Feathering

We’re moving. We’ve decided to suck it up and move into an apartment that fits our lives. Our meager furniture is going to look very minimalist in our big new place. But it’s something of a clean slate – our first apartment “together”. Ms had a very nice one-bedroom that I imposed myself on nearly ayear ago, cat and all. I did, however, organize all the closets and label everything under the sink, so it was a pretty good deal for Ms. But now, faced with obvious budget constraints, how do we furnish an apartment for that next step in our lives? How do you go about deciding to become mature people? Buying furniture that matches, for instance, or a complete set of 12 plates, or a Cuisinart, Belgium chairs, Moroccan rugs, ottomans from, fittingly, Turkey, $60 pencil holders, $115 for an étagère, a hutch made of American maple and tropical cane, finished in tobacco, what does it take? What is a hutch anyway? Is it entirely inappropriate for me to paint a mural of sheep herding in the Caucasus on the living room wall? It’s the first time I’ve considered moving into a home, rather than finding a place to live. Someplace I might stay for more than a year. What’s that like?

xoxo,
Miss