Whenever I move I am so eager to be out of boxes as soon as I can-well I am sure we all are but I get a little looney if I have to wiggle around cardboard for too long. Thanks to Jon's sister and mom we had the whole place un-packed the day we moved in! What have we been doing since then you ask? Well sure our boxes were unpacked but it took a minute to make it look like home. We're getting closer to the "home" look so I thought I would give you a sneak peak.
First up we have the entry way. You'll notice this painting on the left. Straight ahead you are looking at our "office" and the living room. To the right of the living room door is the bedroom and to the left of the office door is the kitchen-and that door you spy on the left is the bathroom. Gosh I hope that made sense.
One thing Jon was adamant on having in our new place was hardwood floors. I admit they do look nice, but holy goodness they are hard to keep clean. I mean I sweep EVERY day and I still cannot keep Frank's hair off the floor! But luckily I kinda enjoy sweeping so its all good.
The apartment was built in 1929 so it has a whole bunch of cute little touches, like this built in shelf that holds the buzzer to open the downstairs door up to our apartment.
One of the things I love most about our living room is how bright it is. I love those bay windows too. Although I do think that Frank would appreciate it if it wasn't so bright so he could get his nap on.
We don't have a garden/outdoor area which makes me really sad. I really enjoyed that part of our old apartment. But I did try to bring some of the outdoors in with this little plant stand and
some succulents.
We have french doors that lead into our bedroom from the living room. I am standing in the doorway taking this picture of the tv. Oh and look, it is Al Roker. Hi Al!
This next picture was taken standing in front of the windows.
You are looking at the entry way to the closet/office on the right. On the left is a doorway that leads to the kitchen and another entry way to the closet/office. The closet has two entry/exits-ala sex and the city.
Here is a little look see into the office. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have an office. Paperwork, blogging, paying bills and all those sorts of things are made so much easier when I have a designated space to do so. In the bottom right of the corner you can see Frank's bed or tuffet as we like to call it. The tuffet doesn't usually sit there but he likes to sleep on the floor next to me while I work. Gosh, he is the cutest.
This pic is of the bookshelf/storage area of the closet/office. It looks far messier than it is in real life. Really I swear, there is a method to the madness. Just check out the color coded nail polishes above!
Stay tuned and I will give you the tour of the rest of the apartment soon!
4 comments:
Wait, where are you guys living? Because that layout looks almost identical to ours (crown molding, phone inset, the works!). Also, I totally get you on the hardwood floors--they're a requirement for us due to my allergies (and the fact that Scott used to have a cat) and boy do they get dusty and hair-ridden in NO time. Still, the thought of having carpet in a place I'm renting where you don't know who lived there before you absolutely grosses me out so I prefer the extra upkeep!
Looks great!
It looks like you have alot of space in your living room..I would love that!
I love all the details in your new apartment, it's so cute! That's what I do love about older places :) I feel your pain with the wood floors and dog hair. I got a great little combination floor and hand-vac that's by Electrolux (I think) from Target...it's the best thing I've ever bought! I do have to use it a lot but it's a heck of a lot better than sweeping.
I LOVE your new place! It's SO cute! I love the hardwood floors and all the cute touches like that built in shelf. So fun! Those bay windows are great too! So much to comment on -- I also really like that plant stand! haha, Hi Al! :) Your nail polishes look adorable lined up there! I hope to have hardwood floors one day! (But I do know what you mean about the pet hair, the laminate fake-hard wood floor in our dining room/kitchen gets so dirty bcuz of the cats!)
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