The move is done and the North Carolina house is sold! It’s been a little over three weeks since we made our last 12-hour drive up to Michigan, this time with our traumatized cat, Lucy. Trent would later recount to me how she was fussing from the crate in the backseat of his car pretty much the entire time. Poor baby (the cat and Trent). The good news is that Lucy settled into the apartment pretty quickly, I’m not sure it’s quite the same for us, though. We’ve tried to limit ourselves to unpacking mostly essentials given that this is just a temporary stop, but we couldn’t resist hanging just a few pieces of art on the wall and ordering new bedroom furniture. With the move, I’m working from home now, so I needed to make this place at least feel mildly cozy while we hunt down our mid-century modern home, and neither of us wanted a mattress on the floor any longer than we had to.
Finding a mid-century modern King size bed isn’t exactly in the cards, so West Elm came to the rescue and it’s lovely! This simple piece should fit nicely into any space we end up with, but we’ll wait to see what the new home offers before pulling the trigger on nightstands. For the time being, we have some mismatched mid-century originals that do the trick.


With the North Carolina house behind us, we have been officially on the hunt for our new home. It’s not the best time of year for listing yet, so availability has been pretty slim. We saw one that was promising, but it was so much more house than we needed and we ultimately decided to pass for a few reasons. Plus, if it didn’t completely feel like the one, there was no way we could just go with the first house. Time is on our side, but it is so hard to be patient. While we wait for listings to pop up, we drive through neighborhoods all over the Lansing area nearly every time we head out. This past weekend was spent slowly driving through Walnut Heights in East Lansing, drooling over the gems in that little pocket. People probably thought we were weirdos if they saw us snapping photos out of our car window. I personally think we are pretty okay, so do you want to sell your house?