A Little Birthday Wishlist

At the end of this week (or depending how you count it, the beginning of next week) I'll be 22. It's an odd birthday, the first of many non-milestones when marking another year gone by simply means noting your increasing age. This birthday is also odd because so much is changing. Next Tuesday I start my job in New York City. With my birthday Sunday and my job on Tuesday (not to mention having to be in the city to get all my forms filled out on Monday) everything is a bit overwhelming.

No matter how overwhelmed I am, though, I still have time to think about my birthday wishlist. My ultimate wishlist item is that our apartment application will be approved and I'll know where I'll (eventually) be living. Apart from that though, I'm hoping for some little things to decorate a surely teeny room in my future apartment. I know the big things will get taken care of one way or another, but here are the things I wish I could have to add some character - and color - to my future dwelling.

At the top of my list is this hot pink wire bunny. I've long been a fan of rabbits. My most beloved stuffed animal is a bunny I received at a young age and my room is full of little long-eared figures. This iteration though is a little more adult, but no less fun. In addition to brightening up my room, I'm pretty sure I could use it to store necklaces too.

Now that I'm almost 22, I should probably be over the Pottery Barn teen offerings, but some of them are just as stylish for adults as they are for angsty adolescents. This black and white chevron rug is one of those things (and these chairs are a close second). I'm all about protecting my feet from cold floors and this rug would be ideal - especially since I can't resist a chevron pattern. (Pottery Barn Kids has a chevron rug in even more colors too)

 I love the look of trunks and suitcases as storage pieces and with the amount of stuff that I squirrel away, storage is what I need. I wish I had the time to scout out vintage trunks, but sadly that kind of thing is not in the cards for me. So I'll just hope for these trunks from Z Gallerie. After all, new isn't a bad thing.

Finally, with an ideal decor scheme of black, white, lucite and bright, this electric blue nightstand/side table would be the perfect accent. Not only would it be a great perch for the bunny (or, say, an alarm clock) but the open space underneath makes it perfect for stacking magazines and books.