Hello dearest AsianCajuns readers! Did you think Lar and I had totally fallen off the face of the earth blogosphere? My deepest apologies! Our lack of blogging was due to a mix of post wedding craziness (who knew that existed?!), settling Lar in her new house, friends in town, going out of town, and lots of work, work, work, work. Things are quieting down now, which is good because I’ve been going through blogging withdrawal. It feels good to be back, reading your blogs and comments.
Now on to the point of this post. I’ve entered my little studio apartment in Apartment Therapy’s Small/Cool contest! It might not sound that exciting, but I’m a bit obsessed with Apartment Therapy and follow the Small/Cool contest closely every year. So even just seeing my studio on the Apartment Therapy website makes me over-the-top giddy. You can see my full entry here.
Entries have to include five photographs of the apartment/condo and a floor plan. Lar helped me clean and style my apartment for the amazing photos that Troy took. Of course we took a lot more than five photos, so I’m including some of the images that didn’t make it into my entry – like the close up photo of Jacques Rock Star (a prezie from Lar 13 years ago) above.
I ended up not including any photos of my closet or bathroom in my entry, which was probably for the best because
1.) no matter how much I reorganize my closet, it still looks messy and chaotic
2.) my bathroom is so tiny that it’s pretty much impossible to get a good photo of it. Troy was precariously perched on the tub when he took this one:
If I had planned on living in my studio for longer than a year, I’m moving out in a month, I would have painted the closet a dark, dusty blue/gray. Instead I kept the ugly, masking tape yellow that was painted on all the walls by the property management company right before I moved in:
I wanted to include this photo of the kitchen in the entry, but finally decided to use another one that looked less cluttered. Unfortunately none of my entry photos really show off my love of books – you can see a sliver of my bookcases the photo on the left:
And of course I still have my invisible bookshelves and jewelry board that I’ve had in my last 3 apartments – I wrote about them here in 2007.
And because I want to brag a little bit more about Lar’s styling skills, here’s what my couch area looked like before setting up the space for the photo:
Here’s what it looks like after Lar works her magic:
So thank you soooo much Lar and Troy – I would never have entered without help from both of you!
And thank you to any of you lovely readers who vote for me on Apartment Therapy. The apartment with the most favorites wins – here’s hoping!
Looks great. Best of luck!
I love this blog! My favorite phrase: ‘masking-tape yellow. Haha, someone needs to market that title as a nail polish color or crayon or something. I am so happy to have discovered it through the small/cool contest! Best of luck to you!
Your place is Gorgeous! I would Love to live there. You are a Fabulous interior designer.
I wish my apartment could look that good! Unfortunately between me, my husband, and my baby, there’s a lot of stuff. I’m definitely feeling the spring cleaning itch!
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So I’m moving to a new apartment soon, and I’m going to send you pictures and you’re going to tell me how to decorate it? Got it? Awesome! 🙂
I love you bedroom and kitchen!
Send the photos my way! 🙂
Hi Cath!
I live in Atlanta too! I also am a fellow lover of Apartment Therapy and voted for your place, which led me to your blog. : p Your home is super cute, chic and cozy. Will you still be in Atlanta?
Yep! I’ll still be in Decatur, but on the other side of the tracks in Oakhurst. I can’t wait to decorate that place. Thank you so much for voting!
You’re quite welcome! I’m up north in Dunwoody, maybe we can meet up sometime! I want to check out more of Decatur!
That would be awesome. Shoot me an email: asiancajuns at gmail dot com!
You welcome, Kitcath! I had so much fun styling! It’s like mini make-overs every 15 minutes in one space. I sooo hope you win just so that people get to see how creative you are! (might be biased ;))
xoxoxo, Lar
Just got today’s AT e-mail. They promo the contest, and you’re on today’s featured spaces.
Go you!
I just saw that and yelped with joy – yippy!
Your space is so cute! You have such great taste. Good luck with the contest. 🙂
Cath, your place is adorable and has so much personality for 550 square feet. I have a fabric board that I used to use for photos and quotes, but I’m going to steal your jewelry idea. I love it!
Your apartment is adorable! I’m also obsessed with apartment therapy lately-can’t wait to do up a little place with my dude. Good luck in the contest!
So the first thing I see is that corner cabinet and I think, “She lives in my boyfriend’s apartment building.why have I never seen them!?”
However, even though he lives in a 1920’s apartment building in Decatur I think all of the apartments are 1 and 2 bedrooms. So unless you live in the attic [which would explain why I hear footsteps up there sometimes] that built in corner cabinet must be a popular cabinet amongst Decatur apartments. heh
I love your styling though! I’m looking for a new place right now and am excited about decorating! Good luck in the contest 😀
Ha! I bet a lot of the old apartments in Decatur look like that. There aren’t any two bedrooms in my building – only studios and one bedrooms.
Thanks for all the kind words! I hate moving, but I always love decorating a new space. Good luck with your search!
I’m actually looking for a studio or one bedroom. If you wouldn’t mind, I’d love to know where this place is. [in email of course]
thanks!
Love this blog. As a fellow Asian Cajun myself I love the wedding posts. Also I was also looking at ur same dining table at IKea do u recommend them.
much xoxo
Congrats!!! i ADORE your place!!!
Cath, I am so in love with your place! I can’t believe you are moving out soon!!
I love the idea of having an empty picture frame as the frame for the space around which it hangs. I may have to try that out in my college dormy bedroom. It’s terribly undecorated, because N places more value on saving our money for Hawaii, and also because I place more value on buying things that decorate ME rather than my space. I really need to get on the decor ball at some point, though.
I love that your place does have a walk in closet even though there’s not a full bedroom. It really shows that even back then, they knew the importance of having a good closet. 🙂
I cannot WAIT to see how you style your new place!
xx{ish.},
Mae Lu @ thereafterish.!
Such a cool and personalized space! And as a “young urban professional” in NYC, I really appreciate good uses of small space.
Cheers!
Erica @ tinseltwine.com
Hey! Those are my books! Most of those books on your invisible shelves are the exact editions I have on my visible shelves!