casa dolce casa

we are finally living in a place that feels more like a home. it's got furniture (...still waiting on our wonderful divano) and art and decoration and lighting and bedding and most of all the things that an apartment needs. but it feels so good to have a place you call your own. i love my first place. it suits us and to be honest we have even discussed buying it after our contract ends in four years. i think it's a great place and i like the location.

i always wondered how i would fare in the department of interior design. i was a bit anxious when we started shopping for things because i was like, is this gonna fit? will it look good? what about that other thing we have, will it work? as i have seen the apartment come together i am very satisfied with what gabriele and i have put together. i said from the beginning that i wanted simple but not empty. i never wanted to buy something just to buy it or because it was cheap. one thing my parents told me was to plan to buy whatever you buy once. i didn't settle. i was picky (i'm sure gabriele wouldn't mind elaborating on the hours of shopping). but i feel justified. things in italy are a lot more expensive than buying them in america. at least it seems that way. so when i needed something, i was picky. but i always knew that when i walked away from something i was only walking towards something better. :)

i'm really trying to get the apartment picture-ready. mostly because my mom keeps asking to see what the place looks like and because i think a lot of people are curious about my place because it's in italy (some think that's cool, others likely think i live in a tiny studio). i just like it because it's all me and all gabriele. everything we have is completely our style. it's modern, it's simple, and it's home. yeah, just a bunch of rambling.