Some of you may know that I've been nomadding around with no fixed abode since the middle of December. Since December, I've stayed in 1 hotel for 2 weeks, 4 Airbnbs for 6 weeks, and gone on 1 cruise holiday for 2 weeks. During these 10 weeks, my new place was being renovated and it was finally completed a month ago. I'm pretty chuffed with my new place, as it's the start of another chapter in my life (more on that in another post).
Entrance
I live in an upstairs flat and this is the view looking down to my hallway and front door. When this photo was taken, all the upstairs floorboards were done, The stairs and downstairs were not completed yet. The hallway is quite long, about 5 meters if I remember correctly. I figured if I used the same floorboards as upstairs (I was going to use the same for the stairs), the whole flat would be really boring, so I opted for a stark contrast.
I went for a retro look using laminated flooring. It was the simplest way to make a bold statement and for the hallway to stand out. For the front door, I choose a dark grey colour, to complement the rest of the floorboards. Some people like a warmer colour on their front door to make it feel more homely and welcoming. I wanted a darker colour as it feels more powerful and secure. Without blowing my own trumpet, all my visitors so far (ok,the rest of my family 😃) all like my hallway! They thinks its really nice.
If you noticed, I've hung a picture up on the wall. Normally I'm not a big fan of hanging pictures, mainly because I have crappy art sense, and I don't like hammering too many nails on my wall. In this case, there was already an existing nail on the wall, so I thought why not? The picture was a limited edition freebie from a pack of beer I bought some months ago. There was a choice of 9 to choose from. My favourite one was the top right, but hubby liked the bottom left one, so being the good wife I am, I went with his choice. Do you think it goes well with the hallway, or do you think one of the others would be more suited?
Living room
This is the living room, or what it used to look like during renovation.
And voila!! This is what it looks like now. I have kept it basic as I wanted a minimalistic feel, I figured the more furniture I put in, the more junk I'm going to collect. I didn't choose the colour of the wall, it was left over paint mixed together. This was the last room to be painted and it wasn't worthwhile to buy another pot of paint so we ended up mixing white, magnolia and something else we had hanging around. The result is quite warm and relaxing. It doesn't match my blue and yellow theme perfectly, but nothing is perfect in this world.
The blue and yellow theme comes from my blue sofa which I've matched with yellow cushions. I even bought a yellow lampshade which has a reflective gold inside and emits a warm light. The plant is the lates addition from yesterday which is not present in the photo above which I took a few days ago. When I showed my sister the above image yesterday, her first reaction is that the living room needs some green. And I totally agree with her. My brother in law gifted me his rubber plant which I'm told is very easy to take care of. I think this looks perfect as I have enough space in the room to take a large plant. Even if it grows taller, which I hope it will, it won't over crowd my living room.
More art work
In my living room I have a blank wall, I think it used to be the fireplace that is now covered up. Some people put a massive TV there to make it the focal point of the room. I had to choice to either keep it blank, or to make a statement out of it. I opted for the latter, and had the perfect idea for it.
Hive has been a big part of my life in the past few years, and has open many new worlds to me. NFT being one of them. A few months ago, you may (or may not) remember I posted about buying my first NFT. It was a project developed by 
Anyway, it is what it is, and I'm so pleased that I have a bit of Hive in my new place. Nothing better than bring virtual to reality.
