Nuit Blanche and some thoughts on T.O.

So we went to Nuit Blanche last week, and I feel pretty lame that it was the first event we've really been to. We went to the Jazz festival & Casa Loma in the summer. As artists though, we've been encouraged to see gallery openings, and visit the ROM + AGO (to which we have free entrance). And I haven't yet! The school also has many guest artists and speakers, and I haven't gone to a single thing.

I haven't been involved in anything at all. And that's my new goal- to check stuff out, and start doing fun things. Otherwise, what's the point in living here anyway?


Last night I saw my cousin play at the Hard Luck Bar in a band called Signifier. It was a good time, and good music. I have to do this kind of stuff way more.


Also- I'm taking photography + video right now and we're encouraged to always have cameras on us and to record/photograph whatever we like. So: on the way home from Nuit Blanche, I noticed how loud the subway was. Usually people, even if it's only standing room, never say a word. I'll get on the subway in the morning and I'm squished up against like 60 other people trying to hold onto something. AND IT'S SILENT. But the energy of Nuit Blanche, and some kind of sports match, seemed to spread into the subway and it was noisy!

Living Room

So, I got around to cleaning my living room finally. It was awful.

This is our couch. We got it for free, it's a pullout. The pullout isn't bad, but it's been gouging into our nice floor every time we put it away. Whoops...

The couch was THE WORST material to sit on during the summer. It was so sweaty. We kept it covered with blankets all summer.

We've stained it with oil paint already. But I don't think we'll be keeping longer than this apartment.

To get it in the apartment, we (as in the guys) had to carry it up the fire escape and we had to squish it into our living room. It took a long time, a lot of work and one of the guys puked afterwards. When we take it out, my vote will be to chop it up into firewood first.

This is our coffee table. We were warned before hand, that it would be too tall for putting our feet on. It's true, and mostly we just use it for storing all of our blankets and throwing stuff onto.

Aj has a big teacher's desk. It takes up the most space in the room, but it's perfect. & it's always covered in stuff. This is the cleanest I've seen it since we moved probably. He built the bookshelf that sits on top of it with his dad. It's pretty full, I have no idea where we'd put our books without it...

This is our sexy lamp.

I can't stop posting pictures of the sea critters. They're just so cute. Here's some shrimp on Scoob.

We always have paintings on the go, and as you can see, there's not much room for two easels. My poor piano has a drop sheet on it. It's hiding. I haven't played in too long. I don't have time, and can never find it anyway. One day I'll uncover it.

I used to have a desk where my piano was, and I had my little inspiration strings up. I never took them down, I love em.

There's the sea critters again! & our artsy shelf. + board games. It's funny. Most of our games require more than two people so we don't play many of them. We just got Dutch Blitz & Bananagrams.

I love our windows. They face East, and the sun is a lovely thing. It keeps our place nice and bright. We have some cutsie plants and an elephant parade in the window. I'm looking forward to needing the rads on. It'll be so cozy.

So now you've seen almost everything!

Nuit Blanche is tomorrow, and I'm pretty pumped!

xoxo

H

My Bedroom

So, I'm sort of avoiding doing our living room. It will probably be the last one I do. And that's because we're in there the most. And it's so messy. We have a lot of painting and art projects going on since school started. And the room is covered in stuff. So, when I get around to cleaning it, then I'll show you it :)

So keep that in mind- what you're seeing is as clean as it gets ! It's usually much messier, but I have 4 day weekends, so I've had a bit of time to clean up.

Aj made me this for my jewellery a long time ago. it's perfect. 

this is my wardrobe. my favourite piece of furniture that I own. it was my great grandmothers, and is made from ration crates during WWII. how cool is that. we put it at the end of our bed to make a dressing area since we don't get up at the same times for school. the table beside it, we found in an abandoned house and i fell in love with it. 

it took a while, but i finally got my sewing machine here, this is my sewing table. not used much at this point, but it definitely comes in handy ! The sheet on the wall is a beaut, it has tiny mirrors on it too. we bought that in kensington sometime before we moved. Aj plays saxophone, so there it is.

no matter how old i get, i will always have pillow bunny on my bed. i like the windows in our room. its a nice light. 

we have two turntables, but this is the one in our room. it sits on the radiator for now. not sure what we'll do once we have the rads on. i listen to more vinyl than i listen to an ipod. 

bathroom will be next, then living room :)

miss you alliston, look forward to the weekend home.

h

My kitchen!

So as promised, now that I've got a camera or two kickin' about. Here is a glimpse into my tiny world/apartment. This is my kitchen!

this is the whole of our counter space. yes, it is small. and yes, the stove is small, and the fridge is small. these are not regular sized appliances. they are small. everything is small in this small space. you may have noticed some of our cupboards are missing doors. they fell off. i would love to rip the rest of the doors off and paint the frames and interior of the cupboards, but we'll probably only be here for a year. so. no renos this time. it is cute though, and very cozy.

this is our fridge. my mom gifted the magnets to me for my birthday last year. i like them. our friends always leave strange sentences on the fridge like: 'i did jump above a warm puppy', or 'like the essential heart i jump with surprise comfort'.

we painted the walls with chalkboard paint for another surface to doodle on. Tom found the chalk when he visited and left us some nice artwork. same with our bath markers in the tub. our coat rack is pretty packed but we're getting better at keeping so we can actually get to the living room.

aj went on a camping trip in the summer & i made this banner for his return (which he didn't notice anyway), and we always forget it's there. i sort of like it now and it just stays there to welcome us home (when we notice it) every time we come home. 

aj bought these tiny incense cones which smell so good. however, we've lit a few too many fires with them. have to keep an eye on that stuff. i really like our mismatch chairs. we found the blue wooden one at a garage sale. its super heavy, but it's cute and blue. the other one is this ugly (but sweet) orange thing with rusty legs. I have no idea where in the heck it came from but it's nice.

our calendar has pictures of outhouses on it which you can't see in this picture. my orange apron is my favourite thing. it was my moms.

A and I have so many pairs of sunglasses. so, being crafty and whatnot, i crafted this rack for them. they each have a slot. it's handy for storing all sorts of things. the chalk eraser is usually in there and my extra phone cases have made their way there too. + our door is magnetic. that's my birthday card up there & my parents. nice!

& here's where my belt rug ended up. we have way too many shoes that spill all over the place and we trip all the day long. 

so there's my kitchen. i'll show you another room soon.

xo

h

First Selfie since the move.