When I moved into my apartment, I brought very little furniture with me. I had a bed and two dressers, several book shelves, a desk and chair, and a coffee table. My old flatmate Vanessa, who moved in with me, had a bit more furniture than me; in addition to her own bedroom furniture, she had a sofa and television stand (We both had televisions but used hers, as it was bigger.), a dining table and chairs, and a second smaller table.
Vanessa moved out of her parents' house when she was 16, so she'd acquired a bit of furniture. With the exception of the six months that I spent in New York City, working at a restaurant in Soho and living with my boyfriend-at-the-time in a (furnished) apartment in Queens, I'd only ever lived with my family or in a dorm room.
Vanessa moved out this past April and my boyfriend moved in. He's 35 and has much more furniture than me.
The challenge for me, as I now try to decorate our apartment and blend our lives together, is the furniture. My furniture is more old-fashioned and lighter both visually and in colour. (Most of it is white.) JP's furniture is heavier. Almost all is dark wood and a lot of it is from Pier 1 Imports; a few pieces have wicker/basket weave, which is something I almost always associate with Pier 1.
Two completely different styles.
So I have to figure out how to mix-and-match our belongings.
We are buying some new furniture to replace old things. A new couch to replace JP's awful (He agrees!) old one that looks like it would be at home in a living room in 1983. (We have a dark purple slipcover over it to cover the horrendous... pattern... underneath. But with four cats, it's a cat hair magnet.) A dining room set to replace the old set Vanessa left when she moved out. And a few other things...
The furniture really is the biggest challenge. Picking paint colours was really quite simple, as was choosing fabrics for curtains. But blending our furniture is proving difficult.
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