Decorating: First Attempts

One of my favorite computer games from the nineties was Civilization II. A few minutes into a new game, a picture of a cave with a rock to sit on would pop up with the caption, "The people have spontaneously decided to redecorate your throne room." At that point, you could select an area of your throne room to upgrade. My first step was usually to change the rock to a chair. Throughout the game, you could continue to upgrade until you had a beautiful throne room (see below). I never got that far. But I did receive a guiding philosophy for my home decorating attempts: you don't need to upgrade the whole throne room all at once. Just be thrilled that you have a chair now instead of a rock.

I made some pillows. My mom had helped me make bean bags for our second grade fair, and I figured out it's basically the same concept.

A little painter's tape made it easy to make a Piet Mondrian knockoff. Computer desk: Craigslist. Couches: Sketchy warehouse in San Jose. Fruit: Crate & Barrel (did someone say gift certificate?). Coffee table: Ikea, how we love you.

I painted the frames in a geometric pattern. I also put together the bookshelf (notice the slight lean to the right). And that's our TV that only plays movies.

Thanks to Matt for the awesome keyboard!

Thanks to my most excellent mother for helping me sew these window treatments while I was in Virginia.

It may not be a grand throne room just yet, but at least we have progressed beyond the "cave and rock" point.