First Home Style

There was an open house scheduled today in my ideal neighborhood.  Unfortunately I didn't attend. I wasn't in the mood to look at property that I can't afford. This listing is a one bedroom coop that's been on the market for less than a month, however it was incredible overpriced. I haven't given up on my property search but I'm less eager to buy at this point. The prices around are too high. So in the meantime, I 'm trying to come up for ways to improving the style of my current home, particularly my bedroom. I have been eyeing this Ikea mirror for sometime.  I'm ready to purchase it.

One of the things I love about New York is it’s accessibility to shops.  I love window shopping, especially for furniture. Yesterday my friend Dominique and I went shopping.  We looked around Pier 1 Imports but there were nothing really that stood out or grabbed our attention. Disappointed, we wondered around the mass of people on the overcrowded street until we stumbled upon a store called Restoration Hardware.  Neither of us had been there before, so we decided to have a look. First impression, this was definitely an upscale furniture store and nothing like down-market Pier 1 Imports.  The furniture  hankers  back to that old Hollywood style that appealed to me. Dominique on the other hand hated it. She felt it was too over the top.  We both agreed though that the look was definitely not for apartment dwellers. The furniture was large and  over-sized.   Personally I liked the upholstered headboards, the dining chairs, But it ...