Last fall I desperately wanted to take part in The Cure. But since I was on vacation for the first few weeks, it just never seemed to happen. I did do a few improvements here and there, but I never actually completed the full on Deep Treatment Apartment Therapy Cure. So here we go!

Here is what I have done since my attempted Fall Cure:

Living Room:

Old: Ugly pillows in need of covers, ugly couch in need of cover, crap all over.

New: Fun red, homemade pillow covers! New homemade couch cover (Ikea fabric sewn to make a tapestry) and slightly less clutter… oh and bookshelves on the wall!

Kitchen:

Old: Sad, cluttered kitchen and, look to the right, there was this horribly ugly enormous coffee table that accumulated crap like no tomorrow (including that computer monitor which sat there forever).

New: That is horrible coffee table is gone and we got a gas burner and threw out the electricity guzzling old one. Our landlady also installed new counters from granite and a new faucet that doesn’t spray water all over the place like the old one. (I’ll show the totally updated kitchen when I get to current cure pictures, for now this is from just before and it shows my coffee table replacement).

Bedroom:

Old: Horrible horrible horrible clothing storage that made me want to scream.

New: I think this upgrade has made the greatest improvement in my happiness by far. I bought the four drawer Malm dresser. I am thinking about buying a second to put right next to it for the boyfriend. Soooo gooood.

Old: White walls in the bedroom kept me up at night because they were so ugly and boring (seriously. i am neurotic about white walls.)

New: I finally couldn’t take it anymore and decided to paint even though I rent. I only did two walls to minimize repainting when we move out, but it makes such a huge difference and now I wake up happy and rested in my calm blue bedroom. (I know the color doesn’t show that well here. More pics soon!!) Oh and I solved our lack-of-headboard situation with some masking tape.

Bathroom:
Old: I didn’t document this, but the vanity was a boring gray color and the laminate (not the right word, I can’t think of it at the moment…) was peeling.

New: I found fun contact paper and gave it a new look.

Onward!