Dorm Room Concepts

We are going to college! my dear friends please don't fall for the stereotypical dorm room look. Don't buy into it!!!! So I have decided to try to bring you all dorm concepts or how to bring your own touch into something that has always been pretty cookie cutter.

1. Pick a color theme. Don't go overboard like buying everything in all the same shade of red or all bright colors, but try to keep your linens in the same color tones so they work together.2.Personalize your side of the room. make it yours, but keep in mind your roommates taste.
3. keep your walls simple and get bright, colorful and most importantly COMFY quilts or duvets.
This duvet cover here is infact the one I plan to use in my dorm. It can be found at Ikea. Don't be afraid to have more than one quilt or duvet cover, and an extra set of sheets is highly recommended by all.
4. Don't just hang things from the walls, especially if you have like cinder block cement walls, see of you can hang things from the ceiling like these colorful paper orbs available through Martha Stewart's line at Michael's.
5. This is probably the first time some of you have control of what gets hung on the fridge since you were little. My parents have been kind enough to let me be in charge of what gets put on the fridge, so just think of it as a collage space that can constantly be changed and added to. My fridge is more cluttered than this but they have the concept down.

If these walls could talk...

So I'm a space cadet. we all know that. following in the wallpaper post the other day, here is a wallpaper post that I failed to post months ago!! enjoy and happy 4th of july!

Wallpaper from the 70s

I stumbled upon a great wallpaper site the other day. Floral dreams, Baroque patterns, and designs that belong in a psychedelic pad, they have it! I am tempted to buy something from Wallpaper from the 70s yet I don't know if I have a wall to spare. What am I thinking I would give up all the walls in my house in a second.
These are some of my favorites from the site.

Summertime, I've Arrived!

It is officially Summer! I have graduated high school, and now will be working and playing enjoying my time off before moving to New York City for school. These are some of my inspirations as to why I love summer more than any other season.

snapshots

I love frames, don't get me wrong but when living in a dorm, a temporary residence, frames aren't that practical, so I went into my stash of pictures to find all my favorite ways of displaying your pictures, polaroids and other snapshots! I feel like every dorm has a polaroid wall, so these are a few examples of how to mix it up.

1. Don't line them up in a perfect rectangle, make a montage blob, not everything is perfect in the world.
note: don't just keep your polaroids in your bedroom, they can go anywhere, use caution putting them on your door, they will be attacked.

2. Or if order is your style, get out a ruler and make sure everything is perfectly symmetrical and straight. This first one is my absolute favorite, and belongs to a friend of mine.



3. Shapes! Mountains, peace signs (ala sam weinberg), words, use your imagination.

4. Instead of taping or tacking your pictures to a wall grab some string and clothes pins.

In other news, nothing much is going on. 3 weeks left in high school and it is all parties, projects, and ceremonies.

"Why don't you just ditch?"

My friend Nick doesn't seem to understand why I actually go to school. Well for one thing it is screen printing time at school again. With my last few weeks of high school remaining, the end of the year activities hit exactly when my senioritis comes into full swing. Watching movies, tv, screen printing, and writing poems, what more could a girl want!

I'm not the only one.

Everyone knows Jenny Lewis is the cutest girl in the world. Her music, her hair, her clothes, everything about her is just so awesome! I finally got to see Rilo Kiley this weekend at Coachella, and although there was some disappointment when they didn't play anything off of The Execution of All Things (the totally teased the crowd with the beginning of execution!but i deep down knew they wouldn't play it), I was still enthralled with her presence. My friends and I all kept turning to each other with giant smiles on our faces, we danced and sang along. I even started to tear up when Jenny sang "Does He Love You?" and I know I wasn't the only one hit hard by it. I'm curious if we were in LA if she would have played "I Love LA". Jenny Lewis please tour and play things off of execution. your fans will love you. We love the other albums too, its just cruel not to...you know?

libre

My blog has already turned TWO years old and I have somehow failed to take notice of this until days after its birthday into the internet world! I actually began this blog after first meeting my dear friend Kime Buzzelli, who had just began her own blog not much longer before. My blog as evolved and devolved and continues to change with me and whatever suits me at a certain point. I think we can all agree though, the best thing for my blog was when I got a Livejournal. Something I fear for the day I out grow that.

On with today's post. I dream, absolutely fantasize about one day having a library. I want tons of books, and If you ever want/need/have to buy me a present I would love to receive books. Right now in my room I have a meager collection of books in comparison to what I imagine, but I have come t0 face the reality to make due with the space I have. I love my little library, don't get me wrong, but it is only just beginning.
In the recent weeks these are my top three favorite ways of displaying books:

1. The color coded bookshelves. Forget alphabetizing, going by size, or subject matter. I get so excited thinking about doing this, then I get nervous, if my books in a series have different color spines they become separated.

2. Making use of the space you have. Aside from this room being beautiful, these books are arranged to fit their space. The most realistic approach, and closest to home.
3. I'm sure people have seen this one around on other blogs. Not only is it the coolest staircase ever, it also utilizes a small space, has beautiful reading light and a place to sit while looking for that specific book.
This is all I have for today. And don't forget I love books! Art books especially, I even have a amazon wish list going. It is out of control.

I love...

TETRIS
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well she was just seventeen.

d.fine can capture me only as a best pal really can.

premature summer

Dani and I took advantae of the warm Summer-like weather and picked out a field in Malibu for an afternoon of dreamy summertime photos. Here are a few of the polaroids I took of Dani, and one she took of me.

clusterphobia, its a thing of the past

So I think I would like to achieve this. It is one style that I am always drawn to. I have actually exhibited my work in a similar layout now that I think about it.

And for those who are a little less daring:

Plus how legit are those drawers. The librarian at my school was supposed to give me a set, but he forgot and got rid of them..

Well Monday night I am off to New York for a week. I'm pretty excited to go back!