DIY Saturday: Towel Storage in Bathroom

Apartment living is rough, but even rougher when you downsize from a 1,000sqft apartment to a 600~ish sq feet... What do I do with all of my things?!

I have a huge laundry room that can be closed off that has been doubling as my shoe storage, toilet paper storage, cleaning supplies storage and my towel storage. Know that moment when you hop in the shower and you realize you forgot to bring in your towel in the bathroom? Yep. Me.

I realized I needed a better solution to this, and T helped!

I ventured out to Pinterest for a solution, and I've always been attracted to those cute storage crates in the bathroom hanging on the wall--so we decided this one would work. Off we were to Target!

We found the woven crate for around $11 on sale, not too shabby, and we had a bunch of screws laying around the apartment (not literally, man, I have a cat).

This entire process took maybe 10 minutes, mostly because T and I were fighting over how high to put it over the weirdly put towel rack (we have two....what).


We simply drilled four holes at all the corners of the basket inside, and it was sturdy enough already. Currently I have around 8 towels chilling inside and on the top of the basket, it doesn't feel like it's ready to fall down. Don't even ask why I have 8 towels, though.

I'm so in love with this idea, I want to include more of those wicker baskets around my future house, maybe in my laundry room some day!

Bam. Knocked that one out.

EXACT wicker basket: here

Bling. Out.

Almost every girl dreams of having an actual diamond on her finger to show off.

The same night T and I got engaged, I asked him all the questions I could think of--how did you think of the proposal? How did you get it to work? Did you go ring shopping? How did you know this ring shape was exactly what I wanted?

And then... Is it diamond?

"No, it's not."

Oh. What is it?

"Some lab grown gemstone, it was in the link you sent to Gina who sent to Fiona who sent to me...I assumed you didn't want a diamond."

Oh. I might have not exactly looked closely at that. (By the way, literally EXACTLY how he got his hands on my dream ring--thanks to Gina and Fiona!)

"I'm sorry, do you want to replace it? I can find a diamond ring for you if you don't like it."

No, it's fine.

Honestly? So many thoughts were swirling in my head. Was I even worth the price of a diamond? Why didn't he try to get me a diamond ring? But before I started freaking out, I went all Google on this ring.

Moissanite.

"Possessing fire, brilliance, and luster far greater than that of a diamond, Moissanite sparkles unlike any other gemstone on earth. Composed of carbon and silicon, Moissanite is also one of the hardest and toughest known elements on earth, making it extremely resistant to scratching, chipping and breaking. Its durability and incomparable beauty make it an ideal center stone for an engagement ring or jewelry gift." MoissaniteCo

Wait, brilliance and sparkle? I started getting really excited about how more shiny this gemstone is compared to diamonds. Bonus? Resistant to scratching, chipping and breaking--a HUGE plus to this clumsy signer girl (I bang my hands on surfaces a little too often while signing).

I started reading up on Moissanite while sitting next to T, and I started spewing details about the gemstone to him.

"So, are you okay with it?"

Are you kidding me?! I'm totally in love with it. I never knew something like this existed!

To this day, I love how my ring sparkles in the light--I see the reflection of the stone in my car often while driving. I got another surprise when I handed my ring in for re-sizing a couple of days after this conversation...the smaller stones around the big Moissanite were diamonds!

Cool. I got the best of both worlds with this ring (click through to the picture of the ring)!

In a way, this ring is like our relationship, I'm the sparkly one and T is the quiet one (but he's SO lovable). We're both pretty damn tough when it comes to things. We also might have or might have not been lab grown (we're looking at you mom and dad)...

Now, when you're judging someone for not having a huge diamond rock, double check! Moissanite might be a better alternative for you, and it's fairly cheaper too. AND IT IS GORGEOUS!

Bling. Out.