.

In the master bedroom, we’re working with an accent wall, and I was inspired by following looks that are clean but still comfortable:

We have already ordered this bedding (petition to rename it PB Teen-ish?), but are still deciding on a lot of the other elements.  I’m always looking for ways to add more color and print, so I like the idea of a mirror like this or this,  and lamps like one, two, or three.  (Just for fun, here are some out of budget lamps that we’re definitely not getting: one/two).  With a headboard (current frontrunner), a bench at the foot of the bed and some extra throw pillows (swoon, love these colors, and surprisingly legit from H&M here and here), we should be off to a great start in the bedroom!

Still on the hunt for bedside tables… Any pro tips?