Cheekystitch

Living Room Makeover:Apartment Decorating

I spent some time getting my living room in order, here are some of the pictures of the decoration I added

The framed print is made by Chanel Kennebrew over at Junkprints, Shes a fantastic graphic and clothing designer.

My friend brad gave me the large painting, it was the first piece of art he bought when he moved to new York, recently he moved to Tribeca and decided he had outgrown it and gave it to me. Its called “Girl With Ginger

Cheap Kitchen makeover: Before and After

I have a really nice apartment but the kitchen needed some work. When I moved in it was completely white but some of the walls were really dirty. The kitchen was the worst, there were a lot of food stains behind the stove and near the fridge.

The second issue is that my kitchen and living room occupy the same space, loft style. The high ceilings of this parlor floor apartment help keep the airy feel but I wanted to define the two spaces.

I picked a sunny yellow for the kitchen, and a light aqua blue for the wall. I was going for a robins egg blue but I think the girl at Lows gave me the wrong color. It was obnoxious at first but looked way better when it dried, like most drunk people

How to Make Vegan Biscuits!

This is my How To video for Vegan Drop Biscuits let me know what you think or any questions you might have.

The recipe

• 4 cups flour
• 2 cups soy milk
• 1 cup  unsalted  vegan butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablepsoons of baking powder

Pre heat over to 425 degrees. Mix dry ingredients and sift, then cut  butter into chunks and add to flour. Dont over mix, pulse about 25 in a food processor. Or mix by hand until it resembles small pebbles or sand. Slowly mix in soy milk with a large fork. DONT OVER MIX! you might melt the butter. Use a large spoon to drop the biscuits into he baking pan.

Bake for 12-15 minutes and viola!