Boho Detroit Summer Style

Boho Detroit Summer Style by naomig-dix featuring an embroidered top

Bohemian Bones embroidered top / Miss Selfridge bracelets bangle / Whistles bracelets bangle, $47 / Alex and Ani expandable bracelet / Brevard pave earrings / Black sun hat / Lane Bryant grommet belt / Charlotte Tilbury lips makeup, $16 / Gel nail care, $20 / Small appliance / Old Spice White Water gift set, $12 / Go Jump in the Lake wall art / Dot Bo wall art

This past Sunday my boyfriend and I went apartment hunting. Both my boyfriend's parents and my mom wouldn't help us out financially to get an apartment because they said we were too young, but they said we could do it if we paid the rent on our own. The main reasons for getting an apartment are romantic reasons: someday I'm going to marry this guy, who I know feels the same way, and we need more time together. Truth be told, we were spending just a little bit too much time together in college, but I think now that we're older - it's been about 8 months - I think we've matured a lot and it will be a wonderful experience. My boyfriend and I have summer jobs, though mine pays quite a bit more, so we thought we'd be able to pay our summer rent and still have money left over for college this fall.
I decided to wear one of my Polyvore creations but I mixed it up a bit. I dropped the belt, changed my nail color, and changed my face since I no longer have a perm. Did I mention that? Yep, dropped the perm for the job interview. Finally, I substituted gorgeous Guiseppe Zanotti over the knee platform boots for the Casadei boots:

 Don't these look nice? And the designer is so handsome and so creative. He's reworked a style we've all come to know and love and made it truly his own.
Now, when I was stepping out to meet Buddy, my little brother, who I love in so many and different ways but can also be a pain in the tuckus, said very loudly "Is Buddy your new mack daddy Naomi?" I couldn't believe it! That is something I would absolutely never do. I felt like asking mom to give him a spanking but thinking about it for a second I became afraid that she might not understand either.
So this was the first place we visit:

Even though my boyfriend is a genius, he doesn't have the best business sense so I asked him to let me do the negotiating. The landlord wanted $3000, yep $3000! a month for a loft that looked pretty nice, not exactly spectacular, and not in a very good neighborhood. We turned it down, just couldn't afford it.

So we met another realtor and he showed this place first:

We were looking for a furnished apartment because we couldn't afford both rent and furniture and this place had something that I wouldn't call furniture. Getting to brass tacks, the only way I could politely describe this loft was that it is a dump. It looked like it was going to collapse at any time, the neighborhood is bad, God knows what else s wrong with it, plus the guys wanted $1800 a month. So I just said "No way, show me something else." Which they did:

And this is the loft we moved into, but not first without a little business talk, wasn't the greatest place, same building as the other place, so a little common sense and we had a deal that I think is beneficial for the three of us.
The real problem here in Detroit is the lack of jobs and the very high rents. This loft we're in now ain't that cheap nor it ain't that good, so it's no wonder so many people are leaving Detroit for happier vistas.