Boston pt.1 - interiors

I spent this past weekend/week in Boston with one of my favorite people in world Katie, and her boyfriend Jake. She has always had AMAZING interior style but she has really outdone herself in her current apartment. A lot of her finds are from antique stores around the country, which is a skill in and of its own. Their home is a perfectly gender neutral, not too girly and not too masculine so they both love it equally.

Here are a few tips from Katie about decorating your home when moving in with your boyfriend.

1. Take your time- Especially when it comes to the big decisions. Moving in with your significant other is a huge life step. When I say our apartment was practically empty for two months after we moved in (other than a bed and a couch) I'm being dead serious! It was important to me that my boyfriend Jake and I enjoyed the process together and found items that we'd both like for a long time. Lucky for me, he loves design and kept me great company while planning and shopping. Aside from the financial investment in big furniture pieces, I wanted to be sure we were achieving an aesthetic that made us both feel at home. In retrospect, I wouldn't have traded a mostly empty apartment for the world and I'm incredibly glad we chose to take it slow.

2. Bring the outdoors in-We LOVE being surrounded by the ocean and nature. Feeling its presence around us is important. Living in a major metropolitan city prevents us from being in the middle of nature at all times, so we've found ways to bring it inside. Between shell collections, natural woods, trees, and houseplants sometimes we worry it's starting to look more like a jungle than an apartment!

3. Make it personal- Adding collected home goods and accessories is an easy way to give a personal touch to any room in your home. Between Jake's Surfer's Journal collection, our colorful matchbooks from our travels, eclectic records, and framed photos we tend to display momentous treasures that remind us of family, travel, and hobbies/interests we are passionate about.