i think that in a parallel universe, i may be living in an apartment similar to this:

and it definitely would have a room that looks like this:

despite years and years of browsing through home design magazines, watching space makeovers, killing time at interior design shops and wowing myself time and again with sleek modern functional art furnitures, i'm really a messy, country, mix and match kind of girl at heart (read: blue, white, wooden floors and wonderful light). in a few years' time, i'm gonna have my dream space. yipee! right now, i just envy my parallel self. sigh.

(photos courtesy of www.peoniesandpolaroids and www.mila-loveology.blogspot.com )