All posts tagged: renovating on a dime

Decor: The Plan To Renovate On A Budget – Part I

This past few days I’ve stayed away from my computer, shifting my attention to rolling up my sleeves and getting dirty, painting, varnishing, running to Home Depot, and changing my mind on everything I started out with my renovation ideas, did a 360 and now back exactly to where I started  – in terms of colors and style and removable wallpaper. (I’ll explain later). You know the term, you live and learn. Well, this has surely been the case with this project, discovering along the way, many, many difficult obstacles, delay what I envision happen by a few extra days. Naturally, I’ll share the before and after soon enough, But for now, I just want to say, I’ll be missing from here again for a few days, to finish up  what I started so I can go away for the rest of the week  to the country where the sun is shining and the grass is truly green, and the sky  is blue compared to what the heck is going on this brutal cold-summer in …

Decor: What Is Your Apartment Style

I love the idea of an apartment, and getting the chance to renovate a 1200 square foot apartment for a friend early 2016 is the first exciting thing I am looking forward to next year. In light of that notion, I have been researching online and in stores for ideas to revamp a dull apartment located in a 1970’s building. So far, I am leaning towards new traditional meets organic modern look. So, stay tuned. Documenting this bit of excitement here at rawsilkandsaffron is going to be all fun: What is your decor style?