My new apartamento!

As you all know, I recently made the move to New York city and have been apartment hunting for a good spot in manhattan to call home sweet home. After seeing many dumps I finally found a cool spot with an even cooler view and jumped on it! I had come here with the intention of renting a short term furnished spot...not so much. This cool condo I found happened to be a year long lease and unfurnished-leave it to me to pull a switch-a-roo like that on myself. But I got over that quickly and got excited because I got to start thinking about decorating, furniture and all the fun stuff that comes along with moving. Then, unfortunately, reality made a grand entrance and I realized all my cool furniture is at home in Texas and getting started in NYC will leave you broke quicker than you can say New York, New York. Moral of this story is that I've been on a major budget trying to decorate my new pad. I've accepted that this isn't going to come together overnight, and started today by building a couch and a bed...from scratch...from ikea. Not an easy task to do alone let me tell you something. I'm sure my neighbors across the way were throwing back in roars of laughter while I'm attempting to hold and hammer the headboard, sides and end of the bed together with every arm, leg and prop I could find! I'm glad to report(for my sake) that no one was there taking photos of me as this was taking place, but I will take pictures ad this process comes together so you all can follow along on my journey around new York to decorate on a budget. Any tips and tricks are welcome!
Xoxo
Gossip girl
...or not...