Julia's Apartment

One 350 sq foot studio.
Ten boxes of clothing.
No furniture.
A relentless love for the color pink.

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"If you're in a bad relationship with old furniture and you don't change it, you're crazy." - IKEA ad
November 16
  • Julia: What kind of chairs should I get to go with my tulip table?
  • Mom: Oh, the Saarinen tulip chairs.
  • Julia: Oh yeah! And I could get pink seat pads for them!
  • Mom: Ugh, Saarinen would be turning over in his grave.
  • Julia: Whatever, he used orange! Like that's SO different.
  • Mom: Pink isn't the new orange.
  • Julia: [Sighs]
  • Mom: Oh well, at least when you grow out of your icky pink princess phase, you'll have some nice furniture.
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Ah, the Saarinen tulip table. In a 1956 cover story in Time magazine, Eero Saarinen said he was designing a collection to “clear up the slum of legs in the U.S. home.” Later that year, he completed his Pedestal Table and Tulip Chair Collection and obliterated the “slum” by creating a cast aluminum base inspired by a drop of high-viscosity liquid. These pieces went into production in 1957. (via DWR) Everyone seems to have a version of it now. CB2 ($169) - pictured. Design Within Reach ($1431) IKEA has one, so does West Elm (I think) …   I got mine from Jakob’s mom ($0)

Ah, the Saarinen tulip table.

In a 1956 cover story in Time magazine, Eero Saarinen said he was designing a collection to “clear up the slum of legs in the U.S. home.” Later that year, he completed his Pedestal Table and Tulip Chair Collection and obliterated the “slum” by creating a cast aluminum base inspired by a drop of high-viscosity liquid. These pieces went into production in 1957. (via DWR)

Everyone seems to have a version of it now.

CB2 ($169) - pictured.

Design Within Reach ($1431)

IKEA has one, so does West Elm (I think) …  

I got mine from Jakob’s mom ($0)

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I’m considering buying this Liliac Chiffionier from (where else?) PB Teen.  It’s like an armoire, but has the capacity to hold a tv where the shelves are … which is appealing to me, since I’m not the biggest fan of seeing your electronic junk displayed prominently.
I’m considering buying this Liliac Chiffionier from (where else?) PB Teen.  It’s like an armoire, but has the capacity to hold a tv where the shelves are … which is appealing to me, since I’m not the biggest fan of seeing your electronic junk displayed prominently.
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“ If you’re in a bad relationship with old furniture but don’t put an end to it, you are crazy. IKEA ad
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The sheer ruffle curtains I just bought from my absolute #1 favorite store, PBTeen. I think I could be happy buying literally everything in my apartment from them. I’m a bit obsessed. I’m going to pair these with PB Teen’s velvet curtains in pink …

The sheer ruffle curtains I just bought from my absolute #1 favorite store, PBTeen. I think I could be happy buying literally everything in my apartment from them. I’m a bit obsessed.

I’m going to pair these with PB Teen’s velvet curtains in pink …

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“ We in New York live in a very rarefied world,” he said. ”Jaded and ‘too cool for school.’ As someone in the business of selling things, I’ve discovered how small the jaded world is. And how poor. Jonathan Adler in the NYT, on interior design trends being “in” - and then quickly “out.”
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It doesn’t fit with my current girly aesthetic, but this tray top side table is gorgeous, and relatively inexpensive. ($139, from West Elm)
It doesn’t fit with my current girly aesthetic, but this tray top side table is gorgeous, and relatively inexpensive. ($139, from West Elm)
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RESOURCES

Blueprint

Apartment Therapy 

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Oh wow.  Now this is exactly what I’m talking about.  (Don’t love the floors, but the thick dark pink velvet curtains are INCREDIBLE). Via Apartment Therapy 

Oh wow.  Now this is exactly what I’m talking about.  (Don’t love the floors, but the thick dark pink velvet curtains are INCREDIBLE).

Via Apartment Therapy 

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I think there should be ways to have a pink infused home without it looking like a dorm room - or this place.
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Oh, come on! What's wrong with a little pink & black in the bathroom? ;)
November 15
“I actually want all of them” - Eric We’re at Bed, Bath and Beyond buying the 8 billion seemingly random but yet somehow “necessary” things my apartment needs. Like, for example, a cutting board. And, also, a towel rack. And, in addition, an iron. PS. If one has a pink fetish, one should really not shop during or directly after the month of October. Breast cancer awareness now extends to pans and spatulas and mixing bowls and shit. I bought everything, and the closest I’ve come to cooking in the last two years is refilling the Brita.

“I actually want all of them” - Eric

We’re at Bed, Bath and Beyond buying the 8 billion seemingly random but yet somehow “necessary” things my apartment needs. Like, for example, a cutting board. And, also, a towel rack. And, in addition, an iron.

PS. If one has a pink fetish, one should really not shop during or directly after the month of October. Breast cancer awareness now extends to pans and spatulas and mixing bowls and shit. I bought everything, and the closest I’ve come to cooking in the last two years is refilling the Brita.

November 3
“How much for the small white puppy?” At Bed, Bath & Beyond. 

“How much for the small white puppy?”

At Bed, Bath & Beyond. 

November 2
Night 3 of sleeping on blankets on the floor. Needless to say, the novelty is starting to wear off. If Sleepy’s doesn’t show *again* tomorrow, I’m going to hijack one of their trucks and deliver it myself.
Night 3 of sleeping on blankets on the floor. Needless to say, the novelty is starting to wear off. If Sleepy’s doesn’t show *again* tomorrow, I’m going to hijack one of their trucks and deliver it myself.
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My washer - in theory, it’s an appliance-gasm. In reality it’s so small, I can wash like, one underpant at a time. The upside is that this does seem to be allowing me to live my dream of not having just loads separated into”Darks” and “Lights” but instead “Blues,” “Greens,” “Dark Pink,” “Light Pink” …
My washer - in theory, it’s an appliance-gasm. In reality it’s so small, I can wash like, one underpant at a time. The upside is that this does seem to be allowing me to live my dream of not having just loads separated into”Darks” and “Lights” but instead “Blues,” “Greens,” “Dark Pink,” “Light Pink” …