My Favorite Reading Nook

My favorite place in our cozy little apartment is the reading nook. For some reason they created a little cut out next to the kitchen, I'm thinking a washer and dryer used to be there - I kind of wish they still were there. But they aren't, so we created a reading nook. It was really Wes' idea, he wanted to watch me cook and be able to talk to me (so sweet). Anyways we built our corner around the idea of the perfect chair. We found our perfect chair for the perfect price at IKEA. It was about $200.00, but we love it and literally use it everyday. 

Can I just say I LOVE volcano candles. They smell awesome and literally fill our entire apartment with a homey clean  scent- not too heavy and not too light.

This our beloved foot rest. We literally hiked a mile in snow, up hill, with winds of at least 30mph, and were wearing heavy duty onesies (Wes gets mad when I call them that, they were made for hunting). When we found the perfect tree Wes hand sawed the tree down.... I know what a man. Then we proceeded to carry all of it back to the car. It was exhausting! It counted as work out the entire Christmas break.  I designed this months ago and was just waiting for the opportunity to chop down a tree. I didn't think that would ever happen so I just tucked it away, but Wes made it happen :). So when we got home I pulled out my sketches and bought the rope from Lowes. I made it in a way that it would have a little built in give for comfort. I love the raw- natural look and we have a great memory behind it. 

                                                                  

I love these chalk boards because they didn't cost a dime! These are actually the boxes some of my wedding gifts came in (made of cardboard). I just painted them with black chalk board paint, cut off strips of burlap and hot glued them to the back, and then wrote on the boxes with chalk. EASY! They look like wood, and bring personality to the space.

Taadaa.. the whole space all together. The weird cream rectangular thing on the wall is the leaf to our kitchen table... yep. As I mentioned in an earlier post we literally have not storage space at all. Sooo I hung it on the wall tied a piece of burlap around it and tucked some lavender in it. It looks a little odd but it works. I hung it over the electrical panel so it covered that ugly eye-sore. Something else that I like is the blanket over the chair. I like that it makes the space look lived in and even more comfortable by creating more texture, and the best part is that it covers the white chair (just incase). The floor lamp is from Pottery Barn - we had gift cards from our wedding, but another great place to find lamps like this is Tuesday Morning or another re-sale store. I actually found a bedside lamp for Wes' night stand that is the mini version from Tuesday Morning.




The last thing to note about this corner is how much we put into one corner and by creating height on both sides it feels balanced. We really maximized the limited amount of space of our kitchen by utilizing this corner. The corner now has a purpose instead of just a piece of furniture, or just being a corner. It's almost like we added a room to our house. When looking at the corner the table leaf on the wall would really stick out like a sore thumb if I didn't balance it with the cake stand and giant mason jar on top of the book shelves. Lastly, the white makes it the perfect reading corner and gives off a peaceful vibe.