Welcome to My Home

Hi friends. It’s time for a mini photo tour around my apartment! Let’s start where the themes of most blog posts begin – the kitchen! (click on photos to enlarge).

It’s a lot more roomy than our last kitchen. On the unseen side of the little half-wall we have the dishwasher and sink, and behind the Vera Bradley apron, we have the pantry and the laundry closet.

On the right we have the “dining room” featuring my poor man’s china cabinet. Let’s call it the frugal gal’s chic china display, k?

Not much of a view from that window, and I actually keep it closed most of the time (the stairs are right outside of it, so I’m constantly getting startled when people walk by and sometimes look in – creepers!)

The dining room opens up to one huge open area where we also have the desk (against the kitchen half wall) and the living room.

You can see out the back patio we have our own little amazon swamp back there – it’s so full of trees you can barely even tell when it’s raining!

The double doors at the end/ side of the living room open up to our bedroom – definitely my favorite (and most tranquil!) room of the house.

I love the colors! Things that are also going to be changing – I’m going to get some grey or black and white print fabric to make new throw pillows and a “curtain” to hang over the bookshelf to make it look cleaner. I also HATE that cable to the tv – thinking the tv is coming out (currently provides me entertainment when I just can’t fall asleep at 2AM).

Other side of the bedroom:

The bedroom actually opens up to the bathroom/ vanity area.

Hooray for his & hers sinks! Actual bathroom (shower/ toilet) is through the door at the end.

These double mirror doors open up to our HUGE closet. Honestly – I tried to take a picture inside, but it would have taken at least 4 pictures for you to get the scope of it! If we didn’t store so much “stuff” in it (music, instruments, luggage, craft/ scrapbooking supplies) we could totally have a little office in there.

There you go! Maybe one day I’ll do a video tour, but for now pics will suffice. I was a little nervous about moving from a 2/2 apartment to a 1/1 apartment, but we definitely have not felt cramped or missed the space of an additional bedroom/ office at all.

Lunch today was a “Veggie Delight” ala Lindsey.

Ezekiel, hummus, avocado, cucumber, carrot, spinach, tomato, sprouts and dijon mustard with the other half of my apple from breakfast. Yum!

When we acquired our furniture and decorated, we did (and are still doing) everything on a very frugal budget. Would you guys be interested in frugal decorating/ home-making tips? I’d love to share, but I don’t want to bore y’all if no one cares.

See you later!