Following my graduation from Appalachian State University in the spring of 2011, I have gone from living back at home, to an apartment, to my townhouse where I currently live. Being at home, I was so tired of not having my own personal space that I ended up moving out 10 months later into an apartment. I loved being on my own again, and having my own space to decorate how I wanted. After living in my apartment for 15 months, I was ready to move again because I was tired of climbing stairs just to get home, having to hunt for a parking spot, and having loud neighbors. The apartment felt too much like my college days, and I wanted something more grown up like.
So the hunt was on! I juggled around with the idea of buying a house because the market was perfect. I went as far as talking with a real estate agent to getting pre-qualified, but the timing wasn't right. I wasn't sure where I wanted to live, and my boyfriend of then 4 years wasn't sure what he wanted to do either, so I made the decision to rent instead. While browsing craigslist for homes to rent, my boyfriend and I began to toy around with the idea of living together. We always bouncing between his parents’ house and my apartment, and it seemed like the best thing to do money wise. He wanted to get out of his parents’ house at the time.
So the BIG conversation that I thought I would never have with my parents...happened! To my surprise, my mom and dad seemed to be okay with the idea, but would never clearly give their blessing like I wanted them to. Daddy would always say “You are a 24 year old that can make your own decisions”, however, that was not enough for me. I truly needed his blessing. After a long heart-to-heart phone conversation with my mom one night, my dad called back and had a conversation with me that brought me to tears. I had to pull over from driving because tears were flooding my eyes. He gave me his blessing!
From there, Taylor and I found our townhouse and moved in just a few weeks later. We have lived together for 10 months now, and it has been amazing! We have so much fun together cooking, going to the gym, being lazy, and him helping me with random DIY projects.
This is a picture of our townhouse during one of our many snowstorms. Here in NC, we don’t typically have as much snow as we have this year. My school has had 6 snow days!!!
My favorite spot in the townhouse is my hallway décor. I got the desk from Target when I lived in my apartment. I made the table runner using HGTV How to Make a Hand-Painted Burlap Table Runner as inspiration. Instead of using basic burlap, I used silver shimmery burlap that I found at JoAnn’s Fabric, and I didn’t stencil Joy on the sides so I could use it year around. The vase and the dried hydrangeas are from my parents surprise 50th birthday pig pickin’. The mercury jar, white bowl, brown grape vine balls, chic chalk board, and baskets below the desk are from TJ Maxx. Yes, as you can tell, I love TJ Maxx! Overall, I love changing out the chalk board and table décor based upon the holidays and seasons. I hope you like it as much as I do!
