hello all!

once again, its been awhile, but i am back with some pretty crazy and weird news, i guess i’m staying home for this semester and working from home!

this semester GW decided no students would return for the semester, something i never planned on going forward with. i was incredibly upset, how am i, an art major supposed to work at school (for longer than half a semester!) and how am i supposed to be on west coast time but working with east coast time, but there were more problems with taking the semester off than i could stomach so this is how we’re doing things this semester.

obviously, this is never what i wanted and especially never what i planned. but now my life up until january has been decided and that will be me staying in los angeles till at least the end of the year. of course this is never what i even imagined for myself, my life in college and etc but its what is happening and i’m just letting life wash over me as of now.

also, excitingly i’ll be able to do a graphic design internship from home!

the last time i updated y’all i shared with you guys my room plans and i’m not proud to say i haven’t made many progressions since then, but now i’m motivated to finish up my room prior to starting my semester which is in two very short weeks, so it looks like i’ve got quite a lot of painting, hanging and organizing to do to get my room school and work from home ready but i guess that’s basically what I’ve been organizing and getting together all summer and now its just officially doing it.

well, i guess thats a little life update, and i’m excited to get some more updates to y’all soon

xoxo, kate

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hey all!

of course, if you’ve been following my blog for a while i have talked A LOT about redo-ing my room over the years, and suprisingly, i have never done it. maybe it is cause i didn’t have enough time but one thing i can say with authority about my room is that i have been extremely lazy in cleaning it! so, in getting my general act together during this time of the virus i have made cleaning my room a major priority, and with that a priority to fix up my room and sell the things i no longer need in order to help fix up my room!

first, i prioritized cleaning my room – which included my closets and cabinets filled with products, accessories and clothes that i no longer wore, that no longer fit me or that no longer fit my style. i was able to donate items that were too worn to sell online to some of my local thrift stores and i was also able to designate items of importance to me (t-shirts from when i was young from camps and etc) to make into a quilt. this was a major way to clean out my closets, giving me tons more room and making everything fit in a way which i was happier with. i designated a pile of ‘poshmark’ worthy items, or items that were new, LIKE new, and even tagged things which were never worn or used.

you can shop my poshmark store for new and lightly used items in my sidebar now or click here! additionally, i have been making and selling scrunchies from used and vintage clothes so they’re completely sustainable and are making use of low waste practices!

this way, i am getting rid of items i can no longer use or love, making it better for my room and my bank account because i can reinvest that money back into making my room a place i love being in!

second! to save money on ‘wall art’ like posters and stuff i’ve been making a lot of stuff myself! i mean i have the clear benefit of being a graphic designer and a person who is artistically inclined (which helps with a lot of fixing up my room in general) but i have been enjoying designing things and painting things for my room! additionally, over the years with my travels and etc i have collected vintage prints, postcards and more which usually cost under $5 but look really great when placed in a frame with a ‘mat’ of LITERALLY just white printer paper!

here are a few of my favorite postcards and cards which i collected in london (all for under $5 ~american~ dollars!) in some frames either purchased from tj maxx for under $7 or from this neutral frame set on amazon (under $10 for the set of 3!)

additionally! there are cheap prints AND YOU CAN ORDER POSTCARDS on redbubble! and i even infact make some!

third, because i have been fortunate enough to be successful in selling some of my stuff or things i have created I NOW GET TO SHOP! (just a little i am trying to not go crazy y’all!). so i started a list of things that i will end up spending money on during this process. i made a series of lists of items i will probably buy on scale of importance!

#1: need

under this catergory are items like a new bedspread or new sheets, the bare minimum of what makes a bed a bed, which is the most essential in a room

#2: items to finish projects

under this catergory are items like spackling to fill the holes in my walls, cleaning products to help me wash my walls, fixing my ceiling (which has a few cracks in it) and paint to finish off my room because although i finally took the nursery wallpaper off, the paint in my room is at least 18 years old.

#3: want & are a DIY project

certain items like floating shelves to hold my purses and little trinkets fall under this category and as well are items to refurbish some of my furniture and items which i already own!

#4: want for aesthetic reasons and would help me organize

this would be like purse stands (that I SAW ON TIKTOK and fell in love with), necklace stands and hooks for my stuff!

#5: would not be life-changing but i probably should do to finish my room

under this category are new curtains (i have some but they now no longer fit my aesthetic!), my lamp (once again not bad or anything wrong with it but it doesn’t fit the look i want for my room anymore) and a new light fixture.

#6: EXTRAS! and random fun items to make the room very ME!

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE FUN CATEGORY! this are those pretty coffee table books, the vases, the plants and other random items to be strewn around my room when i finish!

by making these categories i have thus organized my own thoughts and my bank account! i know what i can spend on the lower # categories because i have mapped out how much money i must spend on #1&2 first.

i wanted to let you that even though i am a ‘blogger’ (whatever that means to you) i don’t have an insane unlimited budget for my clothes, projects and etc. at the end of the day, i am a college student who funds her projects and exciting things i get to do by myself. i acknowledge that this is a privilege that i GET to do this and share it with you and because my money has ESPECIALLY been super tight lately (and with the virus) that it is possible to end up with a situation you end up loving despite it all!

and of course, i couldn’t end this post without sharing my current shopping faves for my room and stuff i think you’d love too!

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hey all!

this c* virus thing has me in my room for longer than I’ve been in my room since I lived in my house in high school – actually even more than that! because I’ve been in my room so much I’ve been on top of my game trying to renovate my room. I’ve been cleaning up stuff, giving away stuff, trying to improve my room to reflect my adult style, because I’ll let you in on a little secret, the TFIOS poster felt a bit TOO much like high school me. so I’m editing through it all, because I have the time, of course.

I’ve also done a little bit of looking at new things for my room, replacing the sorta ‘babyish’ things that are still in my room, like my curtains and my lampshade (of course I’m keeping the lamp body because it still perfectly works) and additionally getting rid of my high school and middle school stuff which doesn’t hold too many memories. so, in short I’m making my room more of an adult room! which is pretty darn exciting!

my plans of things i’d like to do:

– fill the holes in my walls from all of the random things I tried to hang on my own

– paint my walls to a SUPER whitish pink color (replacing the dirty yellow which is currently residing there)

– update some of the features like my curtains and lampshade which take up room and are kinda an odd focus

– work on getting a way to ‘show’ my show-stopping pieces in my closet – because i have some really cool pieces like my cult gaia ark bag, prada nylon shoulder bag and my CDG converse!

here are some of the items that will help me achieve my goals – and additionally will just be the things i’d like to see in my room!

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enjoy y’all!

xoxo, kate

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hello all! happy thursday!

y’all, we know that friend. the friend // family member who always gets the new phone, the new purse, the new shoes, the new book. yeah, they have EVERYTHING — AND you’re kinda jealous of them, but you love them and you wanna share some holiday joy and gotta get them ~that!~ something, not to mention they usually get what they want AND they’re picky!! so… today i have gifts for THAT person. and we all know that person, and if you don’t it ~might~ be you.

anyway, i DID THE JOB of obtaining a bunch of items that are perfect for the person who gets whatever they want.

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1 | simple human sensor mirror 2 | ban.do ‘i was told there’d be wine’ glasses 3 | la colombe x chemex coffee set 4 | shower speaker 5 | new york times custom birthday book 6 | silk sleep set 7 | vitruvi essential oil diffuser 8 | acne studios scarf 9 | ginger jar ornaments 10 | do one thing everyday that makes you happy

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