Help! I've Fallen Off the Face of the Earth!

Sorry it's been so long.  Things haven't been going very well over here and as I'm sure most of you know, it's very difficult to focus on anything positive when you're not feeling the best.  I think I'm getting sick on top of some of the emotional stuff which of course, is even more fun.

Anyway, my husband and I have been talking about a lot of different things.  We're going to stick it out here in our apartment for the next year and when the lease is up we're going to do one of the following things:  move to Chicago, move to San Francisco, rent a much cheaper apartment (so we can save more money) or try to buy a home.

Anyway, in the meantime to make sure that we're able to do what we want and need to do - alone and together - we've decided that I'm going to convert our den into my craft room - or as he phrases it, my "girl cave."  LOL

Sometimes people are smart and actually remember to take photographs of the "before" instead of in the middle as a "during" photo but I figured I'd stop in to say hello and show what I've been working on.

So here are the "during" photos.  Basically, you're missing out on a very big, dirty mess and this is just the clutter that comes up when you're trying to go through boxes you never moved out of and are trying to start from scratch when you don't have a scratch to start from.  Does that make sense?

The idea here is to put a desk alone the far wall (next to the rocking chair) and eventually put some IKEA bookshelves on both sides of the desk.  Then, there will be one of our tv's where the bicycle is, hopefully hang the bicycle outside and the baker's rack will store most of my craft supplies.  The desk I'm getting (it will arrive on Monday) is in the photo below.

It's about 4 feet wide and a perfect height.

It's so perfect for what I've been looking for.  It's a large workspace and it's sturdy enough to handle a sewing machine.

I need a chair though...  I like this one from IKEA but it's so expensive.  Let me know if any of you know of a similar chair for about $5-10.  No cushion necessary.  Anyone looking to get my anything for a belated birthday present or for Christmas, please feel free to get me an IKEA gift card.

Well, I guess that about sums up what I've been loving this week.  More work tomorrow and Monday but I'll try to get back on top of things & not disappear again.  I hope things are going well for you all.  Happy November!