Apartment Tour & Fall Decor

At long last I'm going to share some pics of my apartment. Side note: This whole blogging thing is harder to keep up with then I originally thought!!!

Since it is now October I also have a couple pics of some fall decor we currently have up. Fall is my all time FAVORITE season- boots, scarves, candy corn, Halloween, Thanksgiving/Christmas right around the corner-- it doesn't get any better folks!

Below is a picture of our family room/kitchen area. I love how open the space is. We would love to put some color on these plain white walls, but since we are just renting we're not sure we want to go through the trouble of having to paint everything back to white before moving out. So alas...we are stuck with boring white walls. However, we're seriously considering painting a chevron or big striped accent wall above the "bon appetit" sign on the kitchen island (Inspiration found on Pinterest here).Thoughts?

Accent table in the family room area next to the TV. 

We are BIG fans of these adorable baskets from Target for storing blankets, pillows, etc. Not only are they adorable but they have chalkboard nameplates that you can write creative things on. Side story: For our sister's bachelorette party we wrote "Naughty" on one basket and "Nice" on the other so guests could place their present within the appropriate basket- more to come on that in a later post :)

Door in the family room area out to our balcony. 

Last but not least a few pics of some of our festive decor. 

I'm still finalizing some decorating details in my bedroom and bathroom so the tour of that portion of the apartment will come in a later post! And I'll have to get permission from my roomie/sis Cait before posting pics of her room and bathroom.... Whattaya say Cait? :)

I'm in a pickle about which headboard to get for my room but very much leaning towards this one. Still doing some research though. Any headboard suggestions would be much appreciated!

Be back in another few months SOON! Happy Wednesday. 

XoXo, Mere

Hello Again!

It's been WAY too long since my last post. I guess starting a blog was a bit more work than I anticipated- opps. But I am now back from my blogging hiatus (i hope) and I intend on doing a much better job of updating this regularly. Get excited!

To hold you over til my next post (that will be much more robust, I promise!)-- here are 3 fun facts/updates about my life, in no particular order:

1) My older sister (Clare) is getting married in September. My little sister and I are the two bridesmaids/MOH's and we could not be more excited! We're throwing her a bachelorette party at the end of August down here in Chicago so I will be sure to share all planning and event details as it gets closer. Oh, and of course details on the actual wedding too :)

2) I've moved into an apartment with my little sis. Shout out to Cait-- my new roomie!

3) I'm loving summertime in Chicago-- then again, who doesn't ? This is my 4th summer living down here and I swear it gets better every year.

I will be back soon- I promise :) Until then, enjoy this picture of the amazing view from my apartment.

Cheers!