Our New Apartment

When we move, we'll be living in a new apartment type space that my dad built. He'll be our only neighbor, below and off to the left. He better be a quiet neighbor! Just kidding, my dad is always at work. The space is a 40 x 40 ft. room with nothing in it. My dad just finished insulating and hanging sheetrock. He also is framing in a bathroom and hooking up plumbing and electrical. When we get there, we're going to go pick out tile and bathroom fixtures together. It's really exciting to me that we get to help create this space down to the details, even though it's just a temporary living space. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my dad teaching me to lay tile and I can't wait to do it again and to teach Jake.

Once we finish the bathroom, we're going to install a kitchen. I don't think it will be too hard since we already have a fridge and stove and my dad has leftover cabinetry from one of his previous jobs. I've been thinking about this space a lot. It's exciting and overwhelming. How do you decorate and manage space in a 1600 sq. ft. room? I mean, I could teach dance in there. I think we're going to dedicate certain areas of the room to different things; use the couches to block off one corner for a living room space, set up a craft area in another corner, and our computers against another wall.

There are two bedrooms that are attached but aren't part of that room, so at least we don't have to have our bed out there for everyone to see. If it were up to just me, I'd paint the entire room a nice bright color with white trim, but since it's not solely my preference, I think we might go with grey walls. Now to start researching the perfect shade of grey. Any suggestions?

I'm liking this shade of grey. {via}