living loft style

When I was a little girl, I dreamed big. I grew up in a small town; however, other people, places, and cultures fascinated me. I dreamed of being a writer, living and working in tall buildings with small coffee shops at the bottom. I longed to live in a location surrounded by buildings and people instead of acres of fields and pigs and horses. It was no-less than a twenty minute car trip to Wal-Mart and my graduating class was the largest in decades, 120 students. During my college years, I moved to the suburbs to attend school and thought I would never look back. My husband and I moved into the heart of the city moments before we were married, and I can proudly say that I achieved the dream that I longed for as I laid in my bed in the middle of those country corn fields counting sheep as I attempted to sleep.

I achieved the dream on paper. I live in a tall building, with a sports bar and grill residing at the bottom. I work in a tall building, with a corporate café/coffee shop in the bottom as well. With my thirty minute city commute, and, still, my twenty minute car trip to Wal-Mart or Target or Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods… I cannot necessarily say that life is that much greener on the other side, as I imagined in my early years. However, I love that I took the adventure. I love having neighbors, but I have decided that neighbors on the left and right of me will do…but I would prefer the neighbors above me and below me not to exist. I miss my yard, or grass, as the concrete jungle tends to be not as refreshing in the summer time and harsher in the winter.

All the same, for now, I love my brick walls and high ceilings. I enjoy the exposed wooden beams and ducting. I adore the ability to grill hamburger patties on my balcony, and then walk to a baseball game to eat my homemade dinner, still steaming, out of a brown paper bag. I feel connected to others who live in the downtown area with an odd sense of community, friendliness, and strength. Like we are all living here with the intention of telling the world that St. Louis is a safe city, and we are living proof of the revitalization and the revolution of downtown.

I felt that it was important to kick things off by showing you around our place. Over the past couple of years, our house has really begun to look and feel like more of a home. My husband and I have been married for a little over a year and bit by bit, it is coming together. Knowing that this is not our permanent place, I struggle with wanting to decorate more, change things around, add just a smidge of paint here and there. So far, we are really pleased with the outcome and love how our house has become a home!
over the bed decor credit :: disney quote
over the bed decor credit :: biblical love quote