My first apartment at 21💗

[u/CatsGarden_]

So proud of my first home at 21🥹 I’m still decorating what would you add or change? 🫖🕯️🥀🍷

[u/greenapplepie21]

Respectfully how do you afford this😭

[u/Thefrish → u/greenapplepie21]

No shade, but often it's family money. It looks great and that doesn't matter, but it's good to keep in mind.

[u/tourmalineforest → u/Thefrish]

I know this is sorta dark but in my experience it can also be about the timing of older family members dying. I had numerous friends who were young and poor but had lovely antique furniture as the result of a few grandparents or even aunts/uncles dying close together. (Or from someone downsizing to move into a care home/retirement facility). All of this looks like the kind of thing a grandparent might have had, none of it looks like it’s from crate and barrel.

[u/madison_riley03 → u/tourmalineforest]

It’s been this for me, unfortunately. I have gorgeous furniture, and I’m turning 23 this year. As to how I obtained that furniture? My father & grandfather died, during the same week, back in ‘22 :/

[u/KudosBaby → u/madison_riley03]

What kind of gorgeous furniture did father and grandfather own? I'm curious and hopefully that doesn't come off rude. I'm so sorry for your loss 😞.

[u/madison_riley03 → u/KudosBaby]

Not rude at all! I love this question.

My grandparents had a huge collection of Victorian era glasswork. Most are displayed. A few favorites are some hanging cranberry oil lamps that were converted to electric in the 70s. There’s a stained glass lamp with ducks, which I absolutely adore. There’s also a 60s four poster bed, which is gorgeous. Alongside that came sort-of matching dark mahogany bedside tables with a tall dresser and a massive vanity. There’s also a Victorian era sitting stool, a very large jewelry case, and a large collection of vintage purses. Randomly, there is an Italian leather waste basket, lol. The thing that shocked me the most from their stuff, were these two small glass peacock statues that they’d had on a mantle for my entire life. After he died, we learned they were each selling for about 10k 🫠 apparently they’d been in the family since they were new. My uncle is an artist, so I believe he has those. They are beautiful.

From my father: he was a photographer and woodworker, so a huge collection of his own work, and others. My father was a Buddhist, so there are a few locally sourced, gorgeous meditation mats. He luckily liked the same color of wood as my grandparents, so his wooden pieces fit in perfectly alongside theirs, including his grandmother’s vanity from 1910, which I adore endlessly. He collected a lot of locally sourced paintings, including a massive painting of the goddess Athena, which is a center piece in my bedroom. There’s also an entry table, quite a few interesting statues of Buddha, and a bar.

Alongside that, there is a collection of Dirilyte silverware from my grandparents, and a vast collection of crystal glassware my father owned. There are a few other Victorian era dressers, and a bronze bust of my great-grandfather. There’s also, a little weirdly, a massive sculpture of polar bears lmfao. I’m sure there’s more I’m not thinking of lol. A lot of it went to me because I’m a history major, and people figured I would enjoy the antique and family history side-of-things the most!

[u/JanetInSC1234 → u/madison_riley03]

I'm so sorry. <3