Our Tiny Apartment-The Living Room

Working at an apartment complex for a year taught me a lot about how to look for apartments in a college town as well as what is good and bad about an apartment once you are lucky enough to find one. About 18 months ago Paul and I were over it. Our overpriced, 3rd floor, apartment, with screaming neighbors was just not our thang.

I was searching on Craigslist and suddenly found a crappy one bedroom, one bathroom ad and I knew I needed to see it. What made me HAVE to see this apartment, I'll never know. The pictures were awful and it looked like it was made in the 20s. But it had a yard, only shared one wall with a house, and was walking distance to the college. It literally had everything we wanted in a tiny apartment. (NO newlywed NEIGHBORS!!) So we wrote a check and it was ours.

Although it's tiny, it works perfectly for us. We've had to be a little creative and come up with ways to make our space work but it's been fun to have a minimalist style.

Almost every piece in the living room is either from IKEA or Target. Duh. :)

This tiny side table is probably my favorite thing we've bought specifically for our tiny apartment. We don't have room here for a kitchen table.. well I take that back. We probably do have room but it would literally take up half our living room. So we use this little guy when we need one. It usually sits over by our futon but get's moved to use for homework and eating dinner every day. Plus I think it's super cute.

We used to have a giant microfiber sectional that was suuuper comfy but, come on, it was totally not practical in our tiny apartment. We sold that sucker and bought this futon from Target. Since, our space has felt SO much more open and inviting.

This wall was completely blank a few weeks ago. Vinyl dots saved the day! Paul is still getting used to it. I think it's cute but he says "for a little girls room". haha. I don't know I can't really decide on them to be honest. For now they're staying though. 

We have tile throughout the apartment so we doubled up on our rugs in the living room. This just helps with keeping the place warm.

I LOVE this giant mirror we have. Definitely helps open the place up a little more. I also use it as my mirror when getting ready in the morning.

 And there we have it! Our tiny living room. I'm pretty proud of how it's turned out. Also check out that tiny christmas tree!! (insert heart eyes here)