PurpleFlower2's Profile

EXACTLY what wellberry said - I finally realized that I was keeping multiple bookshelves of books (many of them unread) and moving them around with me every time I moved (which was something like 8 times in 5 years during my 20s) because I thought having multiple bookshelves of books said something about me. People who came over would be impressed by alllll the books, but it got embarassing when they started asking "have you READ all of these?" and the answer was no, by a long shot. I wanted people to see me as intelligent and well-read, and it was silly. Since I did a serious purge of my collection and kept only those books that I really love, I feel much more positive about my library, because now it contains books that really do say something about who I am/ what I care about.

No major problems. I wish the walls were white instead of the warm-toned color that they are - I just prefer the cooler look of white walls over beige/warm tones. It's a rental, though, so doubtful I will be repainting. Also, the living room is really the only place in the apartment to keep a large litterbox for my three cats. No room in the bathroom, we don't allow them in our bedroom, no room in the study, and no room in the kitchen (plus that would just be gross.) So the litterbox lives in a corner of the living room and there is constantly litter all over in that part of the room, which I hate. I would love to have another box that the litterbox sat inside of, with high walls to contain the litter, but I haven't gotten around to hacking something yet.

After reading all of these comments, I feel fortunate that my biggest complaint about our bathroom is the color of the tiles. The apartment was built in 1952 and the bathroom is all in peach and burgundy tiles, which (for reasons WELL beyond me) seems to have been a popular bathroom color combination of the time. Peach floors, peach counters, peach tiled walls, with burgundy trim. Are you aware that there are NO colors out there that look good with peach and burgundy? I ended up just buying a shower curtain and rug in white, because adding any other color just seemed to make the bathroom look even more busy and bizarre.

Those blue walls are fantastic. I love that particular shade.

Just something to consider, but...I am currently without a dresser and am using fabric cube bins on a shelving unit to hold my socks, underwear, etc. It's hard to find what you're looking for when everything is jumbled together in a bin. Almost every day I end up dumping the entire sock bin out on my bed to find the pair I want. So I actually DON'T recommend the cubed bin option, and am also looking forward to getting a dresser for proper clothing storage.