The tell-tall-tale of a 25 year old millennial in her first “real” apartment: Unfurnished, in a foreign country edition. 

I moved into my three bedroom, two bathroom apartment with only the ugliest of couches provided. I call it the Chocolate eclair couch. Its brown with beige round piping. And that’s all… but lo & behold: IKEA & Amazon to save the day!

Living Room

I can’t find my coffee & side tables anymore, but I’ll link the rest (All IKEA):

Striped throw: TUVALIE $14.99

Pattern accent pillow: FRANSINE $14.99

Solid golden pillow: GURLI $3.99

Velour golden pillow: SANELA $9.99

All plantz & potz: SMYCKA, CITRONSYRA, BRYTART 

The small tapestry on the ottoman was found near the rugs and outdoor furniture, but I cannot find online & the mat on the coffee table is from the placemat section as well.

KITCHEN

The kitchen is a combination of Amazon and IKEA.

Table: It’s actually a “create your own” desk because I didn’t like the options for dining tables. I only need two chairs at this stage in my life so I got the LINNOMON Tabletop in Geometric Beige with TORSKLINT legs.

Pink chairs: LEIFARNE seat shells & I can’t find the underframe online, but they’re grey and beige to match the table.

Large Marble plate: BEHAGA plates

Marble salad plate: Set of 4 from Amazon

Grey bowls: KRUSTAD bowls

Pink circular placemats: DAISO, the South Korean target/dollar tree hybrid for like $2 each.

Flatware: Lekoch 4 piece flatware from Amazon. These are incredible! Anddd were a gift from my fantastic bf because he’s very and has phenomenal taste.

Gold Salt/Pepper Shakers: Thristystone Old Hollywood Salt and Pepper Shakers from Amazon

BAR CART

Cart: SUNNERSTA utility cart painted gold and covered the shelves with marble contact paper:

Wine Rack: Home Essentials 6 bottle rack

Bowl: STOCKHOLM decorative gold bowl

Marble/gold coasters: Thristystone Set of 4 Round White Marble/Gold Coasters

I made the vase from a wine bottle–I spray painted and took a crumbled paper towel and blotted to get the vintage appearance.

Luckily, I’ve made this apartment an oasis and my suitable bachelorette pad–I hope you enjoyed and found some things you like! If you buy any of this, let me know!

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