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It only took a year, but we finally got around to switching out our vintage (but too big) desk for a sleek new Parsons desk. There'll be more too--we've begun the process of dumping other furniture that's too large for the space for more petite pieces. In the beginning, we just wanted things to fit from molding to molding so the rooms would look "done," but now that our place has enough to look lived in, we can put things in that fit better overall. As for the desk, we've wanted this one for a long time, and the next project is a take-no-prisoners wire cleanup.

I never really got to highlight my old sewing desk, and now I need to because it's gone, sold into the great blue Craigslist yonder. It had to go since I stopped sewing and never use a desk anyway, and in its place will hopefully be something way more radical. But I did love you, little desk. Go into the light!

The perils of not having a dishwasher (besides making me a generally pissed off person) are that your dishes get chipped to hell. The silver lining is that that's a perfectly good excuse to shop for new bowls from Anthropologie in new pretty colors. And to maybe have to go back this weekend for more.

I try to contrast the girly stuff in this apartment with dude-friendly things for a balanced-gender environment. Accepting a Beertender into our lives (and postage stamp-size kitchen), though, may be the ultimate compromise.

Mike and I like to play a little game called How Long Will the Basil Last This Time? First we buy it, lug it home, and then scream at it for dying on us after like four days. It's a really sweet game, you guys.

As much as I love representin' OnSugar, I couldn't curb my love of acquiring, so I bought fotoflat.com. Rest yer weary typing fingers!

We may not have out own stoop, but the outside of our door works fine for jack-o-lantern purposes too. And seriously, you can tell that my pumpkin has California on it in person. CALIFORNIA LUH-UVE BAH DUH DUM DUM DUM DUH DUM

BAH DUH DUM DUM DUM DUH DUM

*Title suggested by who you think would suggest it

This is the chicken salad my bf made the other night for me while I had to work. Bro he roasted the chicken first and then shredded it into this greatness.

Seriously, bokeh is the coolest thing ever. Especially when it's heart-shaped bokeh and can make even the scaffolding outside look rad.

Mike has wanted to hang a skateboard (his first love) in the hall as art for as long as we've lived together. He finally got his wish, after our friend Matt painted a deck for him.

Look at us! Commissioning art! We're so fancy.