The Honeymove & Repurposing Furniture

It's been a week since our arrival in Sacramento. The boxes are mostly unpacked, the kitchen, living and dinning rooms are mostly together, most of the walls have been painted and subsequently covered with art and photos, and the wife and I have found a few watering holes and good eats. Overall the whole expedition has been a success.

While unpacking is unpleasant we've had a blast decorating and nesting a new space. I'd say our overall style is "cluttered antique store/overcrowded library" but Samantha keeps calling it "shabby chic" and telling me to hush.

Our apartment is spacious enough but having left a house in the Midwest there are a few amenities (basement & pantry) we are sore without. The missing storage space has been good for us though as it has led to much repurposing of our "too cool to lose" items. Nothing too terribly original but I'm proud overall.

We have an abundance of trunks, most of which are antique, but few places to put them. We did the usual foot of the bed and threw one in each bathroom for towels and overflow blankets but the living room has become the trunk haven with trunks replacing our every table surface. Turned on their sides makes for classy end tables and Samantha's old traveling trunk has become a fantastic coffee table. I'm even able to open it on one side to store games and the like!

Our other proud repurpose in progress has been converting an old armoire I bought at a yard sale into a china cabinet. I've added hanging glass racks for our wine glasses (though we have FAR too many still to fit) and am currently staining shelves I've cut to hold the china itself. This is still a work in progress and I'll post pictures as they are available but with as little cabinet space as we've got having a special place for our dinnerware has been an invaluable creation.

Also, check out Samantha's walls of family photos! And everyone in Sacramento should frequent Thai Basil; it's the best.