About six months ago I moved from Chicago to New York to close the gap in a long-distance relationship. I closed it so much, actually, that I now live with my boyfriend. Two weeks ago, I sent for my things that were still sitting in storage in Illinois and little by little, Drew and I have been figuring out how to best incorporate my things with his things as well as the best way to mesh our individual design aesthetics. Of course, the 700 square foot apartment couldn't hold all our stuff, so we've unloaded quite a bit on Craigslist (incidently, is anyone interested in a coffee table? How about a dinette set?), but now that we've got room to move, we're focusing on the decorating. Which brings me to my question for you. See that picture above? It's from our livingroom (that's Miles the cat, by the way. He's a real sweetheart). Now, imagine it tidier (please!), with different pillows (I'm still picking them out) and a chic black lampshade on that lamp over to the left (it's on back order). That still leaves the enormous empty wall that I — we — need help figuring out how to decorate. Drew wants to hang lots of photos and artwork there, which I'm not opposed to, but I think it could be time-consuming and pretty expensive, both of which I am opposed to. I, on the other hand, am thinking of a wall decal, wallpaper, or perhaps one large picture. So, what do you guys think?
