Design Projects

Ben and I are moving... again! Finding an apartment has been really stressful; turns out DC (rental) real estate is just as (if not MORE) outrageous than NY. The only upside is that you tend to get more bang for your buck. After a million discussions/debates/a few rental applications, we finally agreed that it made the most sense to move back to our old neighborhood. Chevy Chase DC is a super strange place, if it existed in NYC it would undoubtedly be discovered and co-oped by hipsters who reveled in its almost frozen (mid 90's) existence. I mean the place has a fully functioning video store (one that we frequented often), and an old diner that plays The Graduate on an outdoor projector in the middle of July. It also has quite a few characters, and a small town feel on the edge of the City. It's a little strange to be moving further away from the 'action,' but I think Charlie will have an utterly charming babyhood in this idyllic little hamlet, and Ben and I will be saving enough money to take more trips up north.

The only thing we like about moving is the potential for another design project. Our studio apartment in  Brooklyn was kind of a major triumph; the perfect blend of our two personalities. Designing a 'nursery' for Charlie before he was born proved harder than I anticipated. I chose a lot of boyish cliches, feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of dealing with a real life boy every day. Now that Munch is here, and I know him a little better... It's really exciting to start anticipating all the different directions we can go in with HIS room... And this time I am hoping it actually becomes his room!