After a few years of living in my humble abode, I’m excited to finally give a tour of my little Lincoln Park apartment! I moved in a few years ago (on the coldest day in recent history) and it’s been a long process of making it my own little corner of the world.

When I had moved in, I had pretty much been living with old dorm room furniture and hand me downs from generous friends and family over the years. Now that I finally had a place to settle down, I decided it was high time I became an “adult” (or, as adult as my 25 year old self could be!) and buy big girl furniture. As I do, I tried to snag as much as I could on a budget, from my Pottery Barn Teen desk (much more affordable than those other options), to cheap Target gallery wall frames, to my own DIY paintings, – as much as I could was done on the cheap so I could invest in a few other pieces I’d been coveting. Together, I like to think my apartment is a good mixture of shabby chic, with pops of color in between for good measure 🙂 Take a little tour with these pretty photos from Neighborhooding {and check out the feature they shared a few weeks back here!} How cute is that Pottery Barn Chicago pillow? One of the many sweet gifts from my momma! These Target frames and a few pretty prints and cards made the perfect and affordable gallery wall.  Most of these vintage goodies we’re from the Randolph Street Market, a Chicago flea and antique outdoor sale that happens once a month.   My not-so-stylish bathroom, but it’s at least pretty big!  I turned a few of my most cherished cards and prints and turned them into a mini gallery wall for my desk, fastened with affordable  washi tape!  I love this silly gold CB2 pig bookends, even if everyone with a bookshelf has one!  Where I spend most of my time – watching terrible re-runs and blogging my life away!I’m excited to see my apartment evolve over the next few years, and to have these photos to look back on in a few years so I can remind myself, “oh right, my apartment looked like that!” It’s a nice little reminder of when I got to decorate my apartment all by myself, which makes them so special 🙂

I’d love to see your home tour if you have a snaps to share! Send me a link, or leave one in the comments section so I can take a virtual tour too! xx

Special thanks to M Lindsay Photography for the photos!